The Esperanza Project

Heathy Children, Healthy Future in Ecuador

Indigenous Kañaris place the child at the center of the Andean world — and their commitment to a return to food sovereignty

Alan Adams

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Turning trash into groceries in Oaxaca

Mexican student's innovative plastic waste initiative cleans up rural town

Diana Manzo

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The Town That Refuses to Drown

The Mexican village of Temaca has become a beacon in the global movement to democratize water and energy management.

Tracy L. Barnett

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Lyla June on The Truth of Thanksgiving

It's time to acknowledge the bitter reality - and only then can the healing begin.

Lyla June Johnston

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Decolonizing Finance with Kat Taylor

Ethical finance pioneer seeks to revolutionize the economy through regenerative banking

Crystal Arnold

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Lyla June on the Forest as Farm

Science reveals that ancient foodscapes were cutting-edge regenerative agriculture

Lyla June Johnston

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Kelp Gardens, Piñon Forests

Lyla June on Renovating Native Foodways as a Path to Sovereignty

Tracy L. Barnett Lyla June Johnston

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'There is no safety. There is no family. There is no home.'

Terror plagues asylum seekers, but defenders are fighting back.

Garet Bleir

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Field Notes from the Santa Rosa Fire

Reflections on Life in the Anthropocene

Dianne Monroe

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What is Greta doing next?

Swedish activist heads to LA and the largest urban oil field in the nation

Mark Heley

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Lino's Dream

Creating a Kañari future based on tradition in the Ecuadorian Andes

Alan Adams

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Megadam: ‘Obsolete technology’ wreaks havoc across the Americas

Víctor Villalobos

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Native Flower Rebellion in Argentina

'Self-Convoked' Indigenous Women Occupy Interior Ministry to Demand: Stop the Terricide

Moira Millán

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Amid sweat and tears, Esperanza is born

Tracy L. Barnett

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Heroes in Ponchos and Sombreros

Behind the Indigenous uprising in Ecuador

Alan Adams

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Amazon Uprising: Defunding the Destruction

New Movement Follows the Money to Divest from Deforestation

Mark Heley Iván Sawyer García

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From Sunset Strip to the Sierra Madre to a Nobel nomination

Huichol Center's Susana Valadez: What a long, strange trip it’s been

Tracy L. Barnett

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Greta and Tokata at the Front Lines

Swedish climate activist's tour of Native America highlights indigenous youth activists, native rights

Talli Nauman Tatyana Novikova

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'Coyote' Alberto Ruz on the Rights of Nature

Veteran activist on Earth Jurisprudence, the Ecovillage Movement and stepping out of the zombie mentality

Alberto Ruz Buenfil

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On Funding, Fossil Fuels and Femicide

Rachel Heaton and Roxanne White on the connections between climate change, trafficking and violence against indigenous women

Ayana Young

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A village of women in resistance

Forum, photo expo highlight female protagonists of the fight against El Zapotillo Dam

Víctor Villalobos

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From Climate Scientist to Climate Activist

Dr. Heather Price on her journey from academic to the front lines of the climate justice movement

Heather Price

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Bolivia is on Fire, Too — And You’re Part of the Problem

Bulletin from Bolivia's Amazon raises the stakes on a battle for survival

Kayla Mi-Kyung Vandervort

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Saving the Amazon: 10 Things You Can Do Now

From Diet to Donations to Joining the Movement, Your Actions Make a Difference

Mark Heley

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