Author Archives: Snowchange

Snowchange publishes a new Discussion Paper, titled “Inuit and Chukchi Star lore: Reflections on Ursa Major, the North Star and Northern Lights”. In this short discussion paper we have investigated the questions of indigenous, endemic star lore and celestial events. … Continue reading →

Late October Snowchange delegates travel to Warsaw, Poland to participate in the Low Impact Fishermen of Europe Annual Meeting. The season is marked with fisheries for vendace and whitefish. November will bring a host of publication launches, both scientific articles … Continue reading →

This week Snowchange specialists and staff worked with the Skolt Sámi team and the community of Sevettijärvi to advance the ecological restoration of habitats in the sub-catchment area of Vainosjoki river in Arctic Finland. Early in the week several meetings … Continue reading →

September-October is marked with a small speaking tour and community workshops on ecological restoration. Yesterday we participated at the Vuonislahti Vendace Market, to promote Snowchange activities and Kesälahti fisheries. Tomorrow our delegates head to Stockholm, Sweden to discuss the implementation … Continue reading →

The new discussion paper, Näätämö Work Report 2015-2016 is out. In this paper, the results from the ecological restoration mapping of summer 2016, as well as traditional knowledge observations of the basin are discussed. The season was characterized by extreme … Continue reading →

Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions 2016 in Siberia was a great success. Explore the event in a Snowchange photo essay! Conceptualized in 2012 by the professional Finnish fisherman Olli Klemola, the Snowchange Festivals of Northern Fishing Traditions are mechanisms by … Continue reading →

Summer is slowly arriving at its end. Here at Snowchange this marks the beginning of several festivities and community events. Next week we will be travelling with a large international Indigenous and local-traditional delegation to Siberia, to the second Festival … Continue reading →

Snowchange joins in mourning of passing of the Indigenous Australian knowledge holder, Elder, leader, grandfather, Doctor Tommy George, announced early today in Queensland, Australia. Growing up to the Indigenous bush life in early parts of the 1900s, Doctor Tommy George … Continue reading →

‘Jukajoki‘ , the US documentary film about the ecological restoration efforts in Jukajoki basin, North Karelia, Finland that Snowchange coordinates, continues its success around the world and in Finland. Now it has been selected, out of 900 entries, to be … Continue reading →

Snowchange Co-op and PrettyGoodProductions, in the USA, unveil a new video about the Puruvesi winter seiners in North Karelia, Finland. The video is available here. Kesälahti Fish Base works with Snowchange to support and revitalize this traditional Finnish communal fishery. … Continue reading →