Encontro Xingu in Altamira

The week beginning 19th May is the week that the Indians gather in Altamira. You can follow the events day by day at EncontroXingu.

Any Questions?

This blog has attracted very few comments so far, so I thought I’d just mention that if you have any unanswered questions I will try to reply promptly. Your questions can be about the expedition or more broadly about the environment and people of the Xingu basin – or even about the larger issues affecting the whole of the Amazon. I will do my best to answer them and/or point you in the direction of other sites or organisations.

Season’s Greetings

Happy Christmas, or whatever alternative festivity you may be involved with.

We have received several donations over the festive season, including one from our son, which is particularly appreciated. Our fundraising is now beginning to move forward, but we still have quite a way to go to reach our target.

Our very best wishes go out to everyone across the world, whoever you may be and wherever you are. We wish you a happy annual break, filled with hopes and expectations that 2007 will be a significant turning point for the global environment and all those people involved, both directly and indirectly, in activities to reverse global warming.

Love

Patrick & Sue

The Flying Borduna Campaign

The Flying Borduna campaign starts today.

The Borduna is the fighting club of the rainforest Indians of the Amazon. It is a symbol of their cultural strength and independence. We are using it as a vehicle to carry our fundraising. We are asking our supporters to pass the borduna on, and if possible to make a donation to help us with or work. You can view the borduna and download a copy of an email you can pass on here:
http://www.ipcst.org/images/flyingborduna.htm.

We are asking for your support because the Indians need to protect the rainforest where they live, which is threatened on all sides. We need to help them to protect it because it is an important climate change regulator, home to more than half of the species of plants and animals on our planet, and a vital reservoir of carbon. Please help us to help them. We support small, community-based projects which bring a direct and immediate benefit to the people of the rain forest. 

Welcome to the Heart of Brazil Expedition News

Hello and welcome. We will be using this news site for two purposes; first, to keep anyone who is interested in the expedition up to date with progress as we prepare for the expedition; second, to pass on background information in a series of bite-sized chunks.

To get the best from the site, we suggest that you go first to the ‘pages’ on the tabs above or in the menu on the right; we will be adding information to each page regularly. The information will first be posted in the ‘blog’ section, then transferred to the pages, so the pages are ordered oldest to newest and the ‘blog’ is newest to oldest. By using the ‘categories’ on the right to browse the ‘blog’ posts, you can read any posts that haven’t been transferred to the pages in a more relevant order.

 We are new to this process, so things will probably take a while to settle down. Please bear with us until they do.

 Patrick and Sue Cunningham