Riki writes about environmental issues, collaborative economies, food sovereignty, community managed travel and the crusade of humanity for its freedom. Riki’s latest communication project in TikTok and Instagram, @FilosofiaRerenne5.0 (Perennial Philosophy 5.0), aims to interpret concepts of esoteric philosophy in contemporary language. Riki’s Mission is to serve the awakening through information and community action.
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Ecuador in Flames: Indigenous Movements Rise to the Rescue
From diesel hikes to human rights: the Indigenous movement challenges Noboa’s heavy-handed rule Editor’s Note – Update, October 15 2025:Since the original version of this story was published, the situation in Ecuador has continued to deteriorate. Civil society organizations and community media have issued new denunciations of what they describe as state terrorism amid the ongoing national […]
Ecuador: Rights of Nature on Paper — The Case of Sarayaku
In 2012, the Kichwa people of Sarayaku won a historic lawsuit against the Ecuadorian state in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights—one of the first major tests of Ecuador’s trailblazing 2008 Constitution, the first in the world to recognize the Rights of Nature. But thirteen years later, the promises of that legal victory remain largely […]
The Water Revolution in the Andes: Vilcabamba, Ecuador, on the front lines
How a Small Town in Ecuador is Combining Ancestral Wisdom and Community Action to Regenerate its Valley. VILCABAMBA, Ecuador — While the world debates the climate crisis, in a small valley in Ecuador, an international community is taking action. Their tool: ancient knowledge that could transform modern agriculture. In southern Ecuador, there is a valley […]