Eyes at the Last Mile: Ethical Impact Storytelling for Environmental Peacebuilding [Video]
Publisher: Environmental Peacebuilding Association
Date: 2026
Environmental peacebuilding operates at the intersection of environmental stress, conflict, health, and resilience, yet the lived realities of communities at the last mile are often mediated through distant, institutional narratives. Storytelling plays a decisive role in shaping whose knowledge is legitimized, which interventions are resourced, and how peacebuilding challenges are understood. When storytelling is unethical, it can extract trauma, reinforce stereotypes, and erase agency, causing harm not only to communities but also to the quality of evidence informing policy and practice.