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World Water Day 2013: What do we want for our planet?

We believe that all humans have a right to clean water. We believe education and collaboration are two of the best ways to spread the word so that each person has a chance to help, to purify, to be more conscious of water issues.

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San Pedro de Atacama, Chile

Three Technologies To Reduce Water Consumption and Stress on the Environment

The National Academy of Engineers predicts that by the year 2025 almost 45% of the world’s population will live in water stress zones. What can we do to prevent this?

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Photo Essay: Who are The SCAR Project Women?

David Jay’s photography shines a bright light into the reality of the “C” word.

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One of the younger Wichi women in the community

5 Inspiring call-to-action TED talks by women for women

Sometimes, it’s hard to see the wood for the trees. Sometimes, it feels like the little things we do every day simply are not enough. These talks show that while the road to change isn’t always clear, small actions often lead to more than you or I could imagine.

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A mother nurses her child while wearing a baby carrier

What it means to be a Wichi woman

Welcome to Women’s History month on the Cloudhead blog. From now until the end of March, all our posts will focus on issues, photography, art and resources related. As our first post, we present a photo essay of women from the Wichi community in Hickmann, Argentina. While I can’t speak for the women of the […]

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In Other Words A Mother

Best Selling Photography on the Cloudhead ART shop

Have you seen the Cloudhead Artshop? Beautiful images taken by indigenous Wichi children from NW Argentina. These are some of our best sellers. All profits go directly to build gardens and dig wells to support the photographers and their community. This photo was the poster for Cloudhead’s Siguendo Los Pasos de los Wichi exhibition at the […]

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I Want You in Istanbul

How To Talk to Strangers with Street Photographer Adde Adesokan

I tracked down street photographer Adde Adesokan last year after seeing his Triptychs of Strangers on the Laughing Squid. He was generous enough to reward my mild cyber-stalking with an interview, and what a fun interview.

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t-shirt says it all, good man, garden

Wichi Gardeners Bring Green Food to a Dry Land

The first harvest is a beautiful thing. When you’ve laid the ground, planted and pulled weeds, and green pokes from the ground. Little yellow flowers sprout from the shoots, and finally, finally, corn grows. These are the gardeners from the Hickmann Wichi community and the gardens they’ve worked hard to cultivate.

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Tread softly on my dreams: The education revolution is here

What would you say if I told you that US schools no longer educate? Would you just nod politely, assume I’m one of those people and go on your way? Or would you take a moment to listen?

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How reusing and recycling supports a community

In 2012, Cloudhead partnered with the Franklin Institute of English in Salta to create art, foster cultural awareness and raise donations for the Wichi communities of Hickmann. This is what happened to those donations.

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