Prof. Sir Andy Haines - member of the Board of the Feyerabend Foundation - awarded the 2022 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Prof. Sir Andy Haines – member of the Board of the Feyerabend Foundation – awarded the 2022 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Sir Andy Haines, one of the longest serving members of the Board of the Paul K. Feyerabend Foundation, was awarded early in 2022 the Tyler Prize— often referred to as the ‘Nobel for the Environment’.  The award, which recognises … Read more

The Birifor language is alive and well in Burkina Faso!

The Birifor language is alive and well in Burkina Faso!

Fifteen years ago, the Feyerabend Foundation supported a small initiative to promote the Birifor language as a key means of identity and solidarity among the Birifor people in Burkina Faso.  At that time the language seemed to be spoken by … Read more

The Ogiek of Mt Elgon (Kenya) - recipients of one of our small grants in 2013 - win a landmark judgement after a 20-year struggle to secure their ancestral land rights

The Ogiek of Mt Elgon (Kenya) – recipients of one of our small grants in 2013 – win a landmark judgement after a 20-year struggle to secure their ancestral land rights

At the end of September 2022, we hear from our grantee Forest Peoples Programme that the Ogiek of Mount Elgon (Kenya) have just won their land right case in the relevant High Court! They filed a case in 2008 against … Read more