Tag: North America

A climate defense that actually works

I am writing this note from New York. I wish you could be here to feel the charge of energy. An estimated 400,000 people flooded the streets on Sunday morning to demand bold action on the climate crisis. Here’s how I believe we should deal with climate change.

Terry Odendahl: Council on Foundations’ annual conference and the politics of philanthropy

Executive Director Terry Odendahl reports from the Council on Foundations annual conference. Read her thoughts on why U.S. foundations should pay more attention to the rest of the world.

Firing up Canada’s indigenous rights movement

We talk about Canada’s indigenous rights and environmental justice movement with Corvin Russell, an indigenous rights activist in Toronto and an original organizer for Defenders of the Land, a Global Greengrants Fund grantee.

Sandy, Climate, and Youth: Announcing the Next Generation Climate Board

Trucks shoveling sand from main streets. Children wading through the sludge that used to be their living rooms. As I took in the reports from friends and news media on Hurricane Sandy, I began to realize that we have entered a new era. This is not Indonesia, or the island of Tuvalu. This is New York City.

What can we learn from this? What do we need to know about this new era? Listen closely, and you might hear Sandy speak. Keep reading.>>

A 250-mile Paddling Trek for the Wild Farm River Watershed

From August 24 to September 7, a team of paddlers from the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (KI) Indigenous Nation will venture 250 mi from their remote fly-in community to Hudson’s Bay. The message: “Respect our protection before this sacred landscape is poisoned by the diamond, gold, and metals mining companies who have set their sights on it.”

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