The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock: The story of Native peoples’ resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from the Indigenous community’s rich history of activism Author: Dina Gilio-Whitaker Through the unique lens of “Indigenized environmental justice,” Indigenous researcher and activist Dina Gilio-Whitaker…
The American environmental movement is rooted historically in ideas about pristine wilderness, free from human presence, that replicate colonial patterns of white supremacy and settler privilege. Native-led movements are changing the script. (UU World Magazine) DINA GILIO-WHITAKER | 3/1/2020 | SPRING 2020 Historians of the environmental movement often locate the movement’s genesis in mid-nineteenth-century literature, most commonly…
Tell Congress to Include Immigrants in the Next Relief Package Congress’s COVID-19 relief efforts have excluded many immigrants from their public health and economic stimulus policies. With Congress likely to pass additional legislation as soon as next month, it is time to speak up! Our partners at Protecting Immigrant Families have put together this easy way to send…
Backbone Campaign took a deep dive last week into solutionary ideas for local resilience when we interviewed Judy Wicks – an expert on local living economies – and a group of time bank experts last week. You can watch the Time Bank Conversation Here Backbone Campaign believes that Time Banking is a useful tool for…
Buildings have a big impact on climate, and cities can shrink that impact. Find out how at this event! Saturday, May 2, 9:30 – 11:00 am PDT. Additional Q&A: 11:00 – 11:30 am PDT Join us to hear Vincent Martinez and Erin McDade, national leaders in this field, describe the work that their organization,…
