INTERVIEW WITH ALI MEDERS-KNIGHT Can you share some of who you are and the work that you do? I’m a local Mechoopda Indian Tribal member, advocating for ecosystem health based on community land management. Importantly, I’m an activist who brings up historical knowledge of colonization and promotes decolonized education to

INTERVIEW WITH DR. SNEHAL DONDE       Dr. Snehal can you share about how you grew up, where in India and what were your greatest influences? I grew up the daughter of an army officer, with strict discipline and high values to serve the country with serenity and without prejudice towards

COVID 19 AND WOMEN IN INDIA By Pooja Bhati I met Sushila (changed name) while working on a corona relief campaign with the Tarun Bharat Sangh team in the village of Banjaro ki dhani. She is a beautiful 24yrs old woman from the Banjara tribe. She was 8months pregnant and

SAVING THE ALIKIR RIVER, TURKEY By Birhan Erkutlu and Tuğba Günal Many things have happened since we were last in contact. After we started our struggle against the Hydroelectiric Power Plant projects in the valley, we began to face lots of threats in various ways. The source of those threats

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PAYAHUUNADU UPDATE: SHARING NEW STORIES By Alan Bacock In the fall of 1998 I moved to the Big Pine Indian Reservation.  It was only 4 hours drive from where I was raised in Los Angeles county, but it felt like I had travelled much further.  Every mile travelled was a

PAYAHUUNADU UPDATE: BRINGING LIFE By Kathy Bancroft Spring is always a time for renewal, but today we have been offered a chance to renew the way we live our lives and treat the Earth.  With the Covid-19 shut down, we have had the opportunity to slow down and take a

OTEPIC KENYA PEACE PROJECT: RESPONDING TO CRISIS By Philip Munyasia and Siri Gunnarson OTEPIC Peace Project is a grassroots food sovereignty community project in Kitale, in North Western Kenya. Since 2012 we have been serving the community with permaculture education & training, open community gardens in four locations, a childrens’

WATER SHUT OFF'S DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC By We the People of Detroit The coronavirus pandemic has brought an already questionable policy front and center As the coronavirus ravages the City of Detroit, The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has not done its residents any favors. In 2014, the

WATERWAYS - A PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI JOURNEY By the Waterways Team Our initiative was born out of a 3-year project called “Water Matters” which took place between 2016-2019, supported by USAID and led by the Dead Sea and Arava Science Center, Israel Holy Land Trust, Palestine and Integrated Green Solutions, Jordan. This