Spring Edition of the WEAvings Newsletter: All we need to meet this moment

Dear Friends, As we welcome in the Spring here in the Northern Hemisphere, we recognize that Winter has left us with a lot to take stock of: From this week’s IPCC report—offering both warnings on the dangers of fossil fuels, and also a blueprint to change course—to the outrageous approval of the destructive Willow oil drilling project in…

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Grassroots initiatives, global impacts

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the transformative power of grassroots women-led solutions to create global impact and ensure a just and sustainable future. Grassroots women leaders in WEA and WWANC’s East Africa Women and Forests Accelerator. Photo: Anthony Wanjiku At Women’s Earth Alliance, we see that it’s not top-down approaches that will transform our…

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This Holiday Season, Celebrate Food & Farmers with WEA Grassroots Accelerator Leaders

Johanie Rivera-Zayas Today’s conventional agriculture has traditionally produced 10-20% more yields than organic and regenerative agriculture—but at a steep and unsustainable cost. In fact, research has shown that it has done so largely at the expense of the environment, economics and the well-being of our communities. The industry is responsible for an estimated 24% of…

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Indigenous Futures: U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Leaders Across Sectors

2022 U.S. Grassroots Accelerator Leader Nikila Badua and youth artists stand beside their completed mural “We’re not leading from way back when. We’re leading from right now. What are we dealing with right now? What are the solutions right now? We’re using that incredible [ancestral] knowledge in a very contemporary way.” ~ Casey Camp Horinek…

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