Category Archives: News

Theresa and Travis Neel from the Kwakwakwala First Nations will make a 10 day visit to the various Snowchange member communities in Southern Finland. Accompanying them for some time will be a Maori delegate Waikiti Dalton from Aoteoroa, New Zealand. … Continue reading →

Snowchange Cooperative will be active in the summer 2012 in various works. In early June our coordinator Vladimir Vasiliev from Sakha-Yakutia, Siberia will be visiting the Finnish member communities. Later in June a delegation from the Kwakwakwala First Nations from … Continue reading →

The Snowchange Cooperative publishes Metsäveri – a book of oral histories of the late Sámi hunter Aslak Ola Aikio from Utsjoki, Sápmi (Lapland). Metsäveri documents the oral histories of late Aslak Ola Aikio (1931-2004), a Sámi hunter from Utsjoki, Finland. … Continue reading →

We are busy participating in a range of meetings in Australia, the UK, Canada and Saami areas. More throughout update will follow in early May. The book devoted to the oral histories and knowledge of the late Saami hunter Aslak … Continue reading →

Snowchange Co-op joins a range of international partners in commenting the situation of the Kayapo and other Indigenous Nations being threatened by the Brazilian Belo Monte Dam. Please read the statement here.

Snowchange participated successfully in the recent UNU / IPCC Workshop in Cairns, Australia on Indigenous peoples and climate mitigation. You can see some of the results in a National Geographic article available here. See also Dr. Tero Mustonen exploring the … Continue reading →

Best of 2012 from Snowchange Cooperative! The year has started off actively in a number of forums. We are busy finishing “Metsäveri” – the life histories and oral stories of Aslak Ola Aikio (1931-2004), one of the last great hunters … Continue reading →

Chris Madine, associated with the Arkleton Trust, UK, has completed the international monitoring mission, phase 1, regarding the solar electrification project of the Snowchange partner communities in Lower Kolyma, Sakha, Siberia. The report is available here. Mr. Madine, working with … Continue reading →

Snowchange organised together with the IPCCA the Indigenous Workshop on Climate Change in the Skolt Saami village of Sevettijärvi together with participants from Panama, Peru, India, Thailand, USA and others. The declaration from Sevettijärvi is available here. In October we … Continue reading →

The Kalevala Association, the most important organisation in Finland devoted to the study and understanding of traditional culture in Finland has decided to give this years ”Kekrinpäiväpalkinto 2011” – “Best National Work on Traditions 2011” to Tero and Kaisu Mustonen … Continue reading →