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Shiprock
In this magnificent southwest desert, a person cannot help but notice rocks and boulders. Peculiar stone outcroppings and plateaus highlight the striking landscape. There is also a mysterious sense that stories are written in the layered strata of the ancient mountains. We are four days in on our southwest journey with WEA’s Advocacy Delegation:…
Be That Voice
By: Joanna Levitt, WEA Advocacy Delegate, Director, International Accountability Project (IAP) There are obvious, striking similarities between the issues being faced on the Navajo Nation and the community struggles IAP supports in Asia and Latin America for development justice. IAP aims to increasingly facilitate exchange between our Global South colleagues and grassroots counterparts in other…
The Wisdom of Our Grandmothers
Stacy Ho, WEA Avocacy DelegatePolicy Associate, Green For All Sometimes I find myself talking about sustainable economic development as the “new thing,” the idea that will distinguish the future from the past. But sustainable economic development is not new to indigenous communities. As I participate in the Women’s Earth Alliance Sacred Earth Advocacy Delegation to…
Promoting Energy Justice on Navajo Nation
WEA Advocacy DelegateThe refrigerator in my hotel room hums and two lamps illuminate my fully charged MacBook as I type these words on the first evening of WEA’s Fall 2010 Advocacy Delegation, Promoting Energy Justice on the Navajo Nation. A weighty glass jar of clean, blessedly drinkable water sits close at hand… water I filled…
WEA Advocates Strategize for Solar Energy on Navajo Mine Land
This week, WEA is hosting a two-day strategy meeting in collaboration with our Sacred Earth Advocacy Initiative project partners from the Navajo Green Economy Coalition, and advocates from Dominican University’s Green MBA and the Environmental Finance Center. Our aim is to support the Navajo team in developing the business plan for a visionary initiative: a…
Raising Our Voices: Women farmers share their accounts
A heart to heart conversation with women farmers in the desert state of Rajasthan, who share their first-hand experiences with climate change and water issues and the solutions that women need to creatively solve their problems using local knowledge and appropriate technologies. This meeting was facilitated by CECOEDICON, a grassroots organization that works to advance…
Women Farmers, Drought & Resilience
Rucha and I visited block Chaksu in Jaipur district the same afternoon and met some of the most inspiring women farmers who are served by CECOEDECON. These farmers were representatives of a strong women’s Self Help Groups (SHG) created to provide micro loans among the group and generate small savings that are held in a…
Yes! Women are Farmers!
A blog post by WEA’s India Director, Rucha Chitnis “Mahila hi kisaan hai! Wohi bharat ki shaan hai,” chant a group of rural women assembled at a meeting in the village of Janakpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh. This slogan is a rallying cry by rural women, who are proclaiming, “Yes, women are farmers!…
Global Sol Festival
We’re so excited about Global Sol this weekend, featuring Arrested Development, Hamsa Lila, Michael Kang and others, all benefitting WEA. Check out the posting in the East Bay Express about the event for more information. We look forward to celebrating with you! House of Hamsa Presents: GLOBAL SOL A 2-NIGHT URBAN FESTIVAL & DANCE…
WEA advocates take a stand for water and sacred sites
This evening, the Flagstaff City Council’s Water Commission will hold a public hearing to decide whether to sell municipal drinking water to Arizona Snowbowl, the ski resort on the San Francisco Peaks, instead of or as well as reclaimed wastewater. WEA Delegates from our May 2010 Advocacy Delegation, Defending Sacred Places in the Southwest,…