Our ancestors never drew lines between land, sea, sky, and self
we are one breath, one body, one spirit.
In the embrace of connection, we remember our oneness. To truly love, to respect, to honour and to protect, we must return to that sacred bond.
Reconnection is not just remembrance— it is survival.
This is the Kastom Keepers guiding principle
The climate crisis calls for more than solutions—it calls for reconnection. True resilience begins when Indigenous wisdom is woven with modern tools, creating systems that help climate-vulnerable communities not only cope, but thrive.
Founded in 2023, Kastom Keepers is a female-led grassroots movement in the Solomon Islands committed to working with communities to safeguard ancestral knowledge systems, strengthen customary governance, restore roles of Kastom Keepers/Knowledge Holders and traditional learning spaces. By honouring cultural identity and revitalising inter-generational leadership, we strengthen community resilience from the roots up—ensuring our people are equipped to adapt to challenges and that no culture is left behind.
At the heart of our mission is the belief that Indigenous knowledge—embedded in our kastoms, ceremonies, stories, and ecological practices—is not only heritage, but a living guide to surviving and thriving in a changing world. Colonisation has long severed our sacred connections to land, sea, sky, and spirit—displacing not only our people, but our ways of knowing and being. Now, as climate change accelerates loss and damage, that disconnection grows deeper and more urgent.
Kastom Keepers stands as a guardian of this wisdom, working to restore what was disrupted, and to protect what still lives. We are not just responding to climate change; we are reclaiming our right to remember, to lead, and to protect the sacred inheritance of our ancestors—for the future of all generations.
Who we are
“When the vine was cut, we lost the path to the mountain. Now the winds rise and the sea calls louder—reminding us that to survive, we must return to where the vine first touched the earth.”
When the vine was cut, we lost the path from the sea to the mountain. Now the winds rise and the sea calls louder—reminding us that to survive, we must return to where the vine first touched the earth.
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When the vine was cut, we lost the path from the sea to the mountain. Now the winds rise and the sea calls louder—reminding us that to survive, we must return to where the vine first touched the earth. *
Join us to restore what was severed, protect what remains, and grow resilience from our ancestral roots.
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