Dom Phillips Institute
We were born between the mourning for yet another act of violence that took place in the Amazon Rainforest and Dom Phillips ' enchantment with its people and their exuberance.
The legacy
flows into a
Movement
We create, here and now, a movement of connection, engagement and education that echoes the voices of the forest, its people and ancestral knowledge.
We want to contribute to the construction of a society in which humans feel part of nature, respect and are engaged in the protection of all forms of life.
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Who was Dom Phillips?
Sun
Born in England and enchanted by Brazil, the journalist began his career covering the music scene and had it violently interrupted in his favorite setting, the Amazon, denouncing the environmental crimes that occurred in the territory.
Photo: ©Bonnie Jo Mount
Passion
His desire was to learn more and more about the sociobiodiversity of the forest and understand the conflicts, care and cultures that surround it. To do this, he talked to all kinds of people. He believed that the Amazonian peoples have valuable knowledge of preservation and the capacity for collective coexistence in symbiosis with nature.
Photo: ©Paulo Santos
Action
On his last trips, he dedicated himself to developing the unfinished book “How to save the Amazon, ask the people who know”, which led him to the Javari Valley, a territory with the largest number of isolated indigenous people in the world, together with the indigenous rights activist Bruno Pereira, where they were murdered.
Photo: ©João Laete
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expand the network
of protection
from the Amazon
The Dom Phillips Institute is about knowing and allowing yourself to be enchanted. We want to continue Dom Phillips’ legacy through education, and to do so, we need your support. Anyone can donate. You – an individual, a company or a civil society organization in Brazil or abroad – can join the Movement. With each contribution, it grows stronger.
Come with us!