Report from the West African Women and Water Training

Preparation Days-Global Women’s Water Initiative West African Women and Water Training By Mariah Maggio The latest adventure of GWWI’s Women and Water Training program in bringing powerful African women together to create solutions for water issues has begun! The phrase, “hit the ground running” was never as appropriately applied as to how it describes the…

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On being an environmental lawyer: storytelling with a purpose

(Cross-posted from the Science and Environmental Health Network‘s blog) As a young environmental attorney, I am fortunate to count Carolyn Raffensperger as one of my most trusted mentors. Carolyn’s advice and guidance deeply inform my work as the Advocacy Director for Women’s Earth Alliance, where I am building and stewarding a new pro bono legal…

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We did it! 2009 in review

Dear friends, You are amazing. Thanks to you, 2009 was a banner year for Women’s Earth Alliance. With a week left in 2009, we had raised 75% of our $100,000 match. By New Year’s Eve we had raised $120,000. In just six weeks, 135 donors stepped forward to make this possible. Here’s a fun slideshow…

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Victory for Earth and Community in the Navajo Nation

This week, an administrative law judge for the Department of Interior issued an historic decision revoking Peabody Coal Company’s permit for its Black Mesa and Kayenta coal mines, effecting a precedent-setting victory in the decades-long struggle for environmental justice on Black Mesa. The decision also signals that while the Obama Administration still has its work…

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Work we believe in (A letter from Paul Hawken and Julia Butterfly Hill)

Dear Friends,  As you know, Women’s Earth Alliance has a $100,000 match on the table. This morning Amira and Melinda told us that they are 75% there.  As WEA Advisors and donors, we see this as a tremendous moment for this world-class organization.  If you haven’t already (which many of you have!), we invite you…

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