The Esperanza Project

KXL Victory Celebrations Roll Across the Great Plains

Native pipeline foes celebrate historic triumph over long-fought megaproject, shift focus to Line 3

Talli Nauman

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Victor Toledo: From Capitalism to 'Buen Vivir'

Back to the future with indigenous-style 'good living'

Victor M. Toledo Jane K. Brundage

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Should we all just ‘lie flat?’

Lie flat (or tang ping) essentially means to “reject grueling careers for a ‘low-desire life.’”

Erik Assadourian

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Native independence events snuff out governor’s fireworks dreams

Civil disobedience arrests draw attention to treaty rights violated under U.S. Constitution

Talli Nauman

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Winona LaDuke: Return to Rice Lake

Anishinaabe celebration welcomes runners honoring — and protecting — the sacred manoomin

Winona LaDuke

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Ecobarrios Program changes lives while changing neighborhoods

Building a culture of sustainability in Mexico City — Rainbow style

Tracy L. Barnett

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The Blackfoot Wisdom that Inspired Maslow's Hierarchy

How Indigenous Ways of Life May Offer Us a Way Forward

Teju Ravilochan

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Treaty People Gathering boosts pressure on disputed oil pipeline

Massive actions to stop Line 3 construction in Native Anishinaabe territory launch "Summer of Resistance"

Eric Warren Angel Amaya Jessica Plance Talli Nauman

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Back To Normal? Is That What We Really Want?

Why we shouldn't try to forget 2020 and pretend it never happened

Erik Assadourian

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Native hemp farming, opportunity to lead New Green Revolution

Academics join Winona LaDuke and other Indigenous innovators to forge carbon-friendly economy

Winona LaDuke

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Mapuches revitalize 'blue' indigenous economy in Chile

Collaborative effort seeks to defend the threatened ancestral 'Mapuche Paradise' of Lake Budi

Alison Guzman Ignacio Krell

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Anti-Pipeline Grandmothers Launch Treaty People Gathering

Native pipeline fighters invite sympathizers to weeklong Line 3 opposition, shifting political center of gravity for climate justice

Talli Nauman

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Aligning Ourselves with the Monthly Moon Cycle

The intimate relationship between our Earth's satellite and our organism

Erik Assadourian

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Protecting the páramos in Colombia

Biodiversity hotspots face interconnected threats

Daniel Henryk Rasolt

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Mexico Makes Strides in Agroecology

The Agroecological Advances of Mexico's 4T Government

Victor M. Toledo Jane K. Brundage

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Day of Awareness honors missing, murdered Native relatives

President Biden joins commemorative events from coast to coast calling for justice

Talli Nauman

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Turning the Tide on Megadams

Colombian activists and scientists boost resistance to large-scale hydropower by showing their destructive impacts

Daniel Henryk Rasolt

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7 Immigration Myths We Must Unlearn to Reclaim Our Humanity

The time for a paradigmatic shift in how Americans view immigrants and immigration is now

Sarah Towle

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Mentoring Our Climate Future

What do a WWII combat general, a brilliant nonviolent strategist, a Berkeley poet laureate and a German puppeteer have in common?

John McLeod

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Esperanza is the Antidote: A Year Later

In a year of triumphs and tragedies, The Esperanza Project continues to bring a message of hope

Esperanza Project

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Conversations with LaDonna and Cheryl

From the Sovereign Sisters Transcripts, in honor of a mighty matriarch

Tracy L. Barnett

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LaDonna fights on in the resistance of Native youth

Late pipeline resister inspires young Water Protectors

Talli Nauman

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Bathing in the Wisdom of Forests

If we are open to the possibility of plant sentience, forest bathing can be a social or even spiritual communion with nature.

Robert Engelman

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Migrant ‘Protection’ Protocols Survivor Stories #4: Enrique

His resilience, leadership and loyalty make him an asset to any nation, yet all Trump & Co could see was Brown

Sarah Towle

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