Open terrain and horizon in Madagascar — field context for TNW MAD

Featured project · TNW MAD

Madagascar is not a backdrop.

It is one of Earth’s rarest living worlds. TCOTPE is the home. TNW MAD is the first project: a bridge for stories, culture and practical support.

90%+

unique wildlife

Many species exist only in Madagascar.

300k

trees reported

Trees planted through TNW MAD’s field programme — a milestone the team publishes as work advances.

15k ha

future goal

Restoration scale the project is building toward over the coming years.

Why Madagascar

A place the world cannot replace.

Madagascar carries life found nowhere else: forests, reefs, lemurs, reptiles, plants, languages, memories and local knowledge. Climate shocks, poverty and deforestation put pressure on both people and nature. TNW MAD exists to bring attention, culture and support into one clear place.

  • A rare living world

    Most of Madagascar’s reptiles, mammals and plants are found nowhere else on Earth. Protecting Madagascar means protecting life that cannot simply move somewhere else.

  • Climate pressure is real

    Cyclones, droughts and floods are becoming part of daily risk. Nature, homes, food systems and local work all feel the pressure.

  • People first, always

    Preservation cannot work if people are left outside the story. TNW MAD starts with culture, community, dignity and practical support.

Featured initiative

TNW MAD — The New World Madagascar logo

Current project

TNW MAD

The New World Madagascar

The NGO TNW MAD works to revitalize the environment while confronting the poverty system around it. Protect nature, create useful local production, transmit knowledge, and make every purchase or donation part of the action.

What makes the human different is consciousness. It is wisdom and creation.
Climate and mission context — TNW MAD field presence in Madagascar
Field presence and long-view restoration — documentation comes next, honesty first.

Reforestation (ANR)

Assisted natural regeneration and field work to help restore degraded ecosystems.

Local production

Soaps, teas, powders and essential-oil ideas that can help fund environmental action.

Education & culture

Books, art and storytelling that pass knowledge forward and invite people into the mission.

Solidarity market

Every purchase supports TNW MAD's reforestation work, local production, books, and field action in Madagascar.

What already exists

Not an idea from nowhere.

Field ambition

The existing project materials point to reforestation, nurseries and long-term restoration goals. Next is documenting the work clearly.

Solidarity products

Books and local products can become a small market where every purchase has a reason beyond the receipt.

A project that needs structure

TNW MAD has story, urgency and raw material. TCOTPE gives it a cleaner home: one place for updates, support, products, community and transparency.

Shop & digital releases

Start with a few meaningful things.

Books, bioproducts and wearables from the TNW MAD solidarity list — same shelf as the original site, without turning TCOTPE into a noisy marketplace.

Every purchase supports TNW MAD's reforestation work, local production, books, and field action in Madagascar.

Book cover: Amsterdam Mind Scenario
Book3 000 Ar

Bookstore

Amsterdam Mind Scenario

Hundreds of thoughts from across the planet, turned into written lines — each sentence stands alone yet feels connected to a wider mind-field. Open inspiration for branding, vision, and dreams.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Details
Book cover: The Rarest Collection
Book3 000 Ar

Bookstore

The Rarest Collection

For everyone: one clear border you only notice when you scroll — paths worth following. A simple, safe step; then the dream continues. What open eyes miss, an open mind can see.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Details
Book cover: Humain
Book3 000 Ar

Bookstore

Humain

Essays and stories on nature, who we are and how we can act with hope — written to speak to real life in Madagascar and far beyond.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Details
Book cover: Olona
Book3 000 Ar

Bookstore

Olona

A lyrical, human-centred read on language and memory — to sit with slowly and share with people who care about culture and community.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Details
Dingadingana DDS solidarity soap bar with baobab tree emboss
Solidarity soap — Dingadingana DDS product photoSoap packaging from local production
Organic500 Ar

BIO Products

Savon Dingadingana DDS

Handmade solidarity soap with a baobab emboss — gentle daily use with a purchase that backs replanting and neighbourhood-scale projects.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Details
Thé en poudre Detox product
Organic2 000 Ar

BIO Products

Thé en Poudre Detox

Detox herbal tea in powder form — light, everyday wellness from Malagasy partners, with income that stays closer to the people who grew it.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Details
Biofertilisant organique — product packaging and label
Organic3 000 Ar

BIO Products

Biofertilisant Organique

Organic fertiliser to feed your soil and support stronger harvests — produced with local partners linked to TNW MAD’s restoration work.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Details
Thé en poudre Voandelaka — product packaging
Organic800 Ar

BIO Products

Thé en Poudre Voandelaka

Voandelaka powder tea at an easy price — a mild, familiar infusion for sharing at home while backing the solidarity economy.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Details
TCOTPE / TNW MAD tee — front chest print with Earth, peace symbol and sprout
Merch45 000 Ar

Wearables

Take Care of the Earth · TNW MAD tee

Black tee with white line art: peace, Earth and a sprout on the chest; a four-panel comic on the back about planning, building and protecting what we love.

Part of every purchase goes toward reforestation and community action.

Size
Details

Prices can be shown in Malagasy Ariary or EU reference list prices (toggle in the site header). Payment, pickup and handoff are coordinated with the Madagascar team — the store page has the cart sidebar and email handoff.

Store & cart

Mission & people

For the people who choose to begin.

This is not about pretending to save a whole island from a laptop. It is about building a trustworthy bridge: stories that travel, products that fund, and a community that can slowly turn attention into useful support.

  • Story keepers

    Writers, artists and friends carrying the emotional fire of the project.

  • Builders

    People turning ideas into websites, shops, payment flows and transparent systems.

  • Field activists

    Local voices and action people who understand reforestation, production and community needs on the ground.

Community

The movement already has a public campfire.

On Facebook, TCOTPE stays close to the ground: field notes, reforestation milestones when they are verified, new books and bioproducts in the solidarity market, and honest questions from people who want to help without illusions.

Facebook

What you will find there

Announcements when a batch of soap or tea is ready, photos from the nursery and reunion sites, shared stories from Antananarivo and the regions where TNW MAD works, and clear calls when the team needs books, funds or attention for a specific action.

Launches & milestones

Field & community

Field immersion

From nursery to harvest, every action counts.

These frames come from the reunion project zone and nearby work: harvest moments, hands in the soil, people meeting around shared tasks. They are not decoration — they are the same reality the solidarity store and the books are meant to sustain.

  • Harvest and work in the field, Madagascar

    Harvest

  • Another angle of field work and gathering

    Ground work

  • Community moment on the ground

    Together

Support

Help turn attention into action.

Every purchase supports TNW MAD's reforestation work, local production, books, and field action in Madagascar.

Donations and solidarity purchases both feed the same pipeline: trees, books, local production, and the slow work of documenting what is real. Nothing here promises instant impact — only a trustworthy bridge between people who care and people who know the terrain.

Contact in Madagascar

Antananarivo, Madagascar

contact@tnwmad.mg

+261 38 80 630 61 · +261 32 39 607 63

Contact in the Netherlands

+31 6 24267831

Grow hope

Order bioproducts or books through the solidarity store and complete payment with the team (typically MVola, bank transfer once they send details, or another method you agree together). For a straight donation, email or call using the contacts on the left (Madagascar or Netherlands) — they will tell you what is possible today.