Author Archives: Snowchange

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 →

Snowchange has joined two European initiatives as a full member this week. Both support the larger goals, work and vision of Snowchange. Re-Wilding Europe and its European Rewilding Network support areas where the natural and socio-ecological rewilding of the continent … Continue reading →

3rd July Snowchange, as one of the invited organisations, took part in the ‘Neil Young Village’ in the Hartwall Arena, Helsinki. This event was part of the Neil Young and Promise of the Real European Tour 2016. Before the show … Continue reading →

In July news, the second Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions is announced for 25th to 28th, August, 2016. Neil Young arrives in Helsinki to partner with Snowchange for the concert and new traditional knowledge publications are on their way. Summer … Continue reading →

Snowchange Co-op joins in support of the Tuareg Nomadic People, of Ingall, Niger. They have been hit by ‘catastrophic’ floods in the recent days. International support efforts are under way. More awareness is in need. Mrs. Sarah Fortune, a Snowchange … Continue reading →

Summer, albeit very cold at the moment, is here! Snowchange newsletter follows. In early June we participated in the US-Finnish Arctic Council LEO Workshop on traditional knowledge and observations regarding environmental change. This discussion continues, also with the Sámi from … Continue reading →