Last year, we launched the first ever Basic Income pilot of it's kind for people living in the Amazon and so far we're seeing: 🐟 Improved nutrition: Families with better access to food. 😮‍💨 Reduced pressure: Less financial worries for people living in the rainforest. ✊

To anyone wondering how UK can be getting more hot days while this summer feels distinctly... not hot... It's a good question! Here I try to explain how both these things can be true at the same time 👇

We've been busy presenting our basic income pilot at the first Latin America Basic Income Congress in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 Great to share the stage with our partners ONAMIAP #HastaqueCaigalaDictadura and OMIAASEC 🤩

Rainforest trees capture greenhouse gases on a mega scale, and this new research proves just how important it is to protect these tropical forests. 🌳

What on Earth is #EarthOvershootDay? 🤔🌎 Well, it's the day where our demand for natural resources surpasses what Earth can regenerate in that year. For 2024, we have reached this point by August 1st. But by reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, we could #MoveTheDate to

🍫 Chocolate from the Amazon 🌳 Growing from strength to strength, Pamuk Bakau recently showcased at the International Cocoa and Chocolate Show in Lima! Pamuk Bakau represents over 100 Awajún families who produce Amazonian cocoa from the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Each

Today marks International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples ✊🏽 People living in the rainforest often have a deep intrinsic connection between nature and their territories. Together, they are one. Let's recognise, respect and champion Indigenous peoples' knowledge and

📸 Snapshots of the rainforest village Huaracayo in Peru. Captured by our team on a recent trip to visit to our partnership communities in the Amazon rainforest 🌳

🌍 Excited to share that we'll be on several panels at the Blue Earth Summit, discussing our work as one of the best solutions for protecting rainforests! 🌿 📅 Join us from October 16-18, 2024, in London for this 3-day impact event inspired by the great outdoors. The summit will

“Poverty is the biggest driver of deforestation in these areas. These communities in very remote areas not only face a lack of access to basic needs – healthcare, food, education – but on top of that they face the climate crisis" Cool Earth theguardian.com/environment/ar…

We've been featured in the The Guardian for our Basic Income Pilot! This pilot is the first project of it's kind in the Amazon rainforest and has been three years in the making, working together with Indigenous peoples and our partners, to develop a programme that meets people’s

Want to know how to protect rainforests? Read this 👇🌍💚 Cool Earth The Guardian AidKit theguardian.com/environment/ar…

I've been excited about this basic income pilot since 2022. We already know a UBI-like program in Indonesia reduced deforestation by 30%. This 2-year pilot will evaluate how rainforests can be saved by UBI by directly reducing Indigenous people's poverty. "The pilot’s been very

Some of the daily sights the Huaracayo Forest Monitors see when they patrol their conservation area in the Peruvian Amazon 🌳 📸

It's easy to feel disconnected from the impact of rainforests, especially if you live far from them. But the truth is that the influence of rainforests is more far-reaching than it might seem. 🌳

Cool Earth is about to go live on BBC World Service 📻 Tune in at 3:45pm to hear our Head of Programmes Isabel Felandro talking about our Basic Income project for people living in the Amazon rainforest 🌳 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

Today marks Amazon Rainforest Day 🌳 A time to appreciate the lungs of our planet, and the vital role the Amazon plays in combating climate change. Together, we need to protect this precious ecosystem and support the Indigenous communities who call it home 🍃