By Cristina Rivas / Translated by Adriana Serrano
In a global context where migration, environmental, and cultural crises are interlaced, the Entre Soles y Lunas Foundation (ESL) proposes a model that seeks to mitigate damage and to regenerate life in all its dimensions. Its approach is embodied in the so-called Fifth Impact projects, a commitment to intervening in territories from a comprehensive perspective where migration, heritage, and sustainable fashion serve as connecting axles.
Regenerate through connection: Humanity and the environment
To ESL, regenerating the environment is not only about restoring ecosystems but also about building new relationships between people, their culture, and their natural environment. Therefore, its projects combine the recovery of biocultural heritage, the inclusion of migrant communities, and the ethical transformation of fashion, framed in alliances with state entities, international organizations, universities, and social organizations.
Likewise, through Heritage in Motion , the Foundation promotes a deep transformation of the connection between the communities and their environment. It revives ancestral practices and promotes a sustainable relationship with nature, from a cultural, social, and symbolic perspective.
Living projects, healing territories
Fifth Impact projects benefit territories affected by forced migration, state abandonment, or environmental degradation. There, the Foundation promotes processes that include:
- Sustainable fashion laboratories with artisanal fabrics and natural dyes.
- Heritage trails that redefine migrant memory and environment.
- Community educational processes focused on cultural and environmental regeneration.
These actions offer sustainable economic alternatives and promote rootedness, territorial care, and human dignity, especially for historically excluded communities.
Within this framework, the memories of Living Wool 2024 reflect the transformative scope of these initiatives. The event took place at the SENA Auditorium in Bogotá, over two days (November 27 and 28, 2024). Supported by Sena Colombia, Salto-Uruguay Municipality, Salto Emprende, Department of Promotion and Development, Lanificio di Livenza, and the Guatemalan Chamber of Fashion.
At the end of the event, it was documented how artisanal weaving, in the hands of migrant and rural women, becomes an act of individual and collective healing, a way of narrating the territory and regenerating it through creation. This initiative allowed for the establishment of alliances and support from the sector, in addition to facilitating the planning of processes aimed at defining paths of transgenerational change.
A transformation network with a global perspective
Thanks to partnerships with local and international stakeholders, the Entre Soles y Lunas Foundation expands this replicable model, demonstrating that regeneration is not only possible but necessary.
Through its Fifth Impact projects, it proposes a perspective that integrates social justice, ecological sustainability, and cultural dignity, transforming territories into spaces of healing and future.
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“Living Wool” memories - 2024
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