By Jason Negrón-Gonzales (photo by Marisa Franco, Right to the City Alliance) Events in recent weeks in Arizona should be a cause for concern for all people who seek justice and progress in the US, and they have special significance for those of us who call the climate justice, environmental justice, and environmental movements our Read More »
By Jason Negrón-Gonzales I’m on the plane back to the US flying at 29,000 feet over the Amazon. A green carpet of trees, only interrupted by winding veins of brown rivers, stretches to the horizon. From time to time where a larger river appears, a small cluster of buildings sits like a speck on the Read More »
By Jason Negrón-Gonzales Photo of Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network in the blessing ceremony in Cochabamba. credit: Diana Pei Wu. Today, Earth Day, was the closing day of the first World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba. It occurred to me as I watched participants and organizers streaming Read More »
Contacts in Bolivia: Jihan Gearon, Indigenous Environmental Network: +591 740 28531 Jeff Conant, Global Justice Ecology Project: +591 703 75254 http://www.pitchengine.com/free-release.php?id=59552 *** ESPANOL ABAJO *** Cochabamba, Bolivia– As Earth Day celebrations commence around the world, Indigenous Peoples from across the Americas are in Cochabamba, Bolivia today to close the historic conference on climate change and Read More »
Listen to the interview now (photo by Diana Pei Wu) Jason’s interview from Cochabamba on the People’s World Summit on Climate Change & the Rights of Mother Earth begins about 2/3 of the way through the show. Jason puts forth a message of hope with hard analysis of the struggles of the moment. “This is Read More »