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Indigenous, Frontline Community Groups & Climate Leaders Decry Greenwashed Climate Summit
In Open Letter to Brown, Communities Most Affected by Climate Change Demand Real People and Earth-Based Solutions
Teaching My Sons That Water Is Life
This was a special summer for me as a dad. For the first time I took my sons, Felix and Jaxson, on that classic TransCanada road trip so many of us did when we were young.
WEBINAR: Canada Bailout of KM: Indigenous Voices from the Frontlines
Webinar featuring Clayton Thomas-Muller, Cedar George-Parker, Kanahus Manuel and Eriel Deranger. July 11, 2018
Canada Bailout of KM: Indigenous Voices from the Frontlines
Canada’s government announced that it is going to pay $4.5 billion to Kinder Morgan to buy both the existing 65-year-old Trans Mountain pipeline and the controversial Trans Mountain Expansion Project.
The Canadian government has gone from backing a fossil fuel company that is trampling Indigenous rights to becoming one.
ICA’s Statement on Canada’s $4.5B Bailout of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline
The Canadian government has gone from backing a fossil fuel company that is trampling Indigenous rights to becoming one. In response, Indigenous Climate Action released the following statements.
I Feel Betrayed - by the government and a system that has destroyed the spirit of my people
Current government leaders, Notley and Trudeau, were both elected on platforms of environmental reform, action on climate and the recognition of the rights of Indigenous peoples. However, since taking office their election promises have fallen flat.
Indigenous peoples take bold action on pipelines, tar sands, and demand real
Indigenous Climate Action (ICA), an Indigenous-led climate justice initiative in Canada supports the frontlines efforts of land defenders and water protectors being taken on Coast Salish territory to halt the Kinder Morgan pipeline.
Violence Against the Land is Violence Against Women
This webinar explores how violence against the land through the extraction and exploitation of resources and fossil fuels perpetuates violence against women.
#ProtectTheInlet #Stopitatthesource
On March 10th, 2018, over 6500 Indigenous and settler peoples from across Turtle Island -- including Indigenous representatives from the tar sands, Standing Rock and as far east as the Mohawk and Anishnaabe territory -- came together to stand in solidarity a the Protect the Inlet events with the Coast Salish Nations challenging the expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline.
Red Tide Webinar
During this webinar Indigenous Climate Action, Toi Toi Manawa Trust and Pacific peoples Partnership discussed the Red Tide Climate Action Summit and Youth Conference which took place from May 1st to May 6th, 2018 in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
#JusticeforColten: We can’t talk about TRC while simultaneously sanctioning violence & hate
The verdict in the Stanley Boushie case does not support this. In fact, it has a message to society at large that Colten’s death was warranted, that we should be sorry for the perpetrator, and ultimately Colten got what he deserved. I find myself at a loss of how to respond to such a sick and twisted expression of pure apathy for human life.
Web of Change: Opportunity for Growth and Learning
I had been warned that previous Web of Change gatherings had been uncomfortable places for Indigenous and POC, but that there had been drastic changes of the representation on the board level and that this WOC would reflect those changes.
Why Indigenous voice matters in climate justice
“Who tells the story about climate justice? What are the crucial voices needed to make effective change? How does voice shape understandings and in turn, actions?”
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Executive Director Eriel Deranger and Executive Committee Member Clayton Thomas-Muller discusses ICA turning down a $150K award from Aviva Canada and the importance of Indigenous rights in the climate justice movement.
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Executive Director Eriel Deranger and Executive Committee Member Clayton Thomas-Muller (350.org) discussed ICA turning down a $150K award from Aviva Canada and the importance of Indigenous rights in the climate justice movement.
Indigenous Climate Action rejects $150,000 award from Aviva Canada due to moral conflict with Aviva
Early last week Indigenous Climate Action (ICA) received news they had won the $150,000 Aviva Canada Community Legacy Award. However, ICA made an unconventional decision to reject the award and cash prize because of a ‘direct contradiction’ with Aviva’s financial relationships