Kahea Pacheco (Kanaka ʻŌiwi) is a passionate advocate for Indigenous rights AND climate justice. She champions the

Kahea Pacheco (Kanaka ʻŌiwi) is a passionate advocate for Indigenous rights AND climate justice. She champions the concept of aloha 'āina (love of the land), believing that effective solutions to the climate crisis are rooted in time-tested Indigenous knowledge.

As Co-Executive Director at Women's Earth Alliance—a 19-year-old global initiative that empowers women to protect the environment—Kahea works to ensure a just AND thriving world. She notes that in 'Ōlelo Hawai'i, the word <'āina (land) also means "that which feeds us" AND was used by her ancestors to mean "family," reinforcing the view that the natural world is a living, nurturing member of our community.

This talk was given at a TEDx event. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx.

Award-winning lawyer and climate justice organizer Colette Pichon Battle, from Bayou Liberty, Louisiana, argues for an expanded understanding of the Climate Justice movement. She contends that

Award-winning lawyer and climate justice organizer Colette Pichon Battle, from Bayou Liberty, Louisiana, argues for an expanded understanding of the Climate Justice movement. She contends that success in innovating a better future hinges on recognizing its deep connections to other human rights struggles.

Pichon Battle explains that issues such as gender and migrant justice are inextricably linked to human rights for clean air, clean water, sovereign land, and community control of justly sourced sustainable energy. These interconnected fights are essential for achieving genuine climate justice.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4AWoO47oPU

Celebrated economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin (https://foet.org/about/jeremy-rifkin) will explain how the destructive "Age of Progress"

Celebrated economic and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin (https://foet.org/about/jeremy-rifkin) will explain how the destructive "Age of Progress" is giving way to a nascent "Age of Resilience." This new meta-narrative transforms how humanity will live and flourish on a rewilding Earth.

Crucially, we must understand that Earth is a water planet, not a land planet, with 91% of its surface covered by water.

Published September 27, 2016, by the Laura Flanders Show Channel, this field report documents the Seven Council Fires Community at