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Scaling Up Forest Protection and Restoration
The leadership of Indigenous peoples and local communities is central to the success of any forest conservation and restoration efforts.
5 principles for partnering with communities on forest restoration
What happens to the land, happens to our bodies. In recent months, both the U.S. and Canada have announced the allocation of resources dedicated to confronting the epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit Peoples...
Resistance and Resurgence: Extractive Industry and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit Peoples
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5 St. Louis Area Sustainable Fashion Brands
April 20, 2022 | Ladue News
Boost your buying power this Earth Day by shopping local with these fashion and beauty companies that make sustainability their brand...
Funding for women-led conservation remains tiny, but that’s changing fast
April 20, 2022 | Mongabay
Of all the philanthropic funding to tackle climate change, 90% goes to organizations led by white people, and 80% to organizations led by men; only 0.2% of all foundation funding focuses explicitly on women and the environment...
Playtex Debuts Industry-Leading Tampon with Plastic Tip and Cardboard Plunger
April 19, 2022 | PR Newswire
Playtex is offering a new tampon for women seeking to make an eco-friendlier choice without sacrificing comfort and performance...
Empowering Women, Protecting the Earth
Winter, 2022 | Colgate Magazine
From her days at Colgate as musical director of the Swinging ’Gates all-female a cappella group to her role as co-founder and co- executive director of the nonprofit Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA), Amira Diamond ’95 relishes lifting up women’s voices in harmony...
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Scaling Up Forest Protection and Restoration
March 15, 2022 | World Economic Forum
At COP26, world leaders promised to end deforestation by 2030. To reach this goal, deforestation efforts need to scale-up and overcome the barriers it faces. To be successful, credible, inclusive and high-quality solutions are needed...
16 brands giving back during Women's History Month 2022
March 8, 2022 | NBC News
Since the 1980s, March has been nationally recognized and celebrated as Women’s History Month, and it’s an incredible opportunity to shine light on women-focused causes, organizations and charities to support this month and beyond...
Cambria Estate Winery Announces Partnership with Women’s Earth Alliance
March 2, 2022 | Advisor Wine Industry Network
Cambria Estate Winery, the Santa Maria Valley winery founded in 1986 and known for its single vineyard Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays, today announced its partnership with Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA)...
Why Indigenous land rights are key for saving the planet
February 17, 2022 | Gal-Dem
Biodiversity conservation has a dark colonial history, but now is the time to get things right. Despite accounting for only 5% of the world’s population, Indigenous communities protect over 80% of the world’s biodiversity...
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5 principles for partnering with communities on forest restoration
February 14, 2022 | World Economic Forum
The leadership of Indigenous peoples and local communities is central to the success of any forest conservation and restoration efforts. They have rich traditional ecological knowledge...
Happy Lunar New Year! Celebrate the Year of the Tiger With These 10 Products From Sustainable, AAPI-owned Brands
February 1, 2022 | Culture Media
Here are 10 sustainable Asian-owned brands committed to keeping our planet clean (and our tigers in good health)...
Transferring Traditional Knowledge by Supporting Women to Build Heirloom Seed Businesses in Karnataka, India
January 31, 2022 | One Earth
The introduction of chemical agriculture has decimated India’s long history of biodiverse and ecologically sensitive agricultural and forestry practices...
Solsisters: Representing a new era of sustainability within the NFT world.
December 10, 2021 | Irish Tech News
The growing awareness of the climate crisis has led people all over the globe to embrace more sustainably-based values...
Why having a clean and healthy environment is a human right
November 30, 2021 | World Economic Forum
The WHO forecasts that climate change is expected to cause around 250,000 deaths per year...
Ten women-led, not-for-profit organizations that could use your support.
November 19, 2021 | Women of Influence
With so many important causes vying for our attention and...
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Resistance and Resurgence: Extractive Industry and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit Peoples
September 24, 2021 | Lush Cosmetics
What happens to the land, happens to our bodies. In recent months, both the U.S. and Canada have...
'A Choice Point for Humanity': Women Demand Visionary Shift at UN Climate Talks
September 23, 2021 | Common Dreams
"This is the time to unite together to build the healthy and just future we know is possible for each other and the Earth."
What Can I Do? The path from climate despair to action, by Jane Fonda
September 7, 2021 | Penguin Random House
A call to action from Jane Fonda, one of the most inspiring activists of our time, urging us to wake up to the looming disaster...
'COOL': The First Book Documenting the Work of Global Female Climate Leaders
September 7, 2021 | GirlTalkHQ
It is clear that women, and especially young women of color, are leading the way on the global discussions...
New Educational Program: Teen Environmental Activism and Self Care
August 18, 2021 | Sierra Club
Now more than ever, teens have become increasingly aware of the threat posed to the future of our...
7 ways to promote supply chain diversity
July 30, 2021 | New Hope Network
Fostering inclusive environments is better for everyone. It increases employee engagement and reduces...
Preserving the Environment is the Duty of All of Us, O Earthlings
July 4, 2021 | Food News Indonesia
As living beings who live on earth, it is the duty of every human being to preserve this planet...
Four Women Environmental Activists Open WEA Collaboration Festival
July 2, 2021 | Magdalene
Nadine Chandrawinata, Florence Armein, Mama Aleta Baun, and Tiza Mafira are four female environmental...
Women and Land - How growing up on the land led to a career in environmental justice
May 5, 2021 | Environmental Voices Rising
Join me and Kahea Pacheco - a mixed heritage Native Hawaiian woman in a...
WILD ELEMENTS Foundation Launches With Unprecedented Approach to Investing in Women Conservation Leaders
April 27, 2021 | Cision PR Newswire
LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, WILD ELEMENTS is launching its mission in action, the WILD...
Dialight Celebrates 50 Years of LED Innovation & Sustainability by Partnering with Women’s Earth Alliance
April 22, 2021 | LEDs Magazine
Farmingdale, NJ (April 22, 2021)—As part of its Earth Day celebration, Dialight (LSE: DIA), the global...
Organization Spotlight: Women’s Earth Alliance
April 2, 2021 | Feminist Book Club
Each month, Feminist Book Club supports a different non-profit organization with 5% of all revenue...
27 Inspiring Women Reshaping the Food System
March 11, 2021 | Food Tank
Women make up at least 43 percent of the agricultural workforce in developing countries, according...
Raising the Bar with Alli and Adrian: Why Investing in Female Leadership Makes the World a Better Place | with Amira Diamond and Melinda Kramer.
January 27, 2021 | Raising the Bar Podcast
Mother Nature takes on a whole new meaning with this week’s inspiring guests, Amira Diamond and...
Jane Fonda: Why women are at the forefront of climate solutions
September 8, 2020 | Ideas.TED
For thousands of years, a patriarchal paradigm has ruled. It’s the paradigm that has led to the climate crisis, an...
Sierra Club, Women’s Earth Alliance Launch Second Annual Climate Accelerator Program
May 6, 2020 | Sierra Club
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Sierra Club’s Gender Equity and Environment Program and Women’s...
Pipelines, man camps and murdered Indigenous women in Canada
May 5, 2020 | Al Jazeera
Alberta, Canada – April Wiberg, 38, will always hate the smell of baby oil. More than 20 years after a traumatising...
Women Fighting the Climate Crisis
Spring 2020 | Earth Island Journal
Magaly Santos and I both unlatch our charm necklaces and gently set them in a circle of other keepsakes offered...
Chosen, 22 Women Women's Earth Alliance Indonesia
August 2, 2019 | Mongabay
One by one the female environmental fighters explained their activities and missions in front of a trainer who interviewed...
How Partnerships Catalyze and Sustain Grassroots Women’s Leadership
July 9, 2019 | Deliver For Good
Studies reveal that women’s networks enhance the capabilities of individual women leaders...
Why Women? Why Now? Gender and Our Environmental Crisis
April 17, 2019 | Ms. Magazine
Fires are raging. Sea levels are rising. While the scale of the climate crisis has grown, so has the band...
Wonder Women
March 28, 2019 | Sierra Club
Having heroes can be risky given how often they turn out to have feet of clay, but since this is Women's History...
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Environmental Groups Announce Alliance to Bring Women to Forefront on Climate Solutions
March 21, 2019 | Sierra Club
Washington, DC-- Today, the Sierra Club Gender Equity Program and Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA)...
Community Development: Strategies That Serve
March 11, 2019 | Blue Avocado
After working for decades in international development, we’ve learned a lot that applies to nonprofits of all kinds...
Women, Politics and the Environment
March 10, 2019 | Women Deliver
It is internationally recognized that women’s empowerment is an essential precursor to economic growth, environmental...
Non-Profit Spotlight: Women's Earth Alliance
March 6, 2019 | Stasher
International Women's Day is this week and we're celebrating all month like it's our birthday...
Land and Body: Indigenous Groups Fight Environmental Violence
June 7, 2016 | TeleSUR
Indigenous land and rights defenders launched a week-long campaign Monday to take a stand against...
Weathering the Storms Together: Grassroots Women’s Response to Climate Change
September 28, 2015 | Earth Island Journal
In an event hall in the small village of Sirsi, on the edge of the Western Ghats in the Indian state of...
Media Coverage of our Alliance
Dialight Foundation to Sponsor Women’s Earth Alliance Grassroots Accelerator Program
June 15, 2022 | Dialight
Dialight (LSE: DIA), the global leader in hazardous and industrial LED lighting innovation, today announced its continued support of the Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) climate resilience efforts with a $25,000 donation from the Dialight Foundation to support the 2022 Grassroots Accelerator program.
An eco-friendly personal care routine is easier than you think
June 9, 2022 | Warwick Online
Consider these five simple changes you can make that help the planet without you sacrificing the quality or comfort you want in your personal care routine.
4 Marine Biologists on Their Hopes for World Oceans Day
June 8, 2022 | Vogue
A recent study found that one third of all marine life could become extinct within 300 years if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase....Given the enormous challenges our oceans face, it’s clear that urgent action is needed. Below, four marine biologists share their hopes for World Oceans Day.
A Slow Violence Comes to an End in LA
May 25, 2022 | Atmos
Nalleli Cobo has been an organizer for most of her life–despite being only 21. The Frontline digs into how her leadership is creating a new future for Los Angeles youth.
Wisconsin Green Muslims, American Climate Leadership Awards 2022 Finalist
May 14, 2022 | ecoAmerica
Wisconsin Green Muslims is among 10 American Climate Leadership Award finalists to be recognized at the American Climate Leadership Summit 2022 (ACLS 2022) on March 28 during the live broadcast.
Farwiza Farhan
May 5, 2022 | Tory Burch Foundation
Growing up in Indonesia, Farwiza Farhan always loved the ocean. It’s why she decided to study marine biology. But the more she learned, the more she realized that it wasn’t enough to work in the ocean. She needed to protect it...
What Does Tribal Land Stewardship Look Like?
May 1, 2022 | NPQ
The climate crisis is not only a product of greenhouse gas emissions… but also of an ideological shift that was imposed by colonization and capitalism to justify violation of sacred land-, water-, and airways—domination that taught Americans to speak of “resources” instead of “relatives.”...
Teaching seafaring traditions to younger generation
April 25, 2022 | Marianas Variety
TEACHING seafaring traditions to the younger generation is the aim of 500 Sails Inc. which launched four of its sailing canoes with four master navigators at the helm, for a sea voyage around Saipan on Sunday...
Tar Creek on ‘America’s Most Endangered Rivers’ list again
April 24, 2022 | The Joplin Globe
Tar Creek, an 11-mile stream polluted with heavy metals from historic lead and zinc mining in the region, nabbed a spot on “America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2022” for its second consecutive year...
Activist gets candid about pollution fears: 'Climate anxiety is real, especially for a young Indigenous woman'
April 21, 2022 | yahoo!life
The most recent oil spill in Alaska is weighing heavily on Ruth Miller. In late March, in her home of Alaska, a boat carrying fuel tanks ran aground in Neva Strait and leaked thousands of gallons of oil into the water...
Ancestral Knowledge - Its Importance to Environmental Activism
April 18, 2022 | Environmental Voices Rising
Karen Crespo Trevino, of Quechua, Bolivian ancestry talks about the importance of ancestral knowledge, working with reciprocity and land-caring - and bringing them into environmental activism...
To Protect and Conserve
April 16, 2022 | Inside Indonesia
When it comes to big problems like deforestation and climate change, we tend to like BIG solutions. This essay provides a ground-level view of a conservation initiative focused on the forest community...
A newfound best friend helps this doctor turn anxiety into action
April 8, 2022 | Yale Climate Connections
As an ’80s child whose home life had been fractured by divorce, Ashley McClure found a sense of healing and belonging in nature. Beginning at age 8, the self-proclaimed horse-obsessed girl could be found most afternoons riding her beloved Lucky or Kami in a nearby old-growth forest just outside Seattle’s city limits...
Senator Aims to Revamp Guam's Recycling Efforts
April 5, 2022 | The Guam Daily Post
A newly introduced bill aims to modernize local statutes to catalyze the island-wide implementation of recycling and zero waste programs...
Despite Promising Policies, Advocates Are Still Fighting for Community Power
March 30, 2022 | The Institute for Local Self-Reliance
For this episode of the Local Energy Rules Podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Crystal Huang and Al Weinrub to discuss energy democracy challenges in California, the gap between policy and implementation, and how ILSR’s Community Power Scorecard could better represent and mobilize local organizers...
Pad-Woman Of India! Anju Bisht Honoured By NITI Aayog For Developing Reusable Menstrual Pads
March 29, 2022 | The Logical Indian
Bisht and Amrita SeRVe's focus on providing eco-friendly and low-cost solutions for menstrual hygiene resulted in the development of Saukhyam Reusable Pads from banana fibre and cotton cloth...
50 Climate Leaders You Need to Know
March, 2022 | Fix by Grist Solutions Lab
Meet the people shaping the future of our planet. Each year, the Grist 50 identifies emerging leaders in climate, equity, and sustainability, as nominated by you, our readers...
NGO Mobilizes Women to Drive Climate Change Mitigation Response
March 12, 2022 | Real News Magazine
The NGO Women Initiative for Sustainable Environment, WISE, on Friday mobilized women to drive climate change adaptation, mitigation and response in Kaduna State...
OPINION: It’s time to build Alaska’s prosperous future
March 4, 2022 | Anchorage Daily News
Alaskans are harnessing local ingenuity for economic, ecological and social well-being while providing stable, quality livelihoods...
Marin City Solves For Self
February 25, 2022 | Knee Deep Times
A new garden in Marin City is breaking ground: a climate friendly landscaping redesign to host an array of native and African-heritage drought resistant plants...
Unsafe In Your Own Home? Gas Stoves Harmful To Health And Environment, Studies Find
February 10, 2022 | CBS Denver
Researchers are finding gas stoves can cause a host of health problems, particularly for kids...
Empowering Youth to Take On Climate Change
February 8, 2022 | Bay Area Monitor
When smoke from the Tubbs fire shrouded the Bay Area in the fall of 2017, Lil Milagro Henriquez choked on the poisoned air...
Farwiza Farhan: The powerful women on the front lines of climate action
February 1, 2022 | TED Countdown
TED Fellow and conservationist, Farwiza Farhan, shares her effort to protect the Leseur ecosystem in Indonesia — the last place on Earth where the Sumatran rhino, tiger, elephant and orangutan still roam together in the wild...
A Landmark Environmental Precedent Was Just Set in Virginia
February 2, 2022 | The Nation
Thanks to frontline activists, Virginia became one of the first states to recognize the disproportionate impact of pollution on Black, Indigenous, and low-income communities...
Select few to be chosen for climate project
January 30, 2022 | Pacific Daily News
More than 20 people have shown interest in bringing awareness to climate change with the Micronesia Climate Change Alliance...
Your gas stove is warming the climate — even when it’s turned off
January 29, 2022 | Salon
A new study by Stanford University researchers says methane leaks aren't limited to oil and gas wells and pipelines...
New Study Reveals How Your Gas Stove Could Be Harmful To The Environment
January 28, 2022 | Tasting Table
Anyone who has been tapped into environmental news over the past few years has probably noticed the political back and forth over natural gas...
This Bay Area Doctor Says Climate Action Is Central to Health
January 25, 2022 | KQED
She co-founded Climate Health Now, a group of California health professionals advocating for climate action through a lens of health and equity....
2022 Emerging Scholar: Dr. De’Etra Jenra Young
January 19, 2022 | One Earth
According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), geosciences have the lowest ethnic and racial diversity rates of any STEM discipline...
Five Climate Solution Projects Around the World Powered by Women
January 4, 2022 | One Earth
In Indonesia, climate impacts are already being felt, and women bear the brunt of these effects...
Rebecca Jim and the Legacy of Tar Creek
December 19, 2021 | Sierra Club
Rebecca Jim has dedicated her life to cleaning up Tar Creek and warning others about the area's toxic dangers...
Announcing the Recipients of the Third Annual Catalyst Award
December 2, 2021 | Rachel's Network
Rachel’s Network announced the awardees and finalists of its third annual Catalyst Award...
TAKE ACTION: Youth Camp on Food and Climate for the Holidays
November 24, 2021 | Deceleration
Camp Eco.Logic steps in where Texas school curricula fail students...
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Nalleli Cobo: the young activist who led her LA neighborhood against big oil
November 10, 2021 | The Guardian
After forcing the closure of an oil well that was making her family and community sick, Cobo...
Growing number of young Americans feel climate anxiety. Here’s what they need to cope
November 10, 2021 | PBS
In a recent PBS NewsHour survey in partnership with The Generation Lab, nearly two-thirds of...
Indigenous activists are united in a cause and are making themselves heard at COP26
November 9, 2021 | NPR
In a crowded house above a pub in Scotland, Ruth Miller is busy planning...
Environmentalists concerned about a new generation of children playing in toxic stream
October 24, 2021 | Opera News
Environmental activist Rebecca Jim talks about a makeshift dam in Tar Creek...
‘A continuation of colonialism’: indigenous activists say their voices are missing at Cop26
November 3, 2021 | The Guardian
As world leaders inside the Cop26 conference centre in Glasgow boasted about pledges to...
Our view: 'The ground is bleeding.'
October 21, 2021 | The Joplin Globe
Remember the Gold King Mine disaster in Colorado that turned the Las Animas River orange a few years ago?...
Facing existential threat from climate change, Pacific Islanders urge world to listen
October 14, 2021 | Axios
Pacific Islanders, whose nations face an existential threat from climate change, were a major force behind the Paris Agreement...
Here are the themes from meetings across Colorado on the state's new congressional, legislative maps
September 3, 2021 | The Colorado Sun
It is clear that women, and especially young women of color, are leading the way on the global discussions...
Lil Milagro Henriquez-Cornejo on Climate Resilience Rooted in Ancestry
September 1, 2021 | For the Wild
In order to limit global temperature from exceeding a 1.5°C increase, we need to...
New Law Calls For More Environmental Justice in Colorado's Most Vulnerable Communities
September 1, 2021 | 303 Magazine
Making an effort to address environmental racism and mitigate climate change risks for...
Saving Culturally Signficant Seeds
August 2021 | Mother Earth News
Planting a seed is a sacred way for a hungry soul to walk the path back to...
Lia Putrinda, Save Sendangbiru from Paceklik
July 31, 2021 | Pejuang Iklim
Clungub Beach, Sendangbiru, Tambakrejo Village, Sumbermanjing Wetan, Malang Regency is...
In St. Louis, Tosha Phonix is Growing Food Justice
July 1, 2021 | Civil Eats
Tosha Phonix learned to farm in 2011. As a new mom, she wanted...
Treaty People Gathering boosts pressure on disputed oil pipeline
June 8, 2021 | Esperanza Project
BEMIDJI, Minnesota — Massive direct actions to stop Line 3 tar-sands crude-oil pipeline construction here in...
Pacific Islanders have been fighting environmental crises for centuries, if only the world would notice
June 1, 2021 | Grist Magazine: Fix Solutions Lab
Moñeka De Oro grew up hearing stories of her ancestors navigating the Pacific Ocean, hopping from island to island using only the stars, the currents, and the wind to guide them...
The life of a researcher studying springs in the Himalayas
May 14, 2021 | The Third Pole
It is a rocky, uneven path down to the spring where the women of Damthang village in South Sikkim go to...
Hot Mamas Episode 1: Talking with Dr. Amanda Millstein
May 13, 2021 | Hot Mamas Podcast
The very first episode of Hot Mamas features a conversation with Dr. Amanda Millstein, a mother of two...
16 WOMEN Restoring the Earth
April, 2021 | Global Landscapes News
Raising up female leaders defining the future of our planet through their ideas, talents, actions and inspiration...
Championing the Environment with Huda Alkaff and the Wisconsin Green Muslims
April 13, 2021 | Wisconsin Muslim Journal
Ramadan, Islam’s holiest month, converges this year with Earth Month, a time designated to inspire protection and...
Magaly Santos Speaks Up for Farmworkers
July 1, 2020 | Sierra Club
As a kid, Magaly Santos never thought much about the strange chemical odor that would sometimes drift through the...
14 Powerful Native Leaders to Celebrate on Indigenous People’s Day
October 14, 2019 | Vice
Alaska State Library, Amy Lou Blood Barney Collection. A record number of cities and states will celebrate...
Letter: Mountain Valley Pipeline would desecrate Native American grounds
September 15, 2019 | The Times News
I am a member of the state-recognized tribe in Alamance County, the Occaneechi band of the Saponi nation...
The Death & Life of Tar Creek | Rebecca Jim, Tar Creekkeeper
July 2019 | Waterkeeper Alliance
Tar Creek springs from the ground in southeast Kansas, and then meanders through gently rolling farmland...
Seeds and Their Keepers are Key to Preserving India’s Food Diversity
July 1, 2019 | Earth Island Journal
Let’s start at the very beginning. Some might say that it all began with the seeds. Seeds have long been a part...
Firewood smoke kills over 93,000 people annually, says NGO
April 30, 2017 | The Guardian - Nigeria
The Women’s Initiative for Sustainable Environment (WISE) and Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) have...