WEA Voices
WEAving the Worlds Call Series: Green Jobs
On September 29 we held our first conference call in our Fall 2009 WEAving the Worlds Call Series: The Navajo Green Jobs Victory and the State of U.S. Green Jobs Policy. 21 women leaders at the cutting edge of green jobs policy development participated in a conversation with two fascinating leaders in this field: Elena…
Read MoreA little blogging history
This isn’t WEA’s first blogging experience. In September 2008, Women’s Earth Alliance convened a delegation of public interest women attorneys from across the United States for a journey of listening, witnessing, and preparation for action. Through ten days of travel and experiential learning throughout the Southwestern United States, our delegates discovered firsthand the ways in…
Read More70+ gathered for Coming up from the Roots event
Last night we held the first of three events as part of our Up From The Roots, Weaving the Worlds speaker series. And it was a huge success! We gathered at the Brower Center with over 70 people and we danced, ate, drank, listened, hugged, and learned together. It was a special night full of…
Read MoreTravel With a Purpose: 2010 Advocacy Delegations
Calling all women advocates with a passion for environmental justice! Women attorneys, advocates, law students and members of the legal profession are invited to join a Women’s Earth Alliance Advocacy Delegation in 2010 – an unparalleled opportunity to meet and collaborate with indigenous women on the frontlines of environmental justice campaigns in North America.
Read MoreArsenic Contamination: Water Assessment in Assam, India
“Cost-effective, user friendly technologies providing pure water are required to counter the serious health hazards due to consumption of As and/or Fe-contaminated water.” This water assessment research study done by Chetia, Chatterjee, Banerjee, Natah, Singh, Srivastava, and Sarma collected water samples from various regions of the Golaghat district in Assam, India. These samples were analyzed…
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