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Day 8 of the Advice Project Summit (Cocococha Lake; video journal)

Only in recent years have the intersections between conservation and gender been studied. Today we had a workshop exploring how women play a role in managing natural resources, and we hiked to Cocococha Lake to see firsthand how conservation efforts in the region have been successful. We discussed the different conservation responsibilities of men and women due to their rights and cultural/social responsibilities, and methods for including women in these efforts (with a focus

Day 7: 2015 Advice Project Summit (Fishing for Piranhas)

This morning we had a workshop to discuss whether feminism concerns only girls and women (the short answer was a resounding “no”), and we also talked about the differences between feminism and humanism. We learned that while humanism began as a branch of philosophy in the 13th century, feminism is at its core a political movement that calls directly for social change. The issues are complicated, and they raised many more questions than we could answer in a two-hour workshop,

Meet some of our 2015 Advice Project Summit Fellows

A few of the youth fellows from our 2015 Advice Project Media Summit introduce themselves. They represent four countries (Peru, Canada, Cameroon, and the U.S.A.) and speak a total of about 10 languages!

Day 6 of the 2015 Advice Project Summit (Planting Trees, Exploring Gender, Art, & Yoga)

Today was another exciting, jam-packed day! We starting off with yoga, art, a volunteer project to help reforest the area, and a workshop about gender and empathy, and finished the day with an evening hike through the forest and a boat ride to see a variety of wild animals and insects. Learn a little more about these activities, below… MORNING YOGA Saskia Layden, founder of the Human Plant Project, is leading our group in daily yoga and meditation rituals. Many people in our

Day 5 of the 2015 Advice Project Summit (Visit to AMTUSET)

Over the last decade, many ecolodges have cropped up in the Peruvian Amazon. Ecolodges should always focus on conducting research and taking actions aimed at the preservation of green areas threatened by deforestation, mining, and agriculture, but sadly, most of them exploit, rather than protect, the rainforest and its inhabitants. Inotawa Expeditions, a family-owned ecolodge and the host of the 2015 Advice Project Leadership and Empowerment Summit, is one of only a handful o

Day 4 of the 2015 Advice Project Summit (The “Women Problem”)

The jungle isn’t a quiet place. Although all of our 2015 Advice Project Summit fellows were safely tucked into our beds last night, our open-air rooms were filled with busy wildlife. Chirping bats swooped between the high rafters as they chased insects to eat, and opossums and other small mammals scurried along the walls. Outside, competing choirs of tree frogs sang their hearts out; each species had its own, unique voice. The red and black poison dart frogs, for example, amo

Day 3 of the 2015 Advice Project Summit (Welcome to the Jungle)

WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE: Introduction to Rainforest Issues: Gold Mining, Sex Trafficking, Sacred Trees and Conservation, and “The Advice Project Summit Challenge” Waking up at the crack of dawn with a group of twelve teens and women isn’t an easy task, but we had a flight to catch from Lima to Puerto Maldonado, so it couldn’t be helped. Advice Project filmmaker, Courtney Webster, whipped up some breakfast sandwiches for the group at 4:30AM, and we miraculously, albeit with fogg

Day 2 of the 2015 Advice Project Summit in Peru

WELCOME TO PERU This morning many of our summit fellows met in person for the first time. As most of the group relaxed at the hostel or took walks tours through Lima, Melissa went with Blessing, Shneider, and Gaelle for their appointment with the Minister of Foreign Affairs to *finally* obtain their official visas. The process involved shuffling between three different government buildings, visiting a bank, and taking a taxi ride with a driver who listened to loud salsa music

Day 1 of the 2015 Advice Project Summit in Peru

TRAVEL AND PRIVILEGE Today the twelve fellows of the 2015 Advice Project Global Leadership and Empowerment Summit arrived in Lima. Peru doesn’t require Canadian and United States of America nationals to obtain visas, so the most difficult issues most of us dealt with while in transit was being forced to dump the water out of our water bottles as we walked through security, and needing to munch on less than savory airplane snack options. It was a different story entirely for t