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Empowering conservationists to embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion in their practice. Through workshops and safe spaces, we help on-ground practitioners identify implicit biases, develop emotional intelligence, and redefine inclusive leadership in nature conservation across Northeast India.
Our goal is to empower participants to think out of the box and redefine for themselves:
• how to be inclusive and think about gender, caste, class, region, religion, your privilege and understand your position
• the meaning of leadership in conservation
Our workshops aim to
• provide an opportunity for participants to understand implicit biases, how they are formed, and their impact on the decision-making processes
• create a safe space for participants to self-reflect and identify the implicit biases in their professional and personal lives
• share simple tools to identify, address and navigate through one's implicit biases
• encourage participants to become emotionally intelligent conservationists, who are able to embrace the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion when leading nature conservation initiatives.
Living Labs - In total a diverse group of 19 participants joined the workshop from 5 different states representing 11 organisations.
Living Labs - 19 participants from 9 different states including Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Nagaland.
Neyi is the Sanctuary Nature Foundation’s Mud on Boots project coordinator and the project lead of this group. Based in Sikkim, she works on community-driven conservation, blending Indigenous knowledge with innovative solutions.
Priya is an ecologist and faculty member at Azim Premji University. Her work focuses on conservation biology, animal ecology, and evolutionary biology. Her research explores species interactions, biodiversity conservation, and ecological adaptations, aiming to foster sustainable relationships between humans and wildlife.
Yamini is an ecologist, science communicator, and writer whose work explores the intersections of gender, ecology, and education across multiple disciplines and ecosystems. With a deep interest in interdisciplinary approaches, Yamini views art, theatre, and education as powerful tools to engage communities, challenge dominant narratives, and inspire transformative change.
Rituparna is a queer rights activist and storyteller based in Assam. They are the Founder and Director of the Akam Foundation, which works on education and gender justice.
Akshay is a generalist who moves between Political Science, Urban Studies, and Behavioral Science. He finds joy in fiction, cinema, and long-distance running. The Brahmaputra River has always been his first love, inseparable from his identity. His meals are incomplete without his mother’s and grandmother’s homemade pickles.
2023
A crowdfunding campaign by Green Hub and Sanctuary Nature Foundation
2024
Sanctuary Nature Foundation and Royal Enfield Social Mission
