Honey in the Heart is a long-running collaboration between Panya Forest and the P’gakeryaw ( Karen) communities of Hin Lad Nai in Chiang Rai. This is a project about re-build the relationship with Mother Earth, Father Sun, Mama Moon, Sky, Stars, and Mama ocean including rivers and all beings on Earth. We learn how to live as human again. P’gakeryaw means simple human who live harmony with the earth, who live with respect, humber and reciprocity. Their way of living represent how to be real human, just take what we need, ask permission and give thank for what we are provided by the earth and share with others beings.
The P’gakeryaw (Karen people) of Hin Lad Nai have maintained a sacred relationship with forest, land, trees and the wild honey bees of their forest for generations. Their practices of sustainable harvesting, seasonal ceremony, and communal land stewardship represent some of the most intact indigenous ecological knowledge in northern Thailand.
Through visits, documentation, storytelling, and shared work, we help amplify the voices and practices of the community. This is not a project that arrives with answers. It arrives with questions, with respect, and with cameras and notebooks.
We document seasonal ceremonies, interview elders, photograph the forest, and help share these stories with the wider world through our blog, social media, and community events.
Volunteers with interests in photography, storytelling, documentation, and ecological knowledge are especially welcome on this project. A minimum stay of two weeks is preferred.
We run the courses between Panya Forest, Pun Pun organic farm and Hin Lad Nai community. In 2026 and 2027 we are offered courses as the link here..