The Esperanza Project

A Green Magazine for the Americas

Call of the Turtle Mini Vision Council at a Glance

This meeting of great minds, hearts and spirits will soon be available online. Meanwhile, we share bios and a harvest of collective wisdom.

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LIVE TODAY at 11 am CDT: Gaia University founder Liora Adler on 'Retrotopia'

Retrotopia: Creating Buen Vivir* in a De-Industrialized Future: Interview with Earth Sky Woman Tami Brunk

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Call of the Turtle: LIVE Mini-Vision Council on Sunday

Join us for a small taste of this south-of-the-border phenomenon that has transformed lives and communities throughout the continent.

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Ecovillage Expert Diana Leafe Christian on Finding Community

Earth Sky Woman Tami Brunk interviews internationally acclaimed author, teacher and expert in community dynamics

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EcoSapien Speaker Series + 'Call of the Turtle' Mini Vision Council

Monthlong Convergence highlights visionaries, activists, elders and thought leaders who are restoring sacred culture in the Americas

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Tribes and water protectors ward off new Black Hills gold rush

Treaty rights advocates denounce mining exploration permits in 'The Heart of All That Is'

Talli Nauman

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Indigenous Women build movement to tackle ‘Terricide’ in Argentina

The Movement of Indigenous Women for Good Living seeks to stop both the murder of the Earth and the violence towards women and girls.

Denali DeGraf

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18 days of resistance: Women leaders in Ecuador speak out

Achievements include ban on mining in protected and indigenous territories; strikes will resume if ongoing negotiations fail

Alejandra Tapia

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Mayan leaders fight bill privatizing archaeological sites

‘They are not “pre-Hispanic ruins;” they are living sacred sites’ and ceremonial centers, says Mayan daykeeper

Tracy L. Barnett Angelica Almazan

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Wixárika community takes back financial autonomy in historic vote

San Sebastian will manage its own public budget without the intervention of political parties.

Angelica Almazan Tracy L. Barnett

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Pat McCabe: 'A human being that causes life to thrive'

Diné leader joins Voices of Amerikua series, ‘Sacred Earth: Indigenous Wisdom for Earth Restoration’

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Sacred Earth: Gathering the voices of the protectors of Amerikua

A series of interviews with indigenous leaders to inspire environmental consciousness

Tracy L. Barnett

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"Indigenous people shouldn't have to beg for justice"

After a monthlong march and three-day campout in front of the National Palace, Wixárika caravan gets presidential audience

Angelica Almazan

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Wixarika Caravan to AMLO: We Want Our #LandBack

200 Indigenous men, women, children and elders march across Mexico to demand restitution of 11,000 hectares

Tracy L. Barnett

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I am Mother Earth... and I know how to give life

Tzeliee-Kame Ramírez: A Wixárika poem for Earth Day

Tzeliee-Kame Ramírez

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The Great Transition

We are not at the end, we are in a shift from a system that devoured our Earth to one that can work with Gaia.

John McLeod

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Community Foresters Unite to Save Biodiversity Hotspot

Part II: New mining, timbering threaten Indigenous forestry in Oaxaca's Chimalapas reserve

Diana Manzo

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Chimalapas: Building community to save a forest

Part I: Indigenous villages in Oaxaca join forces in border conflict zone

Diana Manzo

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The teachings of Don Gustavo

Taking the lessons of University of the Earth founder Gustavo Esteva into the world and onto the road

Alberto Ruz Buenfil

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'Helena from Sarayaku'

Award-winning film shows the struggle to save a community from petroleum megaprojects in the Amazon

Linda Etchart

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Community Defenders of the Territories Moving Forward

Mexican resistance movements in defense of life and Mother Earth are blooming.

Victor M. Toledo

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Renovation of the World in Wirikuta

Wixárika ceremony reveals there is still time to save life on the planet — by working together

Tracy L. Barnett

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The Change Weavers: From Charity to Justice

From Ukraine to Los Angeles, platform empowers frontline communities to speak for themselves

Tracy L. Barnett Angelica Almazan

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Wirikuta's Call: From the Heart of the World

Ancestral stories act as a guide for the flowering of consciousness

Adrian Villaseñor-Galarza

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