Aye wa means "our planet" in Yoruba, a language of West Africa.
Mission
Ayewa aims to help reverse climate change, and to lessen the harm caused by the changing climate. Our contribution: a curated, annotated, and easy-to-use listing of climate change-related resources.
Ayewa’s repository emphasizes action: programs and organizations that are working—now—on responses to climate change.
Ayewa also lists known and potential solutions to climate change; scientific data and analysis; and useful reference information such as instructional materials and model laws.
Why Ayewa?
The world needs a place where anyone can find high-quality information about all climate change-related topics. What are people already doing to respond to our planetary crisis? How can we reverse climate change, and how can we respond to a changing climate? What's the background science, and what does the research tell us about the future?
To our knowledge there is no existing clearinghouse of international climate change resources. Lists of resources that do exist on the web are incomplete and lacking in substance, and they are hard to find. Standard search engines like Google give only a jumble of loosely-related results.
What else you should know
- Ayewa is international and diverse in its scope and concerns. We list climate change projects of every size and focus, from community efforts to multinational collaborations.
- We care about the whole planet, but we emphasize the effects climate change has on people. We are alert to the major ways that climate change affects different groups of people differently. We are big on the interdependence of environmental vitality and human justice, freedom, and opportunity.
- Everyone’s input is welcome. Suggestions for additions or changes can be made through the web site.
- Ayewa's listings are curated. Our staff choose and write/edit the final listings.
- The initial version of the web site is in English. Ayewa intends to make the site multi-lingual, and to create regional versions that focus on local issues and resources.
