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We are all residing in, or perhaps between, countries which are either oppressing other countries, or their own people - or in ones which are being oppressed by others. One of the countries realife is based in, the UK, is complicit in ongoing genocide, and now a further illegal war on top of its leading and contribution to many past and present atrocities. In how we show up for work in justice focused organisations, the joy feels particularly far away. The realife team has wa

What is the Learning Landscapes approach? “This wasn’t learning for its own sake - it was survival work, care work, movement work. It was learning to stay in dignity and action, rooted in the urgencies that shape our daily lives” – Jane Burt, founding member of realife Learning At its heart, the Learning Landscapes approach recognises that learning should begin with the real experiences of injustice that people live through every day. It acknowledges that all knowledge system

Justice-driven organisations operate in complex, fast-moving contexts. They need learning systems that strengthen strategy and accountability without slowing the work down. This is the context in which realife Learning has now developed a long term partnership with the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) . IEJ is a South Africa–based research organisation advancing economic justice through rigorous research and policy advocacy across Africa. With a growing portfolio of proje

We’re excited to announce our new partnership with the Southern African Wildlife College (SAWC), a long-standing centre of learning rooted in some of the most complex conservation landscapes in the region. For nearly three decades, SAWC has supported rangers, conservation practitioners and natural resource managers to navigate the realities of protecting land, wildlife and livelihoods under immense pressure, from human–wildlife conflict to extractive practices and rapidly shi

We will be adding our creative commons resources, publications, tools, stories and more to this website in the coming months. We will also be telling the story of realife as a social enterprise and how we are practicing our values and ways of working throughout our internal structures, with our partners and across our work. The below video, as featured on our home page, was created by realife Learning member Michael Jaspen of The Film Guys - and features Jane Burt, Ludwig Ch