The noisy streets of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, are roaring in my ears again. I sit in a small café and colorful tricycles drive past me, it is raining. It’s been three weeks since I got on the plane. From Berlin to Manila.
This blog article series is to accompany a big heart project of mine, an impact journey. With this series, I want to make the voices of people heard loudly who are too often kept quiet. Who we rarely hear about in the news. From whom we can learn so much, but who are rarely on the big stages.
I mean the people who have to learn every day at the scenes of the climate crisis that climate protection and the preservation of biodiversity are not abstract questions, mere numbers and future forecasts.
These are everyday issues of peasants, fishermen, students, indigenous and urban poor people, precarious workers and women. These are people who suffer. But also creative, courageous and resilient people who have no choice but to protect their own livelihoods – and risk their lives to do so in a country like the Philippines. Because in few countries is the commitment to the environment as dangerous as it is here. These are people with doubts and fear, but also with hope, anger and incredible energy to make their own lives and the lives of the community better every day than they were yesterday.
They are the very best trainers and consultants in climate psychology. These are people from whom I, and from whom we all, have so much to learn. About how we work for the community and for nature in the harshest of conditions.
If you like, I’ll take you on a journey across the Philippines. A journey to the hotspots of the climate crisis, a journey to the skills we desperately need to sustain a life worth living.
In each article, I tell you about one or two new people from the Philippines I met on the trip who impressed and inspired me. People we can all learn from.
I look outside. It is still raining. Manila is not showing you its best side. So be sure to pack an umbrella because it’s rainy season in the Philippines. And be prepared for delays in the travel schedule, because with the typhoons it can always happen that we are stuck somewhere on one of the many islands and can only travel a few days later.
With that in mind, welcome to the learning journey! I’ll stop a tricycle for us. Will you get on and come with us?
Meet Pablo, whose experience of living in the Philippines inspired me to start ClimateMind and can certainly inspire you, too. Click on this article to learn about his values, his experience and what I have learned from him!
Meet Veronica, who does impressive work in community organizing. experience of living in the Philippines inspired me to start ClimateMind and can certainly inspire you, too. Click on this article to get inspired by her story, be amazed by her attitude and read about what everyone can learn from her!
This series touched you and you feel like sharing his experience with many more people?
Make sure to also stay connected with us on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and the Telegram channel, where a summary of the key learnings in the form of digital postcards will be incoming every week. By reposting these posts, you are giving a stage to a voice that is rarely heard. Thank you!
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