Posts Tagged ‘Land’
WEA Advocacy Training: Building Bridges for Dialogue and Collaboration
This November 4th – 6th, WEA hosted our first Advocacy Training, in partnership with Indigenous Environmental Network. We’re proud to share that the Training was a success. Our Training took place at the David Brower Center in Berkeley, CA, which is located on Ohlone territory. Muwekma Ohlone elder Ann Marie Sayers opened the Training on…
Read MoreLive from the 3rd Phase of the Women, Food Security and Climate Change Training
The following is a report from India Program Director, Rucha Chitnis, who is in Uttar Pradesh, India for the final phase of the India Women, Food Security and Climate Change Training. Climate change and food security continue to emerge as key global issues. In particular, they pose as persistent and disproportionate challenges for women. This…
Read MoreSaving the San Francisco Peaks
Plans are underway to lay down 14 miles of pipeline up to the top of the San Francisco Peaks where a 10 million gallon wastewater reservoir will be created to generate artificial snow. Why? To increase the number of annual skiable days at Arizona Snowbowl. The Peaks, which rise to 12,000 feet above Flagstaff, Arizona…
Read MoreWEA Interview on Women Rising: National Radio Project
National Radio Project recently interviewed India Program Director Rucha Chitnis, Africa Program Director Maame Yelbert Obeng, and GWWI Director Gemma Bulos for its Women Rising radio program. Click here to listen to the interview and learn more about women’s rights to water, land, and farming. “Women are realizing that they are carpenters; they are masons who…
Read MoreComing Soon: WEA Advocacy Training, November 4th-6th
North American indigenous communities face both acute and chronic challenges resulting from environmental degradation. In response to the systemic and intentional targeting of indigenous lands and communities for environmentally-destructive industrial projects such as mines, hazardous waste facilities, oil refineries and coal-fired power plants, the indigenous environmental justice movement – a grassroots-led movement with national…
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