BALANCING INDIGENOUS ECONOMICS IN A CAPITALISTIC DOMINATED WORLD
November 28th, 2022 at 12:30pm ET
How can we mobilize global investment while decolonizing capitalism? How can investors and corporate operators help to generate genuine value in balance with communities and nature? What practical guidance, tools and resources exist for big impatient finance to learn a new way of doing business? Join this session for some wisdom we can all use.
Nestor Gualinga
Sumisawa and Sarayakus
Nestor Gualinga, President of Sumisawa and President of Sarayakus. Sumisawa is an indigenous-led association in the Ecuadorian Amazon to strengthen agricultural production, fish farming, animal husbandry and Amazonian wild species to promote the food sovereignty and security of the Sarayaku ayllukuna, encourage local fair trade (community economy) and preserve the biodiversity of the Kawsak Sacha-Living Jungle.
Mario Yaucen
Sumisawa
Mario Yaucen is Technical Director for Sumisawa. Sumisawa is an indigenous-led association in the Ecuadorian Amazon to strengthen agricultural production, fish farming, animal husbandry and Amazonian wild species to promote the food sovereignty and security of the Sarayaku ayllukuna, encourage local fair trade (community economy) and preserve the biodiversity of the Kawsak Sacha-Living Jungle.
Puwe Puyanawa
Puyanawa Tribe
Puwe Puyanawa is the spiritual leader of the Puyanawa tribe in Brazil. He and his wife, Vari Puyanawa, have played an important role in driving the tribe’s process of rebirth. Since 2013, having in essence become an envoy of sorts for the tribe and begun travelling to Europe, Puwe has put the Puyanawa’s story on the global cultural map. He also participated in the Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change conference in Paris that was organised by UNESCO in 2015, which, to an audience of 40,000 politicians and various experts, highlighted the scale of planetary irresponsibility and damage done to the Amazon rainforests by gas companies, mining businesses and drug trafficking. A documentary film made in collaboration with the Puyanawa tribe is currently in the works. Titled Sacred Land Peyabakebu Puyanawa, it follows 120 years of the tribe’s history. One of its goals is to use the story of the Puyanawa tribe to address the fate of all the indigenous tribes in the Amazon as well as to raise awareness about and advance the slow and difficult process the Puyanawa are going through to regain all of their ancestral lands.
Mapu Huni Kui
Huni Kuin Tribe
Chief Mapu of Huni Kuin Tribe in Brazil. The Huni Kuin are an indigenous peoples of brazil and Peru. The name Huni Kuin means “true people” or “people with traditions”. Mapu Huni Kui is the spiritual leader of his people, the Huni Kui, and founder of the Hawa Karu Yuxibu center for cultural strengthening near Rio Branco, Acre.
Marc Thibault
Nativien
Marc Thibault has been involved in the social and environmental impact sphere for over 20 years as an entrepreneur, system thinker and policy influencer covering a wide span of industries and issues developing novel solutions requiring human-centered design while integrating environmental and social concerns. After pioneering for 10 years model-driven decision support systems and designing web-based cooperative DSS, Mr. Thibault started focusing on solving environmental health issues working across the private, public and non-profit sectors to a) provide alternative to toxic chemicals, b) influence policies to better protect our children and c) support sound non-profits advance their mission, becoming a strong advocate for hybrid corporations such as B-Corps along the way. In 2012, Mr. Thibault visited the Ecuadorian Amazon Rainforest and saw a need for new models, ones that put Indigenous Peoples at the center. By 2013, he was already testing different models using intercultural and biocultural approaches and in 2021 started Nativien, an Indigenous-centered hybrid organization producing health remedies using local medicinal plants as a vehicle to preserve Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Forest.
John Fullerton
The Capital Institute
Fullerton is an unconventional economist, impact investor, writer, and some have said philosopher. Building on and integrating the work of many, he is the architect of Regenerative Economics, first conceived in his 2015 booklet, Regenerative Capitalism: How Universal Patterns and Principles Will Shape the New Economy. As we enter the 21st century, we find a drastically changed context. Regenerative economics provides the principles-based, theoretical foundation for redesigning economies to meet unprecedented demands. This core vision resonates with a current and unmistakably growing need to return to a more equitable, sustainable and compassionate place. By introducing principles of living systems into our current economic, the Greek “oikinomia” – literally the management of the household – takes on an essential new meaning.
Laura Ortiz Montamayor
SVX Mexico
Laura Ortiz Montemayor is a social entrepreneur, founder and Chief Purpose Officer of SVX México. She is passionate about regenerative culture, systems thinking, and decentralized systems, and an advocate for impact investing. Her life mission is to ensure that capital serves humanity. During the past years, Laura’s work has focused on driving social, economic, and environmental justice through impact investment capacity building, and consulting. She is also an active promoter of Sistema- B, founding member of Alianza de Inversión de Impacto México AII MX, Member of Amexcap, and founding member of ASEM: The Mexican Association of Entrepreneurs.
Renata Strengerowsky
Be the Earth Foundation
Renata is Head of Philanthropy and Trustee for Be the Earth. She makes sure Be The Earth is in constant improvement, with innovative and bold practices that move us towards new formats for distributing wealth. Renata designs programs and partnerships with people and organizations aligned with Be The Earth’s vision and ensures the organization sees opportunities to leverage impact and capital. Renata has worked deeply with community engagement and participatory processes for the past twelve years, impacting directly over 20k people. Philanthropy at Be The Earth seeks to create opportunities for systemic change towards local and regenerative ecosystems, combining different types of capital that go beyond financial resources. The organization works in collaboration with our network of farmers, activists, entrepreneurs, indigenous people and wealth holders under feminine governance principles.
Seth Tabatznik
42 Acres / Berti Investments / Be the Earth Capital
Seth is Be the Earth funder, founder and trustee. He has a BA in International Development at the University of Sussex and an EMBA from Imperial College London. Seth has dedicated his entire life to social and environmental change, from volunteering in permaculture projects to building his solar-powered farm and retreat in Somerset. All of Be The Earth’s capital is invested under the same vision, strictly attached to the values of planetary regeneration. It is invested in inspirational leaders whose businesses are defining our regenerative future. Be the Earth is agile and fully flexible with financing methods, using capital as a source for good. Be The Earth Investments is a subsidiary of Be The Earth Foundation. All profits are either reinvested or donated.
