The Esperanza Project

Ecovillage Expert Diana Leafe Christian on Finding Community

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

Esperanza Project

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

Esperanza Project

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Esperanza Project

Sacred Earth: Gathering the voices of the protectors of Amerikua

A series of interviews with indigenous leaders to inspire environmental consciousness

Tracy L. Barnett

"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

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

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

Tzeliee-Kame Ramírez: A Wixárika poem for Earth Day

Tzeliee-Kame Ramírez

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

Community Foresters Unite to Save Biodiversity Hotspot

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

Diana Manzo

Chimalapas: Building community to save a forest

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

Diana Manzo

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

'Helena from Sarayaku'

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

Linda Etchart

Community Defenders of the Territories Moving Forward

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

Victor M. Toledo

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

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

Wirikuta's Call: From the Heart of the World

Ancestral stories act as a guide for the flowering of consciousness

Adrian Villaseñor-Galarza

Pablo Alarcón and his luminous environmentalism

Honoring the life and work of Pablo Alarcón Chaires (1964-2022)

Victor M. Toledo

Wixárika Invitation Inspires 'Mirror Altars' Around the World

Thousands to synchronize with 'Renovation of the World' ceremony in Wirikuta to heal humanity’s relationship with Nature

Tracy L. Barnett

Discovering the Ecobarrios of Latin America

New book explores a model for green living that transcends borders

Diana Leon