We talk a lot about restoring ecosystems globally in order to stabilize the climate and secure a future for our children. The fact is, if the planet is destroyed by nuclear war, all our work is for naught, and ecosystem restoration will be meaningless.
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In a world grappling with environmental challenges and climate change, the voice of indigenous communities is vital for sustainable solutions
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Vandana Shiva, who has been working to protect the Earth and its biodiversity for 50 years, emphasizes grassroots movements led
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We are deeply saddened to announce the passing of a friend and hero, Ronnie Cummins, on April 26, 2023. A
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FEB. 25th, Saturday 1-4pm LOCATION:Heron Room, Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust Bldg1014 SW. Bank Rd, Vashon, WA Rally = A gathering
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Surrounded by a desolate desert living in a mud cave, Yin Yuzhen took it herself to singlehandedly plant trees rehabilitating
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Here is an eye-opening article by Fred Pearce in Greenbiz (October, 2022) on the status of many high-profile tree planting
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By Michael Pilarski, March 27, 2022Friends of the Trees Society, Global Earth Repair Foundation The current trend is for the
Read MoreCentre for International Governance Innovation & Inuit Circumpolar Council – Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada Sheila Watt-Cloutier is a Canadian Inuit Activist
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Green Advocates International – Liberia/USA Alfred Lahai Gbabai Brownell is a Liberian environmental activist and lawyer. Under threat of violence,
Read MoreScientist for Chemical Safety Program at the Eco Accord Center – Russia Olga Speranskaya is a Russian scientist and environmentalist.
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Sun Fire Cooking – Somalia Fatima Jibrell is a Somali-American environmental activist. She was the co-founder and executive director of
Read MoreIndigenous Peoples Rights International – Cordillera, Philippines Joan Carling is an indigenous Filipino human rights activist and environmentalist who has
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Chipco Movement Environmental Activist – Uttarakhand, India (Deceased) Sunderlal Bahuguna (1927-2021) was an Indian environmentalist and Chipko movement leader. The
Read More“The Planetwalker” – West Cape May, NJ USA John Francis is an American environmentalist nicknamed The Planetwalker. Born in Philadelphia,
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Water Warrior – Manitoulin Island, Ontario Canada “It’s because for years and years our ancestors have passed on traditional oral
Read MoreWater Defender – Santurban, Colombia Feminist activist Celina Suárez Mantilla is a water defender and has been part of the
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Activist – Sierra Madres, Chihuahua, Mexico (Deceased) Isidro Baldenegro was a was a farmer and community leader of Mexico’s Tarahumara
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Protectionist/Activist – Tragadero Grande, Peru Máxima Acuña is a Peruvian weaver and subsistence farmer living in a remote town in
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Mapuche Spiritual Leader – Padre Las Casas, Chile Francisca Linconao is a machi, a Mapuche spiritual leader, and a human
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Environmental Protector – Ecuador Rainforest (Deceased) María Taant was a Shuar leader from the Ecuadorian Amazon. She was a widow
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Civic Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras [COPINH] – Rio Blanco, Honduras Berta Caceras (1971-2016) was an Indigenous
Read MoreMoveGreen – Kyrgystan Maria Kolesnikova is the director of MoveGreen, a youth environmental movement in the Kyrgyz Republic. Together with
Read MoreBelieve Youth – Kampala, Uganda Mulindwa Moses is a climate and environmental justice advocate from Uganda involved in lobbying for
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Community Ecological Initiative – Southern India An inspiring ecological initiative of the Isha Foundation, Project GreenHands seeks to prevent and
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PIBS Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability – Palestine Mazin Qumsiyeh is a scientist, author and activist, and is the founder and
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TreePeople – Los Angeles, CA, USA Andy Lipkis is a practical visionary who has dedicated his life to healing the
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Boris is perhaps best known for his film, “Battle of the Elms,” which depicts the Elm Conflict, a public protest
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Gili Eco Trust – Indonesia Delphine Robbe is a marine and land Conservationist actively involved in the protection of reefs
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Richard St. Barbe Baker – Men of the Trees Society – Kenya, Africa Richard St. Barbe Baker (1889-1982) is the
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Green Belt Movement – Kenya, Africa Wangari Maathai (1940-2011) was a Kenyan social, environmental and political activist and the first
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Choitresh Kumar Ganguly (“Bablu”) is an organic farmer in India who has been involved in the field of rural development
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Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist and anti-globalisation author. She is often referred to
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Leah Penniman has over 20 years of experience as a soil steward and food sovereignty activist, and with farmers internationally
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Lyla June Johnston is a musician, public speaker and internationally recognized performance poet of Diné (Navajo) and Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) lineages.
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Nemonte Nenquino is an indigenous Waorani woman who has committed herself to defending her ancestral territory, ecosystem, culture, economy, and
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Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim is one of the founders of the Association of Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad, a group
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Dr. Jane Goodall (1934), an Ethologist and Conservationist, has shown the world the urgent need to protect chimpanzees from extinction
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Chief Oren Lyons (1930) is a Native American Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan living in Onondaga, NY. He was a
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Author, educator and activist Mazin B. Qumsiyeh formerly worked at Duke University and Yale in the medical field. He returned
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Letter from Santiago: Regeneration Now 12/17/2019/ by Ronnie Cummins SANTIAGO, Chile – Defying the machinations of discredited President Sebastian Pinera—who
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Auroville’s website has a large section of information on their green activities.
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Copied from his profile page at the Organic Consumers Association: Ronnie is co-founder and International Director of the Organic Consumers
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Paul Wagner is a member of Saanich First Nations and has been speaking out on social environmental issues since he
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Max Wilbert is a third-generation organizer who grew up in Seattle’s post-WTO anti-globalization and undoing racism movement. He has been
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Mark Lakeman co-founded The City Repair Project which “fosters thriving, inclusive and sustainable communities through the creative reclamation of public
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Working with tribes and management of natural resources for over 20 years, Marc’s hands-on experience in forest management, wildlife biology
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Joining the conference will be Chief Jessie Nightwalker of the Palouse tribe and his mother Carrie Schuster Nightwalker, who have been
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Business-Organization: Regeneration International, Association de Consumidores Organicos Ercilia Sahores is a founding member of and Latin America director for Regeneration
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Business-Organization: Dunne Law, LLLC Elizabeth M. Dunne, Esq. graduated from Emory Law School in 2000. She has worked for non-profits,
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Business-Organization: Community Rights San Juan Islands Elisabeth Robson is with Community Rights San Juan Islands and Deep Green Resistance. She
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UDerrick Jensen is a long-term environmental activist, and the author of more than 25 books, primarily about what it will
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