News & Event Archive for January, 2012

Introducing MG’s 2012 Earth Skills Training Calendar!

Movement Generations’ Earth Skills training track is a series of interactive, hands-on & land-based workshops. They are designed to help us restore and manage our relationship to our own work and to the resources that meet our basic needs. Organizers, community members and all participants will gain practical skills that both help communities weather the Read More »


Native Americans Applaud President Obama’s decision rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline. Obama acknowledges his commitment to Native Americans to listen to their concerns

Congratulations to the Indigenous Environmental Network and other communities and organizations for their victory in stopping the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline! The decision by the Obama administration to deny the permit to build and operate the pipeline is greeted as a victory by Indigenous peoples who have been fighting to block the massive project that would carry oil Read More »


New Video: A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests

Over the course of a year, our friends at Global Justice Ecology Project, with the Global Forest Coalition, documented the impacts of and resistance to REDD, in Cancun and Chiapas, Mexico; in Acre, Brazil; and among environmental justice communities in California. We are excited to announce the premiere of “A Darker Shade of Green,” which Read More »


Decolonize Jeju: Jam Docu Kangjung, Bay Area Premiere

Friday, January 27th 7-9pm Eastside Arts Alliance (2277 International Blvd, Oakland) Hella Organized Bay Area Koreans (HOBAK) will be hosting the Bay Area premiere screening of short films by independent filmmakers about people’s struggles against the construction of a military base on Jeju Island. On the island of Jeju, off the tip of South Korea, Read More »


Urban Tilth Honors Dr. MLK Jr. with a Day ON (Not a Day Off)!

This past Monday, Jan 16th, Movement Generation was proud to participate in Urban Tilth’s MLK Day of Service at the Richmond Greenway.  Each year, Urban Tilth throws an annual day of service that brings 100s of community members together.  This year, volunteers helped grow and maintain the beautiful community garden on the Richmond Greenway, while Read More »


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