Greetings dear friends,

We would like to share with you some news, exciting new publications and resources, insights and inspiring videos that have come out of our recent participatory video activities. By scanning the headings below you can select the topics that are of most interest to you.

> Visions of Sustainability - inspirational perspectives from the global south in a short film made for the 'Planet Under   Pressure' conference in London
> Farmer-to-Farmer Sharing - latest work in Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda and Cote d’Ivoire
> Participatory Video and Food Sovereignty - latest work in India, Ethiopia and Thailand
> Indigenous Voices on Climate Change - recent articles on the groundbreaking Conversations with the Earth programme
> Participatory Video and the Most Significant Change Technique
> Girl to Girl Participatory Video for Monitoring and Evaluation - Uganda and Guatemala


>> News flash - Introduction to Participatory Video Course in Oxford, UK
Our training courses in Oxford are suitable for development practitioners, community workers and activists who seek ways to strengthen the capacity of communities and groups to exercise greater impact on decision making processes and undertake advocacy for social justice through participatory video. Our next training courses will take place from 22-26 October or until 28 October (including the editing course) - only one place remains. Due to the increasing demand we will be running an extra training course this year from 26-30 November / 2 December, places are limited to 12 so book soon to avoid disappointment.
Click here for more information and booking - www.insightshare.org/engage/courses


At the bottom of this email you will also find some information about an internship post at our head office in Oxford (UK). We would greatly appreciate it if you could spread this news across your networks. We would also love any feedback!


Sunny wishes from Oxford

In Solidarity!
The InsightShare team


>> Visions of Sustainability
In March 2012 we worked together with six other partners of the BRAVE collaboration on the 'Planet Under Pressure' conference. The conference aimed to bridge the worlds of science, the arts, politics, business, faith and the global South, the BRAVE collective challenged participants within and beyond the conferenceto develop a shared global vision of sustainability and come up with some 'big ideas' for achieving it. An article about the conference was published in the Summer Issue of 'Planet Earth'.
Read the article - http://tinyurl.com/VisionsSustainability
Watch the video - http://tinyurl.com/Visionsvideo

>> Farmer-to-Farmer Sharing (new PV resource)
Participatory Video has been demonstrated as ideal for working with small-scale farmers to enable farmer-to-farmer sharing of innovations and experiences, and connecting those same farming communities with the outside world and key stakeholders including policymakers, industry representatives and NGOs. This article describes some recent examples from our work with farming communities from: Ethiopia, Malawi, Uganda and Cote d’Ivoire. The article includes links to three videos.
Read the resume - http://tinyurl.com/Farmer-to-FarmerSharing

>> Participatory Video for Food Sovereignty (new PV resource)
The process of collaboratively planning and producing videos can bring people together to record and celebrate cultural food practices, strengthen traditional knowledge of the environment, and build strategies for a sustainable and resilient future. This piece describes three recent examples of participatory video projects that aimed to stimulate food sovereignty - from Meghalaya (India), the Gamo Highlands (Ethiopia) and Chiang Mai (Thailand). The article includes links to 4 videos.
Read the resume - http://tinyurl.com/PVforFoodSovereignty

>> Indigenous Voices on Climate Change
Climate change is seen by many as being perhaps the greatest and most urgent threat to the culture, environment, livelihoods and spirituality of indigenous communities around the world. Over the past 3 years, as part of the ‘Conversations with the Earth’ (CWE) programme, we supported the development of an unique network of autonomous community media ‘hubs’ in eight different communities; fuelled by the dedication, passion and energy of extraordinary individuals, who have organised and facilitated projects with hundreds of people within their regions and beyond. It is their perspectives on climate change that are quoted in the article published in Südlink, a German NGO magazine on North-South-relations and international solidarity. The second article - that was published on the UN Media Global blog - discusses the scope, aims and impacts of the CWE network since it's launch in 2009.
Read the article - http://tinyurl.com/IndigenousVoicesClimateChange
Read the article - http://tinyurl.com/CWEMediaGlobal

>> Participatory Video and the Most Significant Change Technique (new PV resource)
This illustrated piece describes how we facilitate Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) projects - combining Participatory Video with the Most Significant Change Technique. Participatory Video adds value, encourages iterative learning and explores qualitative data often missed through traditional M&E methods.
Read the resume - http://tinyurl.com/PVandM-E

>> Girl to Girl Participatory Video for Monitoring and Evaluation
We have spent the last year building capacity among teenage girls and staff involved in Nike Foundation grantee girl programmes in Uganda (BRAC) and Guatemala (Population Council) to enable them to use Participatory Video and most significant change (MSC) to gather stories from their peers and take a leading role in analysing and disseminating their findings. We will be sharing the videos, methods and findings from this ground-breaking M&E work with you very soon! In the meantime here are a short documentary (highly recommended) and a blog about the project:

Watch the documentary - http://tinyurl.com/PVMSCDocumentary


In April three girls and a programme leader from each of the local PV M&E team's in Uganda & Guatemala went to the AWID women's rights conference with InsightShare, as part of the last stage of the initiative. BRAC Uganda published a blog post about their experiences.
Read the blog post - http://tinyurl.com/PVUgandaBrac

>> Internship – Communications Fundraising and Marketing
We are currently looking for someone who would like to contribute to our external communications, fundraising and marketing strategies as well as provide programme support services.
Click here for more information - http://tinyurl.com/InternshipInsightShare



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