Somalis, Indians and Amish

Tue, 02/02/2010 - 1:17pm — Winona LaDuke
Sue Wika's Goat Farm

I had a nice visit with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls a week or so ago. I’ve asked for a reworking of her song lyrics “Nomads, Indians and Saints."

Here is our story: Globalization changes things.  Read more...

No need for coal plants: Wind and solar will do

By: Winona LaDuke and Nellis Kennedy, DL-Online, December 4, 2009

Big Stone II’s demise is not a bad sign for wind, it is the opposite. Now is the opportunity to move ahead to the next economy, not to worry about what we lost with a big polluter. Let’s give this gift to our future generations — a better future.

Take a deep breath and let’s take a look at what the next energy economy will look like.

We will move to an entirely non-fossil fuel economy based on solar and wind. We will have 89,000 solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar panels, 1.7 million rooftop PV systems to reduce combustion on most of our houses and perhaps solar water as well. Read more...

Indian Country Today: Climate workshop stresses sustainability, indigenous knowledge

This story lays out the success and outcomes of the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop November 18-21 in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Honor the Earth was a key partner in helping to organize the workshop.

Read the full article at Indian Country Today.
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Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop a Huge Success

Close to 400 tribal leaders, elders, scholars and students join together to share Indigenous perspectives and solutions.

Honor the Earth spent several months working with a host of partners to convene a climate change workshop that brought hundreds of tribal college students together with elders, spiritual leaders and some of the most brilliant Native scholars and front-line activists in Indian Country. Read more...

Native Peoples Native Homelands Workshop Agenda Announced

More than 200 Tribal College students, Native community members and environmental allies have registered for the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop at Mystic Lake next week! Come join us! A group of renowned Indigenous scholars and grassroots activists are coming together from around the country to present at the Workshop and share their vital knowledge on solutions and adaptation strategies for our communities. Click here to read the agenda for the Workshop.