The Climate Crisis from an Indigenous Perspective: Exhibition in Hanover (starting Sept. 10)

How do indigenous communities experience the climate crisis? What consequences do resource extraction and political decisions have for their habitats? The exhibition “Resources and the Climate Crisis from an Indigenous Perspective” by the human rights organization Society for Threatened Peoples (STP) offers insights into these questions. It will open on September 10 at 5:00 p.m. at the Leibniz School of Education in Hanover with a short film screening followed by a workshop. The exhibition will be on view through September 24, 2026, in the foyer of the Leibniz School of Education, Im Moore 11, 30167 Hanover. On September 26, it will be on display at the Catholic International Center, Marschnerstraße 34, 30167 Hanover, as part of the Diocese of Hildesheim’s Bolivia Day. Admission is free.

The photographs in the exhibition were taken as part of several FotoVoz projects by members of indigenous communities in Bolivia. They depict their daily lives, their relationship to the land and nature, and the changes they are experiencing in their habitats.

At the exhibition opening, Jan Königshausen, the STP’s Indigenous Peoples Advisor, will provide a brief overview of the FotoVoz processes and the background of the exhibition. There will also be a screening of the animated short film Abuela Grillo and a workshop on the topic of “water.” The event invites you to get to know Bolivia from the perspective of Indigenous people and to reflect on how the images on display relate to our lives in Germany.

When: September 10, 2026, 5:00 p.m.

Where: Leibniz School of Education, Im Moore 11, 30167 Hanover

Admission: free, no registration required

The event and exhibition are organized in cooperation with the Diocese of Hildesheim and Leibniz University Hanover and supported by Bingo-Umweltstiftung Niedersachsen.