WECAN organized a COP29 press conference featuring Brazilian Indigenous women leaders. They advocated for Indigenous rights, forest and water protection, community well-being, and global climate

WECAN organized a COP29 press conference featuring Brazilian Indigenous women leaders. They advocated for Indigenous rights, forest and water protection, community well-being, and global climate action, with a focus on the path to COP30 in Belém, Brazil.

Speakers included Puyr Tembé, Concita Sôpré, and Lucimara Patté, all co-founders of Ancestral Indigenous Women Warriors (ANMIGA). Moderated by Osprey Orielle Lake (WECAN), the event highlighted the critical role of Indigenous women in safeguarding Amazonian biodiversity and connected biomes.

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists dedicated to protecting endangered species and habitats worldwide. Learn more about their work:

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists dedicated to protecting endangered species and habitats worldwide. Learn more about their work: biologicaldiversity.org.

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The "Women for Climate Justice Leading Protection of Water" event, a formal side event of the UN Water Conference in New York City, addressed climate change impacts on global water. Grassroots

The "Women for Climate Justice Leading Protection of Water" event, a formal side event of the UN Water Conference in New York City, addressed climate change impacts on global water. Grassroots leaders, water protectors, and international policy experts shared solutions and strategies for protecting aquatic ecosystems within a climate justice framework.

WECAN submitted a commitment and released a Call to Action, urging governments to improve water protection through a rights-based approach and by ensuring women's leadership. Read the Call to Action here. Additional event links and resources are available here.

Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, operating 20 years beyond its engineered lifespan, threatens 20% of the world's surface freshwater in the Great Lakes, along with sacred ecosystems, drinking water, and

Enbridge's Line 5 pipeline, operating 20 years beyond its engineered lifespan, threatens 20% of the world's surface freshwater in the Great Lakes, along with sacred ecosystems, drinking water, and treaty territories. Indigenous women, tribal leaders, and allies are demanding its immediate shutdown and decommissioning.

Despite strong opposition, Enbridge proposes expanding and re-routing Line 5. This new route would devastate hundreds of waterways, including those vital to the Bad River Reservation, Lake Superior, and the Straits of Mackinac. It is imperative to stop this expansion and all fossil fuel projects now.

Learn more about WECAN's campaign to stop Line 5: wecaninternational.org/stop-line-5

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists. They are dedicated to protecting endangered species and their habitats worldwide.

Learn

The Center for Biological Diversity is a leading organization of lawyers, scientists, and activists. They are dedicated to protecting endangered species and their habitats worldwide.

Learn more about their vital work: biologicaldiversity.org

Taylor Brorby, a poet, writer, and activist, grew up in North Dakota, witnessing the environmental and personal scars inflicted by the fossil fuel industry. A profound critic, his works include

Taylor Brorby, a poet, writer, and activist, grew up in North Dakota, witnessing the environmental and personal scars inflicted by the fossil fuel industry. A profound critic, his works include the memoir *Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land*, essays in *Civil Disobedience*, and co-edited *Fracture*. He seeks to inspire passion to protect the biosphere.

Brorby is also the author of *Crude: Poems*, with work appearing in *The NY Times* and *Orion*. He has received prestigious fellowships and teaches nonfiction writing at the University of Alabama.

This keynote talk was delivered at the 2024 Bioneers Conference. Explore other talks at bioneers.org.

Charlotte Lenore Michaluk, a 17-year-old scientist and biomimetic inventor, shares a hopeful vision for sustainable technology. She explores how diverse fields, from fiber arts to cargo ship

Charlotte Lenore Michaluk, a 17-year-old scientist and biomimetic inventor, shares a hopeful vision for sustainable technology. She explores how diverse fields, from fiber arts to cargo ship systems, can inspire green solutions that balance profit with public health and climate mitigation.

Michaluk's interdisciplinary approach leverages insights from the natural world to create brilliant, clean technologies. Her keynote talk, delivered at the 2024 Bioneers Conference, showcases the possibilities unleashed by innovative thinking.

To view other conference talks, visit www.bioneers.org.

The Yurok and Karuk peoples fought for decades to remove dams on the Klamath River, which decimated salmon populations and riparian ecosystems vital to their traditional lifeways. In 2022, the US

The Yurok and Karuk peoples fought for decades to remove dams on the Klamath River, which decimated salmon populations and riparian ecosystems vital to their traditional lifeways. In 2022, the US government agreed to remove four dams, launching the largest river restoration project in US history. This monumental achievement highlights tribal activism and groundbreaking partnerships.

Learn about this success, culture-based restoration, and tribal collaboration with state and federal governments. This talk, delivered at the 2023 Bioneers Conference, was moderated by Cara Romero, with Samuel Gensaw, Isaac Kinney, and Craig Tucker. For more information, visit bioneers.org.

California is the world's largest consumer of Amazon rainforest oil. This extraction fuels climate change, deforestation, ocean pollution, and displaces Indigenous peoples who protect the Amazon's

California is the world's largest consumer of Amazon rainforest oil. This extraction fuels climate change, deforestation, ocean pollution, and displaces Indigenous peoples who protect the Amazon's vital biodiversity. It also harms communities along the supply chain, including those near toxic refineries in California.

We are honored to host Indigenous Amazonian forest-protectors, sisters Nina and Helena Gualinga. Working with Amazon Watch, they urge Californians—and all of us—to #EndAmazonCrude and demand corporate responsibility for people and the planet.

The current food system is failing and unsustainable. Leaders offer inadequate solutions to hunger and poverty, a critical issue given the UN's projection of 2 billion more people by 2050,

The current food system is failing and unsustainable. Leaders offer inadequate solutions to hunger and poverty, a critical issue given the UN's projection of 2 billion more people by 2050, primarily in urban areas.

Achieving a fair, just, and equitable food system requires radical new thinking and significant effort. Renowned food activist Karen Washington argues for a dramatic transformation, not just a fix.

Watch more talks and discussions from the 2022 conference at Bioneers.org.