AvaTAR SANDS Advertisement Generates Major Media Attention
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 5:44pm — Luke Warner
Honor the Earth is proud to join a coalition of national and international groups who signed a recent advertisement in Variety comparing tar sands development with the plot of the movie Avatar and the ad has generated a lot of attention. The ad is running in Variety just before the Oscars and it expresses support for Avatar because it closely parallels the struggles of real life Indigenous Peoples inundated by tar sands developers. Below are links to some of the prominent media coverage of the ad and a copy of the ad itself. Read more...
Your turn: We need lasting energy economy
Mon, 02/22/2010 - 6:53pm — Luke WarnerBy Nellis Kennedy • Honor the Earth • February 22, 2010
(as published in the St. Cloud Times) Read more...No need for coal plants: Wind and solar will do
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 12:50am — Luke WarnerBy: Winona LaDuke and Nellis Kennedy, DL-Online
Big Stone II’s demise is not a bad sign for wind, it is the opposite. Now is the opportunity to move ahead to the next economy, not to worry about what we lost with a big polluter. Let’s give this gift to our future generations — a better future.
Take a deep breath and let’s take a look at what the next energy economy will look like. Read more...
Indian Country Today: Climate workshop stresses sustainability, indigenous knowledge
Wed, 11/25/2009 - 1:45pm — Luke Warner
This story lays out the success and outcomes of the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop November 18-21 in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Honor the Earth was a key partner in helping to organize the workshop.
Read the full article at Indian Country Today.
Download our full press release.Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop a Huge Success
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 2:27am — Luke Warner
Close to 400 tribal leaders, elders, scholars and students join together to share Indigenous perspectives and solutions.
Honor the Earth spent several months working with a host of partners to convene a climate change workshop that brought hundreds of tribal college students together with elders, spiritual leaders and some of the most brilliant Native scholars and front-line activists in Indian Country. Read more...
Native Peoples Native Homelands Workshop Agenda Announced
Fri, 11/13/2009 - 9:56am — Luke Warner
More than 200 Tribal College students, Native community members and environmental allies have registered for the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop at Mystic Lake next week! Come join us! A group of renowned Indigenous scholars and grassroots activists are coming together from around the country to present at the Workshop and share their vital knowledge on solutions and adaptation strategies for our communities. Click here to read the agenda for the Workshop.
Come Join Us At Native Peoples Native Homelands
Mon, 11/02/2009 - 12:28am — Luke Warnerby Winona LaDuke
Special to News From Indian Country 10-09We have a shot at being self-determining or we can be the victims. This is a time of tumultuous change, economic downturns, accelerating climate destabilization and the depletion of oil supplies, meaning loss of access to cheap petroleum. If we don’t act, we will be caught in a very difficult place as Indigenous peoples. Read more...
Video: Winona LaDuke at the Indigenous Uranium Forum at Acoma Pueblo
Tue, 10/27/2009 - 1:05pm — Luke WarnerThe Indigenous Uranium Forum was held from October 22-24 in Acoma Pueblo. Winona was there to discuss her historical work on uranium issues in Indian Country and talk a bit about our recent work in Saskatoon to halt the use of nuclear power to fuel the Tar Sands project. Check out the great video below. Read more...
Winona LaDuke to Co-Chair Native Peoples Native Homelands Workshop
Wed, 10/14/2009 - 1:31pm — Luke Warner
Honor the Earth is part of a national Planning Committee organizing the Native Peoples Native Homelands II workshop. Read more...
Big Stone II Victory! Otter Tail Withdraws Investment
Tue, 09/15/2009 - 1:29pm — Luke Warner
Minn. utility quits Big Stone II
MINNEAPOLIS - The utility leading an effort to build a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in South Dakota that would serve five states has pulled out of the project. Read more...
