BBC’s Life Swap Adventure Features Surama
BBC’s Life Swap Adventure features Surama Just another day at the office! Check out BBC’s LifeSwap Adventure where people literally walk a mile in one another’s shoes. In a recent episode, Lionel (from Surama) trades places with John (a civil servant from London) and the two realize just how different their daily worlds are. View […]
Film shot in Surama to Focus on Preservation of Amerindian Heritage
Maira & the Jaguar People filmed in Surama, seeks funding Conservation International, Iwokrama, and the people of Surama hope to promote the restoration and preservation of the Amerindian language and cultural heritage, through a groundbreaking film titled, Maira and her brother Mairun. The producers are crowdsourcing the final stages of project financing through IndieGogo. The […]
Medicine women on a mission – Surama Soap Making Collective
Womens soap making collective harnesses cultural heritage in cosmetics production 100% organic eco-friendly beauty products are an alternative means of livelihood for Amerindian women across the Rupununi. When you buy these products you are ensuring the conservation and preservation of the rain forests and you will be leaving a light carbon footprint for the next […]
Makushi Culture Group – Traditional Fan Dance Published on YouTube
Glen Allicock and members of the Surama Makushi Culture Group from Guyana performing a traditional dance.
Rupununi wildlife clubs foster resource management amongst youth
Rupununi wildlife clubs foster resource management amongst youth The 18 wildlife clubs of the North Rupununi are vibrant community-based youth clubs that provide members with an opportunity to gain firsthand experience in natural resource management, environmental stewardship and, of course, have fun. The idea for wildlife clubs in the North Rupununi originated when youth from […]
TV Shows about tropical mining obscure an environmental disaster
The new reality TV series “Bamazon,” on the History Channel, along with already established shows like “Gold Rush” and “Jungle Gold,” claim to depict “reality,” they gloss over the most awful truths of gold mining, particularly as it is practiced in the tropics.
Surama in Guyana, South America Pledges to Save Jaguars – Panthera
The lushly forested nation of Guyana joined a regional pact to protect jaguars, the elusive spotted cat that is the biggest land predator in the Americas.
Surama Featured in the Toronto Sun – Guyana is Way Off the Beaten Track
Toronto Sun: Guyana Interior is Way off the beaten track BY DIANE SLAWYCH ,SPECIAL TO QMI AGENCYThis article originally appeared in the Toronto SunGEORGETOWN, Guyana — In the remote jungle interior of Guyana, Amerindian guide Cassius Williams employs a traditional method of communication to inform the village he’s on his way home. Scouring the forest […]
Surama recognized in National Geographic Traveller’s 2011 Stay List
Surama highlighted in National Geographic Traveller’s 2011 Stay List No-nonsense reflections of their location, the thatched structures that make up the community-run getaway were built from materials gathered in the forest. (These same resources are crafted into arrows, blowpipes, and hammocks, for sale in the gift shop.) Solar power helps pump water and light the […]
Sydney Allicock to speak at Sustainable EcoTourism Conference in California
Sydney Allicock to speak at the Sustainable EcoTourism Conference in Monterey, California A conservation and research organization in Guyana is teaming up with indigenous people to benefit the country’s forest communities and provide insights into weather and climate change. In this AlertNet article by Johann Earle (“Merging science, traditional knowledge could benefit climate adaptation“), ESTC12 […]