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Cauxsurfing – A network of trust around the world
Those of us who have already been to Caux Conference Centre in Switzerland probably all agree on one thing: this place is special. But while experiencing special moments up on a Swiss mountain top mig... Read More
Sai Kishore Nellore: Empowering small farmers
After serving in the Indian Air Force for 13 years, Sai Kishore Nellore decided to work on climate change while studying for a MBA in Aberystwyth, Wales. He realized that the people most affected by c... Read More
Ash Domah: A passion to green the deserts
Growing up with his twin brother in Mauritius, Ash Domah spent most of his time in nature around trees and plants. His passion today is greening the deserts, and he says his visit to Caux in 2018 insp... Read More
Meet the Initiatives for Land Lives and Peace (ILLP) network
ILLP aims to deepen understanding of links between land degradation and human security and to build the trust needed for effective collaboration on the ground and in ‘land-peace partnerships’. As a pr... Read More
Call for applications: Young Ambassadors Programme 2019
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Iman Al Ghafari: Starting from the individual in Syria
Iman Al Ghafari’s career has long been centred around building peace in Syria. She has been involved with Initiatives of Change for a number of years, leading Creators of Peace Circles in her native S... Read More
All societies’ origins from ‘there and here’ discussed at special day in Geneva
An adage that some people ignore these days is that mobility has shaped each human society, and a recent meeting of the Maison Internationale des Associations in Geneva focused on this. Many colours a... Read More
Is digital privacy really a private matter?
Despite the data privacy law known as GDPR which empowers online users to protect their private information, I blindy click “I accept” roughly twenty times a day, just to get access to what I want and... Read More
Patrick Worms: Hard issues in a magical setting
Five years ago, Patrick Worms was sharing his passion for the power of agroforestry in development at the European Parliament. His friend, Hartmut Behrend from the German Bundeswehr, saw an unmissable... Read More
Human Library: Face to face against racism in Vevey and Montreux
For the 2019 European Action Week against Racism, IofC facilitated two human libraries in Montreux and Vevey, offering face-to-face interactions on the links between discrimination, immigration and un... Read More
Alan Channer: A film-maker’s calling to 'land, lives and peace'
Alan Channer was working on a peace project in Baringo County, in the drylands of northern Kenya, when he received an invitation to a conference on ‘Restoring Earth’s Degraded Land’ in Caux, Switzerla... Read More
Initiatives for Land, Lives, Peace at UN Climate Summit in Katowice
‘We are not doing enough to prevent irreversible and catastrophic climate disruption …this is the challenge on which our generation’s leaders will be judged’. With these words, UN Secretary General An... Read More