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Global Village

Increasing awareness of our interrelated and entangled world reminds us of our shared humanity, challenges, and solutions. The impacts we have on one another from across villages, regions, and continents – for better or worse – are undeniable.

Global impacts are starkly felt within farming villages around the world. Kashekye village of Lake Bunyonyi, Uganda is one example where worldwide actions influence local weather patterns, growing seasons, and food security for countless families and individuals within this region. Modern agricultural practices that favour unsustainable practices over sustainable ones contribute greatly to this fragile and disproportionate complexity.

Bunyonyi Food Forest Foundation (BFFF) provides a space for people to come together, share ideas, and contribute to a more health-enriching, prosperous, and sustainable future. Its multi-layered work reflects inter-related possibilities – socially, culturally, environmentally, & economically.

The foundation for the work of Kashekye community is grounded in systems thinking approaches.

Quw’utsun Watershed Story, First Nations Systems Thinking, and Wetland Decision-making in Uganda, help to highlight BFFF’s related models of relationality and interconnectedness.

Aspects of “universal” principles – albeit flawed without critique, context, or relation-hood – offer a shared lens for understanding the work of BFFF:

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Prosperity:

Africa Hunger Crisis: “A severe food crisis is intensifying across Africa, driving millions of people into a heightened risk of hunger and starvation. Fueled by a combination of factors, including the war in Ukraine, regional conflicts, extreme weather events, and the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, hunger threatens the lives and well-being of vulnerable communities and people, particularly women and girls…” (Sevil Omer, 2024)

“The recent impact of COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and war on supply chains and food and energy prices highlights the interconnectedness and interdependence of a globalized world. Overall, we seem to be barely managing crises as they pop up, rather than acting to prevent such massive suffering….

I still hope to be part of the wave of thought and activism that changes that.”
(Romeo Dallaire, 2024, “The Peace”, p. 4)