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Reflections from the Amazon

June 17, 2021
- A Curaca reflects on COVID
- Bora people consider "What does it mean to be indigenous?"
- Spring special on North American bird decorations

 

 Bora artisans at chambira management workshop. Photo by Amazon Ecology.

Looking back on 2020 and looking forward

Jan. 1, 2021
- Responding to COVID
- Artisan training workshops
- New partners for selling crafts
 Artisan organization workshop sponsored by Amazon Ecology. Photo by Campbell Plowden/Amazon Ecology

Artisans moving ahead in the Amazon.

Dec. 1, 2020
- Restarting artisan workshops
- Empowering artisans to market their crafts
- SILENCE - video about COVID in the communities

 

 Social media workshops for Bora artisans. Photo by Tulio Davila/Amazon Ecology

 

Go green on Black Friday

Nov. 26, 2020
- Chambira palm fiber ornaments
- Calabash tree pod wildlife ornaments
- Balsa wood wildlife ornaments
 Woven chambira frog ornament from Peru. Photo by Campbell Plowden/Amazon Ecology

Update from Peruvian Amazon - Nov. 21, 2020

- COVID relief and voices of survivors
- a new ornament to support artisans and a marvelous endangered bird
 Artisan from Amazonas village with marvelous spatuletail hummingbird ornament. Photo by Tulio Davila/Amazon Ecology

Update from the Peruvian Amazon - Sept. 17, 2020

- COVID Community Campaign Update
- Memories from summer festivals (when we wore masks for fun)
 Jaguar mask in front of Amazon Forest Store at Falcon Ridge Folk Festival 2019. Photo by Campbell Plowden/Amazon Ecology

Update from the Peruvian Amazon - Aug. 1, 2020

- COVID Relief Campaign Update
- Live shopping with the Amazon Forest Store
 Bora families receiving COVID relief packages from Amazon Ecology. Photo by Amazon Ecology

Update from the Peruvian Amazon - July 14, 2020

- COVID impact in Peru
- Shop fairtrade online
 Bora leader with mask during pandemic. Photo by Tulio Davila/Amazon Ecology