Guardians Worldwide
Ancestral Futures
Memory
Sacred Ecology
Indigenous spirituality
Storytelling
STARTS MARCH 5, 2025
Every Wednesday 19:30 GMT
Live via Zoom and Mighty Networks
+ optional hands-on tree planting sessions
at our Tree Rescue Hub in London
What is guardianship?
There are many ways of understanding guardianship. For us, it has all to do with responsibility. Guardianship is a land governance practice that goes beyond the narrow Western division between private and pubic. Land is best protected when everyone: private and public-- indigenous and non-indigenous-- come together to take collective responsibility for the care and regeneration of the planet we all share.
September 10- Oct 22, 2026
Live on Tuesdays and Thursdays 19:00 GMT | 20:00 CET | 14:00 EST
All sessions are 90 minutes long | Online, via Zoom
Sessions are recorded so you can view them at your own pace.
What if the past is not behind us, but beneath us, holding the key to the future?
ANCESTORS is a transformational course that reconnects you to the wisdom of those who came before, and to the land.
Through collective memory and intergenerational practices, we will reawaken ancestral voices to ground ourselves in the present and shape a more regenerative future for people and planet.
The time to reconnect is now.
"A transformational experience like no other"
Ana, New York, USA
"We love Guardians"
Nikki, Cambridge, UK
"Guardians makes my week. I wake up at 3am every Wednesday to watch it live."
Maria, Auckland, New Zealand/Aotearoa
"I can't wait to soak up again all the wisdom and knowledge of this course."
Magdalena, Warsaw, Poland
“Guardiões é ótimo! Cada encontro é uma nova riqueza.”
Mariana, Maranhao, Brazil
"Thank you so much for all the work you are doing. I cannot express the expanse of my gratitude."
Krista, Philadelphia
"Escribo para agradecer a todo el equipo de trabajo que hay detrás de cada encuentro y por las maravillosas reuniones"
Javiera, Temuco (Chile)
"Je suis tellement enthousiaste à propos de ce cours. C’est trop cool"
Rosie, Port-au-Prince (Haiti)
"What an incredible group of humans"
Ashleigh, Devon UK
Guardians Education
What our participants say from all over the world!
Week 1
Thursday September 10, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
THE COLOURS OF THE CAVE
Opening session
with Nic Salazar Sutil, hosted by Mercy Ette
Week 2
Thursday September 17, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
TORORET: SPIRITUALITY FROM MAU FOREST IN KENYA
with Leonard Mindore, hosted by Mercy
Week 3
Thursday September 24, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
FUTAKACHEYEM: MAPUCHE PEOPLE AND ANCESTRAL LAND ACTIVISM IN SOUTHERN CHILE
with Millaray Huichalaf, Alex Meliñir and Natali Meliñir, hosted by Nic
Week 4
Tuesday September 29, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
Participant led session: discussing ancestors, diaspora, reconnection
Thursday October 1, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
BORI SPIRITUALITY AND THE MAGUZAWA OF HAUSALAND (NIGERIA)
with Kamilu Hassan Hamza, hosted by Mercy
Week 5
Tuesday October 6, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
Participant led session: collective memory and healing
Thursday October 8, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
WHAT IS THE ANCESTRAL FUTURE? with Maria Rovisco (Portugal) and Wakay Fulni-o (Brazil)
Week 6
Tuesday October 13, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CETWeek
Participant led session: ancestorship and creative practice
Thursday October 15, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
HOW TO RECONNECT WITH LOST ANCESTORS? with Lee Walther (UK), hosted by Nic
Week 7
Thursday October 22, 19:00 GMT / 20:00 CET
WRITING WITH ANCESTORS: STORYTELLING WORKSHOP with Nic
Early bird
Includes access to all 6 sessions and Mighty Networks platform75 pounds / 85 euro
Available until June 30
Millaray is a machi, or spiritual leader and healer from the Mapuche Williche territory of Kiramayin in the Los Rios region of southern Chile. She is the guardian of the Palmaiken River and leading an international campaign to protect these ancestral and sacred waters
Millaray Huichalaf
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Mercy is a Nigerian journalist, media and conflict scholar, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Newcastle, and Chair of the Board of Guardians Worldwide. She is the author of "Embers of Empire" (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
Mercy Ette
Leonard is an Indigenous Ogiek land defender and activist, protector of Mau Forest in Nakuru County, Kenya. He is Director of Programme for the Heritage of Ogieks and Mother Earth.
Leonard Mindore
Wakay is an Indigenous climate psychotherapist from Pernambuco, Brazil, member of the council of Reserva Ecologica Indigena Fulkaxó.
Wakay Fulni-ô
Kamilu Hassan Hamza is an oral historian of the Maguzawa Indigenous people of Northeastern Nigeria. He is the Director of Al-Fitra Academy in Kano and director of Friends of Falgore Bush.
Kamilu Hassan Hamza
Alex Meliñir
Alex is a Mapuche-Pewenche Indigenous leader, member of the historic Meliñir or Three Foxes family, guardians of Quinquén Valley and pioneers in the land rights movement and protection of araucaria pine in Chile.
Lee is a ranger and ecologist, member of the board of Guardians UK
Lee Walther
Maria is a Portuguese and Briitish sociologist, currently Professor in Cultural Sociology at the University of Leeds, and member of the board of Guardians UK and Guardians Worldwide.
Maria Rovisco
Founder and director of Guardians Worldwide. Chilean environmentalist, campaigner and writer. He is the author of Matter: transmission (Bloomsbury 2018) and the novel Invernada (Oblicuas, 2026)
Nicolas Salazar Sutil
Nataly is a Mapuche-Pewenche intercultural health practitioner and hearth keeper from Quinquén Valley in Southern Chile.
Nataly Meliñir
There are 3 ways to join us.
You can choose Early Bird, Full Package and Scholarship for students and members of territorial communities (Indigenous, Quilombo).
Early Bird
Available only until July 14 (extended).
Course registration
Course readings and links
Access to all sessions
Access to Holos platform
$150
Full Package
Course registration
Access to all sessions
Course readings and links
Access to Holos platform
Scholarship
For registered students and members of Indigenous communities or territories.
Contact Emma Martin at emma@guardiansworldwide.org
Limited to 25 places
$175
$200
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7 Courses | 2,500 participants | 55 countries
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Guardians Worldwide is an international non-profit organisation.
Guardians UK CIO is a Registered Charity (Charity Commission Number 1214169)
Associaçao Guardians Worldwide is a Registered non-profit in Portugal (NIPC: 518596737)
GWW Africa Ltd is a registered PLC in Nigeria (Reg No: 8272797)
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