Tag: North America

Women Leading Local Climate Solutions

  You are invited to attend a special reception during the Paris climate talks… Join us and hear how courageous climate leader and Goldman Environmental Prize recipient “Mama” Aleta Baun is winning the fight against deforestation and illegal mining in West Timor, Indonesia. Women are on the front lines of climate change action and are […]

You’re invited: Meet “Mama” Aleta Baun in Chicago

“People see the victories but they don’t see the roots.  We directly touch the soil.  We are like the grass that you step on.  But we need protection and support even at the lowest level, because we protect the biggest trees.” – Mama Aleta Baun Meet the indigenous mother of three and Goldman Environmental Prize […]

Climate Change and Youth Voices

Special event and video screening: How will youth impact the future of climate change? Join renowned global movement leaders for a video screening and conversation about the role young people are taking in the fight against climate chaos. Thursday, October 15, 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Boulder Public Library 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Library […]

A climate defense that actually works

I am writing this note from New York. I wish you could be here to feel the charge of energy. An estimated 400,000 people flooded the streets on Sunday morning to demand bold action on the climate crisis. Here’s how I believe we should deal with climate change.

Firing up Canada’s indigenous rights movement

We talk about Canada’s indigenous rights and environmental justice movement with Corvin Russell, an indigenous rights activist in Toronto and an original organizer for Defenders of the Land, a Global Greengrants Fund grantee.

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