Today is a celebration of Sacred People, Sacred Earth, and we, the indigenous youth here in Bendum in northern Mindanao, Philippines, put together an image of how we see ourselves as guardians of our ancestral domain and its ecological services….
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When the youth in Bendum are asked what are they grateful for, they always tell you about the fresh air, water from the spring and the forest that surrounds them. These are expected answers and visitors say, yes, how wonderful…
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Vincent Yan Rhu Yacapin Ecospirituality? I do not quite understand what it means. However, when I heard the word for the first time, I know it is something good. So I asked what does it mean? Suddenly my mind wanders…
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Along the Pulangi River from its source to its estuary are numerous indigenous cultures. In the headwaters still forested are the Pulangiyēn who have lived humbly on the land received from their ancestors, received from the Creator. Fifteen years ago…
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To address the urgent problems of today, the one thing educators must teach the youth is a sense of belonging, according to Pedro Walpole SJ, Executive Director of the Apu Palamguwan Cultural Education Center (APC). “We are kept so busy…
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