Livelihood Sovereignty is ‘a holistic ethical alternative solution’ which consists of five inter-relative rights: 1) The right to land, forest and water, clean air and natural landscape (basic); 2) The right to maintain one’s own religion (unique); 3) The right to live according to one’s own way of life and values of happiness and wellbeing within one’s own natural environment (practice); 4) The right to operate according to one’s own knowledge and decide what to plant, initiate, create and invent on one’s own land; (holistic); and 5) The right to co-manage or co-govern natural resources with neighboring communities and local authorities (strategic).
Nature is the Mother of all creatures. Such a simple and long lasting philosophy should always remind us to promote ‘Friendliness in mind - Faith in our behaviour - and Beauty in our relationships’.
Education background: Bachelor's degree in international development at the Faculty of Rural Economic Development, the Wageningen University - the Netherlands
Interest: Connecting among ecological farmers in the Mekong region; practical teaching for young ecological farmers; sustainable economy of ecological farming; practical application and theoretical principles of sustainable agriculture and ecological farming.
Present position with organization: Assistance for MECO-ECOTRA's Young Secretariat
Email: mirriam.vanmuijlwijk@gmail.com
Skype: mirriam.vanmuijlwijk
Chindanai Jowalu (Oshi)
Place of birth : Ban Nongtao 64 Moo 4 Maewin, Maewang, Chiang Mai province, Thailand
Education background: Graduating from the Dharmajasuka High School, Chiang Mai district.
Interest: Continuously self-practice and self-develop skills to work and set up basic needs; freedom and self-control; connecting with friends and health care through eating fresh foods locally; food safety and freedom of the community; maintenance and development of native species and cultural identity for future generations.
Present position with organization: Deputy head of MECO-ECOTRA's Young Secretariat
Interest: Ecological farming (system design, crop and livestock diversification); development of ecological farming model at household and community levels; traditional herbal medicine in community health care.
Present position with organization: Member of MECO-ECOTRA's Young Secretariat
Cao Quang Agro-Forestry and Ecological Service Cooperative 
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