Guardians Worldwide

Extinction & Recovery

Transformational course delivered online by Dr Nicolas Salazar Sutil, Wakay Fulni-ô, Alex Meliñir, Kamilu Hassan Hamza and Lee Walther.

Chaired by Dr Mercy Ette and Dr Maria Rovisco

5 week transformational course on climate change and deep time

STARTS NOVEMBER 10- Very few places left!

Only £75 | €85 | $100

Includes course fee, coursepack, reading list, video materials, access to Guardians Education Mighty Networks and zoom links to all sessions

Guardians Worldwide

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.

Key information

Dates: Nov 10- Dec 15

Time: Live on Mondays and Thursdays 19:30 GMT | 20:30 CET | 14:30 EST | 11:30 PST

Length of sessions: all sessions are 90 minutes long, with a 15 minute break

Location: Online, via zoom on Mighty Networks platform.

All sessions are recorded so you can view them at your own pace.

Cost £75 | €88 | $100

A DEEP DIVE INTO DEEP TIME!

Extinction and Recovery is a unique learning journey that will transform how you understand climate change and extinction by exploring what Earth’s deep past, coupled with ancestral knowledge systems, reveal about climate change and planetary recovery.

Experience a rich blend of lectures, discussions, practicums, creative presentations, videos, and a virtual guided tour of Portugal’s Lourinhã Formation.

Join a global network of scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders and creatives from over 20 countries to deepen your understanding of climate change.

Drawing on insights from leading organisations — including the Global Systems Institute, WMO, WWF/ZSL, Germanwatch, UNEP, IUCN, and IPCC — this course equips you with the latest knowledge, evidence, and global perspectives.

"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

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What our participants say from all over the world!

What will get by joining our course on the Guardians Education Mighty Networks?

When joining the Guardians Education platform on Mighty Networks, you’ll become part of a global community of over 100 participants from more than 20 countries, all dedicated to understanding and addressing today’s most pressing environmental challenges.

You’ll gain access to our comprehensive new course, featuring 40+ engaging videos and podcasts, freely available pre-assigned readings, and a literature review, plus a unique summary of this year’s most influential reports on climate change, biodiversity collapse, and extinction.

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This course costs only £75 / €85/ $100

10% of your fee goes to supporting our Guardians Tree Rescue Hub in Quinquén, a project aimed at recovery of Chilean Araucauria (also known as monkey puzzle or "fossil tree"), currently threatened with extinction in the wild due to dieback disease.

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Our facilitators on this journey

Nicolas Salazar Sutil

Nicolas is the founder and director of Guardians Worldwide. He is a Chilean environmentalist, campaigner and advocate. He is the author of The Paleocyber Age: what deep past can teach us about the future (Bloomsbury 2018)

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Mercy Ette

Mercy is a Nigerian journalist, media and conflict scholar, Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, UK and Chair of the Board of Guardians Worldwide.

Lee Walther

Lee is a field ecologist, Director of Guardians UK and Ranger for the National Trust. He is the guardian of Old Beard's Wood in the South Downs National Park.

Wakay Fulni-ô

Wakay is an Indigenous climate psychotherapist from Pernambuco, Brazil, member of the council of Reserva Ecologica Indigena Fulkaxó.

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Kamilu Hassan Hamza

Kamilu Hassan Hamza is an oral historian of the Maguzawa Indigenous people of Northeastern Nigeria. He is the Director of Guardians Africa and Director of Al-Fitra Academy in Kano.

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Maria Rovisco

Maria is a Portuguese sociologist specialising in social movements and protest, currently Associate Professor at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds

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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.