They are brave men, women, elders and youth who are in the last line of defense for their forest communities against commercial or state-owned industrial companies that destroy everything in their path to economic gain and multimillion-dollar profits.
When I return to my memories as a child, to how I felt protected and at peace in the presence of the trees and how they knew what I was feeling, I understand now that they provided a kinship and an ancestral connection that was fragmented in my life.
Greenpeace, along with many allied organizations, acted in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, including drawing attention to Tribal complaints that Energy Transfer desecrated burial grounds and culturally important sites during construction.
Compared with young adults two or three decades ago, today’s 18–35-year-olds may earn more, but they also grapple with soaring living costs, rising education expenses, precarious employment and mounting debt.
The company responsible faces ongoing allegations of failing to adequately compensate affected families, as well as continued environmental harms, including improper hazardous waste disposal.” These are some of the chemical and devastating fingerprints of Hyundai's suppliers.
The textiles that Maria and women in the other pueblos weave contain an infinite symbology, a breadth of meaning- making technologies, that are copied “soullessly” by capitalist enterprise.
To ensure the promises of the inquiry are fulfilled, the government must continue to be guided by expert research evidence and the lived experience advisory group it appointed to support the implementation of the recommendations.
There were three main issues that were debated before the High Court: whether native title land can be acquired, whether the just terms guarantee applies to the territories, and what role pre-Constitutional mining agreements play.
In the remote, mountainous region of Mamasa Regency, West Sulawesi, Indonesia, where internet access is limited and cell service is unreliable, a group of Indigenous youth has turned to a traditional medium to address modern challenges: radio.
Many clients are women and children escaping family violence, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who remain vastly overrepresented in the criminal justice system.
“We who have the spiritual strength and relied on our land as a source of life are now selling our wealth and allowing them to be devastated in the name of progress…So what kind of progress is this?” asked the resident of the Jequitinhonha Valley, questioning the false promise of lithium mining corporations.
Aligning their skills, they conceived an online platform that contributes to the revitalization of Dadi'idznu through the collection, creation, and dissemination of text and audiovisual materials that can be used both for self-learning and language teaching at educational institutions.
