Mathias Schweikert

In the Peruvian Amazon, many indigenous communities still live without reliable access to electricity or the internet. At the same time, large-scale fossil fuel projects are encroaching on the region. In Alto Mishagua, this contradiction forms the backdrop to Roxana’s story. When Roxana returns home during the pandemic, her village feels more isolated than ever, and the warnings from the elders grow ever more urgent: their forest is changing, the rains are shifting, and life is becoming increasingly uncertain. Together with other young people, she begins to imagine a different future, based on clean, independent energy.

In Monalisa's home town, a small village in the middle of the rainforest on the Indonesian island of Borneo, many people are faced with a tough decision: Do I sell my land to ensure my family's financial survival and risk deforestation and environmental destruction by large corporations? Or do I stand up for the preservation of nature and suffer economic consequences as a result?