There is much proselytizing about how best to be an environmental justice warrior from the comfort of your own home. The internet is abuzz with the zero-waste movement, sustainable fashion and more eco-friendly water bottles than you can poke a reusable straw at. But it isn’t often we get the...
(and we couldn’t be more pleased) Last February, the residents of a small town in California’s Gold Country were told a 30 ft wall of water was headed their way. The men and women of Oroville ran through the streets in panic, and almost 200,000 people were evacuated from the...
Just a few weeks go I was meeting with rural communities in Sarawak to talk about how they envision their futures. For the first time in decades, people in the Baram River Basin are starting to imagine a world where their rights are respected and their forests are protected. Dear...
Something smelled fishy, and it wasn’t just the ikan bilis. On my first trip to Sarawak as The Borneo Project’s new communications pixie, I was ready to feast on some bubbling laksa, swim in some crystal clear waterfalls, and take some deep breaths of sweet rainforest air. Don’t get me wrong, I...
I’m piled into the back of a 4×4 on my first trip to Sarawak, alongside my compadre and boss Jettie. We are barrelling down the road from Miri to Sungai Keluan: a strip of highway that can be described as part paradise, part post-apocalyptic, on our way to visit an...
In the Malaysian state of Sarawak, indigenous communities have been fighting to protect their rivers and land for generations. We spoke with grassroots leader Caroline Nyurang about how she is working with young people to become Borneo’s future gatekeepers. When Caroline was a little girl, she would sit on the...
We’ve compiled some snack sized facts to bring you up to speed. The Borneo Project has worked for more than 30 years to support Indigenous communities in Malaysian Borneo protecting their land against destructive industries. Most people have heard of the devastation that oil palm cultivation has caused, and about...
