Frontline and Indigenous Leaders Demand JP Morgan Chase Cease Fossil Fuel Financing

photo credit: Indigenous Climate Action Frontline and indigenous land defenders and community members who are directly impacted by the extraction and destruction funded by JP Morgan Chase delivered their demands for the bank to completely stop financing fossil fuels on Weds Nov 10th, 2021 at the JP Morgan Chase Glasgow Headquarters. Speakers on Chase’s funding of climate destruction in their…

Primer on Indigenous Sovereignty

Today is Indigenous People's Day in the U.S. There is no climate justice without Indigenous sovereignty. There is no housing justice when Native people are dispossessed from their lands. The struggle of Native Nations to survive, thrive, and have self-determination is core to our work to visualize a better future. All of us must redirect our minds away from the capitalistic systems that harm our…

“Carbon Pricing Report” Released by Indigenous Environmental Network and Climate Justice Alliance at COP 23

Groundbreaking “Carbon Pricing Report” Released by Indigenous Environmental Network and Climate Justice Alliance at COP 23 In-depth Analysis By Grassroots Exposes Carbon Trading Markets as False Solutions to the International Climate Crisis **Link to live stream of Press Conference** Bonn, Germany -- While city, state, and national leaders gather at the UN Climate Talks to launch and…

White House Event at UN Climate Talks Overshadowed by Indigenous, Black &, Latinx Water & Land Ceremony

White House Event at UN Climate Talks Overshadowed by Indigenous, Black and, Latinx Water and Land Ceremony Delegates from North, South and Latin America uplift Climate Change Impacted Voices in Civil Disobedience Action at COP23. Bonn, Germany - On November 13, 2017, The Trump Administration will held it’s only event, “The Role of Cleaner and More Efficient Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power in…

Indigenous Peoples: Global Transformation and Just Transition of Humanity and Mother Earth

Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of the struggle for climate justice, food sovereignty and protection of Mother Earth and Father Sky. This workshop deepens the analysis for a global transformation of humanity to move away from a fossil fuel economy and demand an economic just transition that recognizes the vital life cycles of nature, and recognizes the Earth, Water and Sky is a source of…

Indigenous Rising Movement Takes to Streets of DC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bby1szWgWHs On Friday afternoon, organizers of the round dance joined collaborative indigenous activism group It Takes Roots to paint a “red line” across the face of the District – figuratively, “to symbolize the multiple lines that must not be crossed by corporations and governments in the increasingly severe climate crisis,” and literally, a long line of people…

Indigenous Leader Kandi Mossett: “It’s Not OK for Our Women to Die Because We Want to Protect Water”

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/5/1/indigenous_leader_kandi_mossett_its_not The People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C., was led by people from front-line and indigenous communities, whose lives are most impacted by the extraction of fossil fuel and the effects of climate change. Among those who were at the march were Tom Goldtooth and Kandi Mossett of the Indigenous Environmental…

Watch the Indigenous Water Ceremony That Opened the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C.

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/5/1/watch_the_indigenous_water_ceremony_that TRANSCRIPT This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: As President Trump marked his 100th day in office Saturday, up to 200,000 people took to the streets of Washington, D.C., to take part in the People’s Climate March. Sister marches were also held across the country. The…

Democracy Now! Spotlights Indigenous Activists From ITR Delegation: Paris “Police State” is the Reality Frontline Communities Live With

Democracy Now! caught up with It Takes Roots Delegates Dallas Goldtooth, and his father Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of Indigenous Environmental Network. "If you look at the scenario we’re facing right now in Paris, you have a heightened police state, you have unreasonable bureaucracy, limited resources," says Dallas.  "This is our element as frontline communities. This is the world we exist…

Video Special: Healing Ceremony by Indigenous Environmental Network

Ahead of COP21, Films for Action in collaboration with the New Internationalist Magazine showcase indigenous and majority world voices from the frontlines in the fight for climate justice. Watch a powerful video featuring Indigenous members of the It Takes Roots Delegation, and with the Indigenous Environmental Network. Watch this powerful video.

Indigenous Assembly

Gathering Space for Indigenous People and allies. Panel discussions, cultural performances, and a concert. Dec 9th 5 - 630pm - IEN Panel, Tools to Fight Against Deforestation, facilitated by Tom Goldtooth 8pm - 10pm - Indigenous musicians and concert Dec 10th 4:30pm - 7pm - Indigenous Leaders and the Frontlines Panel 8pm - 10pm - IEN Indigenous Concert. (Ft. Frank Waln, Tak’iya Blaney, and…

First Ever Indigenous Women’s Treaty Signed of “North and South”

September 27, 2015 (New York City, NY) Today marked a historic milestone in the movement for environmental justice and indigenous rights. Indigenous women leaders of the North and South Americas signed a first ever treaty agreement declaring solidarity in the movement to protect Mother Earth from extractive industries. Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca) and Pennie Opal Plan (Idle No More Bay Area), who…

Indigenous Environmental Network Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Victory

By Dallas Goldtooth "This is a climate justice victory. The northern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline would not have been rejected this morning if it wasn't for the foundation that the environmental and climate justice movements have built over generations. And it would not have been rejected if it wasn't for those on the frontlines who fought back against the initial permitting process seven…

Frontlines to Big Greens – Stand with us in calling for #Ceasefire now and Justice for Palestine

Over 2 million Palestinian people have suffered under a 16 year blockade on Gaza and now endure a complete siege, as Israel bombs, starves, and displaces them. Israel has cut off food, water, and electricity to Gaza and has engaged in bombing of residential buildings, markets, schools, health facilities, and mosques - all with the support of the United States and other governments. Palestinians…