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Give the Gift of Sustainable Farming
Instead of giving something that won’t fit… Give the gift of heirloom seeds, organic farming techniques, and business skills so that women can grow food for their families and communities in a sustainable way. Give $50 or more towards the participation fee of an Indian woman farmer to attend a WEA Capacity-Building Training in…
WEA on KPFA
Check out our interview on KPFA from this morning! Today was the final installment of Claire Cummings’ “Countdown to Copenhagen” series and focused on women, indigenous communities and climate change. The interview starts at around minute 34. Click here to listen! It was an honor to share the mic with Jihan Gearon of Indigenous Environmental…
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Give the Gift of Partnership
Instead of going to the mall… Give the gift of partnership, information sharing, and collaboration all in the name of environmental justice. Give $50 or more towards a Solidarity Grant to strengthen the work of a Native American grassroots environmental organization. Give a Women’s Earth Alliance Gift Card instead of more stuff, and you will…
Give the Gift of a Clean Water
Instead of giving more stuff with more packaging… Give the gift of clean water, a way to earn money, and an empowered community. Give $50 or more towards a seed grant for an African woman leader to launch a sustainable water project in her community. Did you know that between Thanksgiving and New Year’s, Americans…
Big news : A $100,000 match opportunity!
We have some very exciting news to share! This season a generous anonymous donor gave WEA an incredible opportunity: for every dollar donated to Women’s Earth Alliance by December 31, 2009, our donor will match it up to $100,000. And it gets even better: our donor will offer this match in 2010 and 2011 as…
Report Back: Climate Justice in Copenhagen Conference Call
Thanks to everyone who joined us for an excellent conference call discussion this morning, on Climate Change in Copenhagen. The Conference Call Series of WEA’s Women and Land Initiative highlights the work of Indigenous environmental justice leaders each month, and this month we were honored to speak with Tom Goldtooth and Jihan Gearon of the…
Climate change’s affect on poor women
A new report out by the United Nations Population Fund has warned that women in developing countries will be the most vulnerable to climate change. “[Women] do most of the agricultural work, and are therefore affected by weather-related natural disasters impacting on food, energy and water, the report said.” Read an article about it from…
Upcoming WEA event: Climate Justice in Copenhagen
Women’s Earth Alliance presents the next call in the WEAving the Worlds Conference Call Series: Climate Justice in Copenhagen : What’s at Stake for Indigenous Peoples and Communities of Color Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 9AM Pacific / 10AM Mountain/ 11PM Central/ 12PM Eastern Next month, the world will be watching the United Nation’s Climate…
Event Series Finale a Huge Success
WOW! Tuesday’s event hosted with CommuniTree and Art in Action was such a special gathering of friends, colleagues, partners, family, and folks who were new to the work of Women’s Earth Alliance. As Joanna Macy noted during her talk, together, we certainly modeled an “adventure in collaboration!” The Brower Center’s first ever Eco-Art and Urban…
What does ‘land’ mean to you?
From World Pulse: Does it evoke images of the dusty streets you walked down as a child or memories of the sacred land you grew up on? Does your mind wander to property rights or the importance of respecting the earth? Maybe you have a broader definition of the word and recall a time you…