Dance for the Earth and her Peoples (DEP)
Coordinator:
Robert Wild, Independent Consultant, Turks and Caicos Islands, assisted by Gloria Pungetti, Cambridge Centre for Landscape and People
Status: DEP is currently in its preparatory phase.
Description:
This initiative aims to use dance as a mechanism to celebrate conservation successes, raise concern for ongoing bio-cultural diversity loss and promote commitment to solving this pressing global problem. The Dance for the Earth initiative aims over the next five years to:
· test the use of dance as a tool for promoting the conservation of bio-cultural diversity at a representative selection of protected areas around the globe;
· build a network of institutions, organizations and individuals interested in the “Dance for the Earth and her Peoples” initiative;
· develop and fund a number of dance related projects at protected areas;
· collect, record, and conserve ‘earth dances’ from different cultures around the globe; and,
· organize dance events and other mechanisms to tell the stories of communities that are conserving their resources and protected areas.
A Steering Group has been established to guide the initiative.
Deliverables:
- Establish fundraising capacities in the U.S. and U.K.
- Develop a work program
- Write up project proposals for priority activities of the work program and submit them to donors
- Initiate a network of interested individuals and organizations.
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