In November 2024, entre—ríos was invited to feature in a live podcast recording to celebrate the 15 year anniversary of independent journalism outlet, La Silla Vacía. Held in Bogotá, the event featured live talks with politicians and activists to discuss “acuerdos para el futuro de Colombia” —agreements for Colombia’s future on four topics, including water.
By sharing experiences we witnessed of daily care for the watershed’s ecosystems, its organic vegetable plots, seed banks and community spaces, “How to eat a river” maps a different reality of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, demonstrating how small-scale actions make a tangible difference and enable the imagination of alternative futures.
I recently had an incredible opportunity to get intensive feedback from a range of digital commons experts on how to support transitions to a care- and commons-oriented water culture in this polluted watershed through our organizing and communications work with entre-ríos.
Crouching on the banks of the Bogotá River, after its serpentine path through Colombia’s capital city’s urban sprawl, the smell is overpowering. Islands of white foam sail by on a stream of black water, which navigates car tires, clothes and plastic containers, tangled layers of waste sedimented over time, making the riverbanks an archive of …
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This coming Monday 26 August, I’ll be taking part in this open session, where rivers, art, and science flow together in creative ways, organised by the Home Rivers Bio Blitz team, who each year coordinate a global citizen science mapping of watersheds Five projects will be in conversation during Digital Confluences: @walkingrivers @unrioenelrio @entrerios @manzanaverde …
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