The Esperanza Project

New Transmedia Series Opens Lens on Ancestral Cultures

'Cosmology & Pandemic' offers deep insights and practical knowledge gained from the current health crisis, aimed toward preventing the next one.

Esperanza Project

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Mexico scores historic legal victory in defense of native corn

Mexican Supreme Court ratifies restraining order for protection from contamination by GMOs

Jane K. Brundage Ana Ruiz Díaz

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Mexican Village Sets International Precedent in Water Conflict Resolution

Temaca celebrates victory after winning the right to not be flooded, with reparations for 17 years of human rights violations

Tracy L. Barnett

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Anishinaabe pipeline foes target Line 3 at global climate talks

Indigenous water protectors wield treaty rights against fossil fuel

Talli Nauman

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Cosmology & Pandemic is live!!! And making waves throughout the world

Join us at cosmopandemic. esperanzaproject.com to see the film, read the stories and sign up for more

Tracy L. Barnett

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The Arhuacos: A Message from the Mamos, the Prophets of the Sierra Nevada

The Arhuacos have warned of this crisis for generations. Now their spiritual guides say Covid is only the first of four pandemics.

Tracy L. Barnett Hernan Vilchez

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The Misaks: Balance and Harmony as Medicine

For the Misak people, harmony and balance are so important to health and well-being that they are willing to fight for them.

Tracy L. Barnett Hernan Vilchez

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The Kamëntšá Biyá: Land Use Planning in Defense of the Sacred

Territorial planning and protection of sacred sites is integrally connected with public health for the Kamentsá

Tracy L. Barnett Hernan Vilchez

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A journey through ancient cultures during the pandemic that shook the world

Esperanza Project launches groundbreaking transmedia series, 'Cosmology & Pandemic,' with Pulitzer Center and Mongabay

Tracy L. Barnett

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The Postman Of The Four Winds: Echoes Of Tlatelolco

Alberto “Coyote” Ruz Buenfil reflects on his latest book, a tribute to Antonio Velasco Piña and a singular place through time

Alberto Ruz Buenfil

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Art to Breathe: A Festival with a Cause

From Haiti to Uruguay, artists highlight creative resistance at Festival for the Dignity of Peoples

Víctor Ibarra

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Water and Power in Wirikuta

Threats New and Old Menace the Sacred Peyote Grounds of the Chihuahuan Desert

Diana Negrin

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The Corruption of Science | An International Issue

Censorship of scientists and the manipulation, distortion, and suppression of scientific information are a threat to science.

Victor M. Toledo Jane K. Brundage

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Defending Mesquite, the 'Tree of Life'

Three-decade struggle wins human rights award in Aguascalientes, Mexico

Sofia González Ponce

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Experiencing the Wrath of Ida and the Bliss of Gaia

How a hurricane can give us space to slow our pace, quiet ourselves, and reconnect with the living Earth

Bart Everson

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Celebrating Katira: 65 Years of Magic and Activism

7 stories with the shamanic protagonist of 'The Last Peyote Guardians'

Tracy L. Barnett

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Healing the Boarding School Wound in Kansas

Haskell Indian Nations University and community organizations work towards a better future for Indigenous families

Laura Herlihy

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7 Aspects of Civilizational Transformation

The era of the civilizionary is here... are you ready?

Victor M. Toledo

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AMLO Comes to Temaca, the Town That Refuses to Drown

Villagers face a crossroads as president puts a monumental decision in their hands

Tracy L. Barnett

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Should climate denial be illegal?

It's time to stop those who are intentionally sowing confusion about the 'unequivocal' human causes of this crisis

Erik Assadourian

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Nature, Covid-19 and Species Fear

Can we rise to the challenge of converting our angst into effective action?

Victor M. Toledo Jane K. Brundage

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Totem pole travels to unite Native struggles

Lummi people lead Turtle Island quest for 'free, prior, and informed consent'

Talli Nauman

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The promise of restoration lives within us

The call for a global campaign to restore nature is also a call to Indigenous people worldwide to remember who you are

Maceo Carrillo Martinet

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Lakota child boarding school victims come home to rest

Community begins healing process with historic repatriation ceremonies

Talli Nauman

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