The Firesticks Alliance is an Indigenous not for profit organisation that provides leadership, advocacy and action to protect, conserve and enhance cultural and natural values of people and Country through cultural fire and land management practices. Firesticks values and respects country, local knowledge, protocols of Elders and ancestors and are committed to providing a supportive Indigenous led network that fosters a community of practice to maintain and share Cultural fire knowledge and practice on Country. The Firesticks Alliance partners with diverse communities, landholders, agencies and institutions across the continent. Together Firesticks is identifying pathways to apply cultural ... read more The Firesticks Alliance is an Indigenous not for profit organisation that provides leadership, advocacy and action to protect, conserve and enhance cultural and natural values of people and Country through cultural fire and land management practices. Firesticks values and respects country, local knowledge, protocols of Elders and ancestors and are committed to providing a supportive Indigenous led network that fosters a community of practice to maintain and share Cultural fire knowledge and practice on Country. The Firesticks Alliance partners with diverse communities, landholders, agencies and institutions across the continent. Together Firesticks is identifying pathways to apply cultural fire to landscape, to help heal and care for Country and empowering communities through mentorship and shared understandings that are improving fire management in Australia. At Firesticks, our purpose is to empower the community in supporting the recognition and revitalisation of Cultural fire through the sharing of knowledge and practice across Australia. Firesticks empowers Indigenous leadership, advocacy and action to protect, conserve and enhance cultural fire and land management practices. We apply our methodology showing our connection to Culture, Community and Country
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By Rachel Steffensen | Partnerships Manager
Firesticks staff have been working on the development of 2 workshops this year under the 'Empower Aboriginal Women through Cultural Burning' Grant with GlobalGiving. These workshops will support... Read the full report ›By Rachel Steffensen | Empowering women through cultural burning
With an extention been made on our grant we are now intially scoping out our work for next year, porjects below National Womens workshop hosted by Kuarna Women in Adelaide With the... Read the full report ›By Rachel Steffensen | Fundraising and Partnership Coordinator
Kuarna women hosted the first ever Firesticks women's conference on Kuarna Country, Adelaide welcoming over 20 First Nations women from across South Australia. Women travelled from as... Read the full report ›