IslandStoriesofChange

Proud that our #docu on #Community #conservation in Savaia (#Samoa) got selected for Goodnatured Festival @ConservOptimism. Screening online on 29th May in category #People & #Nature: Communities, Heroes & Wellbeing. Teaser bit.ly/2KDQ50X #isoc @anbollen @DroneEntity

I just submitted "Building Community Resilience in the low-lying coastal village of Savaia (Samoa)" to @ConservOptimism via FilmFreeway.com!

Our #docu on #forest #restoration by #communities in collaboration with @savethelemur & #MNP in #Madagascar has been released! See it here vimeo.com/showcase/6828781 in FR or EN. Made by @anbollen & @DroneEntity @ConservOptimism #isoc #sharingiscaring #storytelling

#Infographic on our story 'Community efforts to restore forests. Key to a sustainable future' on a 12-year #forest #restoration #project around RNI #Betampona in #Madagascar. Our #docu will be released later this week. By @DroneEntity & @anbollen @ConservOptimism @savethelemur

Interested in joining the sustainable and valuable conservation and research efforts of @madawhalesharks as a #volunteer while living and working in a high #biodiverse #marine setting? Look no further! #isoc #sharingiscaring

Our 2nd story of #islandstoriesofchange zooms in on the integrated approach, the community of #Savaia adopts combining #climate change #adaptation, #food security, long-term #education, #marine #conservation & #ecotourism in #Samoa. #ConservationOptimism vimeo.com/381314752

A very worthwhile cause to support this #givingtuesday. @madawhalesharks, run by @stelladiamant, is doing an amazing job in protecting #whalesharks & working closely with communities & tour operators in #NosyBe. bit.ly/2DIKJxK #isoc #fromripplestowaves

RT Presenting our first in a series of 3 Island Stories of Change. It focuses on #sustainable #pearl #farming in #Savusavu, #Fiji. A positive and inspiring approach that is win-win for nature-people. vimeo.com/368248081 @fijipearls @ConservOptimism @OceanOptimism @drone

Teaser of our #storytelling docu nr1 on #oyster #pearlfarming by @fijipearls, pioneers in blue economy promoting #ocean stewardship, #conservation & #sustainable #livelihoods in #Savusavu, #Fiji. #isoc @ConservOptimism @OceanOptimism @SprepChannel vimeo.com/366531382

Please RT! Empowering #young artists to connect, create & communicate for our #blue #planet. 🌊🎨🌎- 2020 #Ocean #Awareness #Contest - for teenagers who care. Sign up! bit.ly/31Td9Qa @fromthebowseat @ConservOptimism @OceanOptimism

#Nature fighting back! #Citizen #scientists document signs of #adaptability, #resilience and #recovery on #Maldivian reefs, 3 yrs after a major bleaching event. bit.ly/2oDQTLf @biosphereexped @mcsuk @SavetheBeachVM @ReefCheck @JeanLucSol @ConservOptimism @OceanOptimism

Please RT: Inspiring #story on how the #seas will save us: #fishermen start a blue-green #economic #revolution through mixed species 3D ocean farming! bit.ly/1RFz7d8. Worthwhile reading, we need more positive stories like this

SamoaGreenProducts started producing cutlery, bowls & plates made from heated & pressed #palmleaves as #green #alternative to #singleuseplastics and styrofoam. A great and much need initiative following the 2018 Plastic Ban in Samoa. More info bit.ly/2J0ysZf #nomorewaste

In #Savaia giant #clams were reintroduced in the local marine #reserve after #extinction of the local ones. Recruitment is happeningin the larger bay! #Tourists come here to #snorkel Their fee goes into the #community fund. bit.ly/2IrAVLV @ConservOptimism @NoExtinctions

The Savaia #village is located in SW Upolu, Western #Samoa and is home to 400 people. In Samoan way of life, the family and wider #community are central to daily life, more so than the individual. Here we are shooting for our first #documentary #isoc #islandstoriesofchange

We have arrived in #Samoa and started fiilming in the #savaia village, that takes an integrated approach to increase #community #resilience. We assisted the women's committee meeting. More info bit.ly/2WSjb5m #community #conservation @ConservOptimism @OceanOptimism

We live on a #blue #planet, 70% earth's surface = ocean. 1 in every 2 breathes of air comes from the ocean. An important carbon #sink and home to incredible #biodiversity. We need to look after the #ocean as well as she looks after us #worldoceanday Sign ourbluelung.eu/

Happy #WorldEnvironmentDay2019 a day to value #nature for what it gives us every single day. A timely opportunity to launch our new initiative bit.ly/2HN6gK3, a platform for positive #community #conservation #stories, that benefit both people and nature. Follow us!

2 more weeks before we get into action. Our ambition is to combine footage under water, in the air and on land. Initiative by @DroneEntity and @anbollen #islandstoriesofchange #storiesworthtelling