Ivan Sawyer is the founder of Voces de Amerikua, a collaborative media laboratory that supports and promotes the voices of indigenous peoples of North, Central and South America and their efforts to protect their Culture, Land and Rights, using impact campaigns, social media and documentaries. He is a cultural entrepreneur, media producer and Indigenous rights activist. Among other things he has been involved in different cultural exchange, sustainability and indigenous knowledge preservation initiatives in different parts of North and South America for over a decade. Collaborating with different organizations such as the Global Ecovillage Network, NuMundo.org, Indigenous Medicine Conservation Fund, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities and with events such as the Consejo de Visiones – Guardianes de la Tierra in Mexico.