Indigenous Svan communities unite to block hydro development in Svaneti
March 5, 2018
Protesters meet in Mestia to issue a petition that would block harmful infrastructural developments in Svaneti.
European Bank Gives Go-Ahead to Controversial Georgian Dam
February 5, 2018
A new dam will provide eight percent of Georgia’s electricity, but locals worry about its effect on their land. Now the project has European funding. Source: European Bank Gives Go-Ahead to Controversial Georgian Dam
[Campaign update] More EBRD cash for Georgia dams should be cautionary tale for other development banks
February 5, 2018
The European Investment Bank is set to decide on the billion dollar Nenskra dam project during its board meeting today.
Talking too much in the marshrutka: how I came to treasure Saventi
January 16, 2018
Rosa Vroom, author of the multimedia hub ‘Sventi is my homeland’, reflects on what makes the region and its people so special
Comments on the Nenskra supplementary environmental and social studies
January 15, 2018
The revised supplementary studies for the Nenskra project fail to properly perform a cost/benefit analysis. It lacks an assessment of the energy efficiency alternatives , the environmental externalities , the opportunity costs and even an economic inte
Melano Subeliani
December 20, 2017
“There are no bills here, everything we have is free and everything we do is ours.”
Music Group Nakra
December 19, 2017
‘Very talented children have been discovered in Nakra since a teacher started motivating then to learn Georgian and Svan songs.’
Music group Usghuli
December 19, 2017
“My parents, our family used to sing Svan songs. They were singing very well, especially my mother. She taught me singing and playing the ‘Tchuniri’.”
Tamazi Kvirikadze
December 19, 2017
‘My ancestors had never used any herbicides and chemicals.’
Tony Hanmer
December 19, 2017
“Sometimes you have to pinch yourself and think: ‘Am I living in the lord of the rings?'”
