What We Do

Environmental media across four pillars.

Each pillar selected for its ecological significance, resonance with local communities, and alignment with global conservation and climate funding priorities.

What We Do

How we build the culture of care

Six interconnected areas of work, all grounded in community, all oriented toward impact.

Documentary & Visual Media

Films, photo essays, digital series, and multimedia content that bring Uganda's conservation and sustainability realities to life, crafted with depth, intention, and respect for the communities at the centre of every story.

Conservation Storytelling

Content around Uganda's wildlife, protected areas, conservation practitioners, and community-led initiatives protecting the country's natural heritage, from mountain gorilla corridors to savannah ecosystems and freshwater environments.

Sustainability Communication

Media that makes climate change, sustainable agriculture, food systems, and environmental stewardship understandable, personal, and actionable for Ugandan audiences and beyond.

Community Voices

Co-created content alongside local communities. Not filming from the outside, but building genuine partnerships that centre community knowledge, experience, and vision for the future.

Public Education & Awareness

Media as a tool for environmental learning and public engagement, partnering with schools, conservation organisations, and civil society to extend the reach and impact of every story we tell.

Storytelling Capacity Building

Mentoring and supporting emerging Ugandan filmmakers, photographers, and environmental communicators, growing the next generation of local media makers who will carry this work forward.

Wildlife & Conservation

Mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, the Albertine Rift corridor, savanna ecosystems, and the communities living at their edges.

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Climate & Environment

Floods, drought, the retreat of Rwenzori's glaciers, displacement of pastoral communities, and Uganda's role in the global climate crisis.

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Food Security & Land

Smallholder farmers under pressure, wetland agriculture conflict, seed sovereignty, nutrition, and the human dimension of land use decisions.

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Extractives & Accountability

Uganda's oil development, EACOP's ecological footprint, mining pressures, and communities on the frontlines of extractive expansion.

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Wildlife & Conservation

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Wildlife & Conservation Jun 2026

Inside Bwindi: Documenting the Mountain Gorilla Habituation Programme

For over a year, our team embedded with Uganda Wildlife Authority rangers in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest to document one of the most extraordinary conservation undertakings in Africa: the habituation of wild mountain gorilla families.

Mawejje Nicolas Read Story

Wildlife & Conservation Jun 2026

Gorilla Guardians: The Trackers of Bwindi Who Do Not Make the Brochures

Before the tourists arrive, before the cameras roll, before the rangers take their positions — fifteen men from communities bordering Bwindi have already been in the forest for three hours. Their names are never on the press releases.

Allan Selerwe Read Story

Climate & Environment

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Climate & Environment May 2026

The Last Ice: Rwenzori's Glaciers Are Gone Within a Decade

The Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda hold the last tropical glaciers in East Africa. Scientists say they will be gone by 2030. We went to see what remains — and what that loss means for three million people downstream.

Amina Nakato Read Story

Food Security & Land

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Food Security & Land May 2026

After the Harvest: Food Loss and the Cold Chain Gap in Eastern Uganda

Uganda grows enough food to feed its population. Yet post-harvest losses of up to 40% mean millions go hungry. The solution exists — it just doesn't reach the communities that need it.

Amina Nakato Read Story

Food Security & Land May 2026

Seasons of Uncertainty: How Climate Disruption Is Rewriting Uganda's Agricultural Calendar

Uganda's smallholder farmers have planted by the same seasonal rhythms for generations. Now, two rainy seasons are becoming one — and the consequences for food security are profound.

Amina Nakato Read Story

Extractives & Accountability

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Extractives & Accountability Jun 2026

EACOP and the Silence: Who is Telling the Story of Uganda's Pipeline Communities?

The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline will be the longest heated crude oil pipeline in the world. It will cross 178 rivers and displace 100,000 people across Uganda and Tanzania. We ask: where is the independent Ugandan media coverage?

Allan Selerwe Read Story

Media Formats

How we tell these stories

Documentary Film

Short and feature-length documentary productions. Broadcast quality, community grounded, and built for international distribution.

Photographic Essays

Visual narratives that give sustained attention to the faces, landscapes, and daily realities of Uganda's environmental frontlines.

Narrative Long-form

Deeply reported written journalism. The kind of slow, careful storytelling that policy reports cannot provide and wire services rarely deliver.

Digital Multimedia

Interactive and multiplatform series that combine text, photography, and video for digital-native audiences worldwide.

Research-grounded Reports

Visual media designed for funder, policy, and academic audiences. Rigorous, credible, and built to move people.

Community Journalism

Commissioning and mentoring Ugandan storytellers: filmmakers, photographers, and field researchers. Building the national media ecosystem from within.