Posts by WEA Team
WATCH NOW: WEA talks Food Sovereignty at Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice
WEA was honored to speak at the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice: Solutions from the Frontlines and the Protection and Defense of Human Rights and Nature—a free, six-day, gender-diverse virtual public forum in parallel to this year’s UN General Assembly. This event, hosted by our colleagues at Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN),…
Read MoreWEA joins Call to Action urging Governments & Financial Institutions to take immediate climate action
Women’s Earth Alliance has signed on to the Call to Action statement released in the run-up to the Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice, which starts on September 25th. The Call to Action, signed by over 120 organizations representing millions of people around the world, was delivered on September 23 to global governments and financial…
Read MoreWorld WEAver Indigenous Fire Ecology: Meet Edward (Redbird) Willie
Edward (Redbird) Willie is a native ecologist with many years’ experience teaching Traditional Ecological Knowledge, fire ecology, permaculture, and ancestral skills to people of all ages. Also an artist (drawing, painting, and sculpture), he has in recent years been a core organizer of the annual Buckeye Gathering, a gathering in support of ancestral arts. He…
Read MoreSummer Edition of the WEAvings Newsletter: An age-old care economy
Read the latest WEAvings Newsletter Today Dear Friends, For generations, women around the world have birthed children and movements, nurtured families and the earth, stewarded communities and natural resources. They have built an age-old care economy anchored in health, safety and sustainability to ensure the collective resilience of both people and planet in the face of some…
Read MoreIndigenous Leaders Walk to Protect Water
Photo credit: Crystal Cavalier-Keck On Sunday, May 2, 2021, over 90 teams of walkers, runners, cyclists, and paddlers participated in a Water Walk from Virginia to North Caroline to protect local water sources and sacred sites from the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Organized by an Indigenous-led coalition of grassroots organizations and activists—including U.S. Accelerator Alumni…
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