Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.org talks with Kellie Berns of Earth Guardians about her organization and her commitment to climate justice, the major focus of Earth Guardians, and increasing the

Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.org talks with Kellie Berns of Earth Guardians about her organization and her commitment to climate justice, the major focus of Earth Guardians, and increasing the involvement of youth across the globe in protecting the environment and climate. March 13, 2025.

Video footage excerpted from (1) "What If Indigenous Futures: Voices of Tomorrow’s Leaders," Video edit by SanTeena Pugliese, Earth Guardians mentor and IYI media and storytelling trainer, and (2) Youth Power: Rena's Journey with Earth Guardians Crews & Project Grants, both available in full on EarthGuardianskids Youtube channel.  Photographs are those of Earth Guardians.

MRS ROBINSON tells Mary’s story, in her own words, for the very first time - illuminating battles for justice and equality over half a century; on the streets, in the courts, at the ballot

MRS ROBINSON tells Mary’s story, in her own words, for the very first time - illuminating battles for justice and equality over half a century; on the streets, in the courts, at the ballot box, and in backroom corridors of power. 

A reforming constitutional lawyer and senator in her early career, Mary Robinson detonated an electoral earthquake by winning the Irish Presidential vote in 1990. Later, as a crusading UN High Commissioner, she built a lasting legacy; fearlessly challenging perpetrators of human rights abuses all over the world.To this day, she exerts power and leadership as the Chair of The Elders; the independent group of global leaders (founded by Nelson Mandela) who work for peace, justice and human rights.

MRS ROBINSON was directed by Aoife Kelleher and produced by Cormac Hargaden and Trisha Canning for Loosehorse. Executive Producers on the film include Pat Mitchell (co-founder of Project Dandelion), Geralyn Dreyfous, Lyn Lear, Regina K. Scully, Ruth Ann Harnisch and Melony Lewis. The film was funded by Fís Éireann /Screen Ireland and the Fiscal Sponsorship programme of the Utah Film Center.

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The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast

Osprey Oreille Lake talks about her vast work at WECAN International alongside many Indigenous

12 views  Feb 16, 2024 (podcast)

The ReMembering and ReEnchanting Podcast

Osprey Oreille Lake talks about her vast work at WECAN International alongside many Indigenous leaders and her newly released book The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis.

0:26 - Introduction to Osprey and WECAN International

4:28 - How did you learn how to listen?

7:32 - Story that opened Osprey’s heart in different way. (Her relationship with Nature)

14:00 - What does it mean for a worldview to be an entryway into something?

19:10 - "It is a time to listen to indigenous leadership:"

26:10 The story is in our bones 

29:00 - Re-finding the Lorelei

36:48 - The right of nature movement

53:45 - Why do you keep showing up?

1:01 - How can we change the worldview of our government?

1:04:25 - What do you ReMember?

WECAN International 

From Chaos to Regeneration - Our World in Crisis 1,115 views  Mar 23, 2024  

Life on our planet is under attack.  False solutions mask the real questions - How will we

From Chaos to Regeneration - Our World in Crisis 1,115 views  Mar 23, 2024  

Life on our planet is under attack.  False solutions mask the real questions - How will we grow our food, what kind of economy do we really need, and how can we stop the expansion of fossil fuels?  To counter the dominant patriarchal culture, whose exploitation of nature and of other cultures, and particularly of women,  climate justice groups are raising their voices and taking action to protect #Biodiversity, the health of their ecosystems, and the #RightsOfNature.  

#OspreyOrielleLake, founder and executive director of the Women's Earth and Climate Action Network, discusses her new book, The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis with host, Dale Walkonen. 

"As we head into COP26, please know, we are not willing to die or sacrifice future generations for truly pitiful reasons of corporate greed and political power and hubris. Rather we are willing to

"As we head into COP26, please know, we are not willing to die or sacrifice future generations for truly pitiful reasons of corporate greed and political power and hubris. Rather we are willing to fight to use our imaginations, to be alive, to thrive, to be courageous, to be uncomfortable for positive changes, to be bold, and to win. We are willing to endlessly fight for policies that prioritize social, racial and economic justice, and Indigenous and human rights."

Our communities and the planet are out of time, we need climate justice now! On October 26, Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Executive Director spoke out to world governments at an urgent one-day High-level Thematic Debate entitled “Delivering Climate Action: for People, Planet & Prosperity” at the UN Headquarters in New York. The event was hosted by the UN President of the General Assembly to call for hope and ambition in the lead up to COP26.
Osprey made it clear in her intervention today: No more sacrifice people, no more sacrifice zones. She spoke to world governments asking: Where are the government leaders willing to stand up to the fossil fuel industry? And, where is the $100 billion a year promised from wealthy countries so we can move toward a just transition? We can move billions once we claim a global climate emergency — and pulling from military budgets is a good place to begin.

Right now, current country commitments bring global warming to 2.7 degrees Celsius, far past the 1.5 degree target laid out in the Paris Climate Agreement. Osprey called for an end to false solutions and presented our Call to Action that was recently delivered to governments during the UNGA by Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice. It is a call to action from women and feminist around the world representing millions of people outlining in explicit detail what can be done to meet the 1.5 degree target with already existing climate justice frameworks.

Read the Call to Action Statement here: https://www.wecaninternational.org/womens-assembly-cta

Read the Framework Recommendations here:
https://www.wecaninternational.org/womens-assembly-recommendations

Many thanks to Abdulla Shahid, President of the UN General Assembly from the Maldives, for inviting Osprey to speak today and for uplifting the urgency of this moment.

On November 5, Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Executive Director, spoke to Parliament Ministers from around the world and other global leaders at the GLOBE COP26 Legislators Summit held at the

On November 5, Osprey Orielle Lake, WECAN Executive Director, spoke to Parliament Ministers from around the world and other global leaders at the GLOBE COP26 Legislators Summit held at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Scotland.

In her speech, Osprey called for no more false solutions, and advocated for climate justice, community-led solutions, Indigenous rights, keeping fossil fuels in the ground, and further inclusion of frontline leadership and women in decision making processes.

Right now, current country commitments bring global warming far past the 1.5 degree target laid out in the Paris Climate Agreement. Osprey called for an end to false solutions and presented our Call to Action that was recently delivered to governments during the UNGA by Global Women’s Assembly for Climate Justice. It is a call to action from women and feminist around the world representing millions of people outlining in explicit detail what can be done to meet the 1.5 degree target with already existing climate justice frameworks.

Read the Call to Action Statement here: https://www.wecaninternational.org/womens-assembly-cta

Read the Framework Recommendations here: https://www.wecaninternational.org/womens-assembly-recommendations

Women Leading Efforts to Uphold Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty, and Due Diligence with Financial Institutions and Corporations

From the frontlines of extractive projects, the

Women Leading Efforts to Uphold Indigenous Rights, Sovereignty, and Due Diligence with Financial Institutions and Corporations

From the frontlines of extractive projects, the boardrooms of financial institutions, to the halls of governments, Indigenous women are leading efforts to uphold Indigenous rights and sovereignty, including the right of Free Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).

During the event, Indigenous women leaders and global advocates discussed how financial institutions and corporations perpetuate human and Indigenous rights violations in relation to extractive and other industries and the necessary steps these institutions must take to stop these egregious activities— and instead, implement FPIC, Indigenous rights and due diligence, while also investing in solutions within a climate justice framework centering Traditional Ecological Knowledge.

Additionally, given the severity of the climate crisis and existential threat to all of humanity, it is important to highlight that 80% of biodiversity remaining on Earth is in Indigenous lands and territories. Respecting Indigenous knowledge, ways of life, and FPIC, and the right to say “no” to continued extraction, is thus paramount to the discussion.

This was a formal side-event of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues 2022.

Speakers included:
-- Michelle Cook (Dine’/Navajo), Human rights lawyer and founder of Divest Invest Protect and Indigenous Human Rights Defenders and Corporate Accountability Program

-- Summer Blaze Aubrey (Citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a Descendant of the Blackfeet Nation), Law Fellow, Indigenous Human Rights Defenders & Corporate Accountability Program and Staff Attorney for the International Indian Treaty Council

-- Leila Salazar-Lopez, Executive Director of Amazon Watch

-- Sônia Guajajara (Guajajara), Executive Coordinator for Articulação dos Povos Indígenas do Brasil (APIB)

-- Casey Camp-Horinek (Ponca Nation), Ponca Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member

-- Osprey Orielle Lake, Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)

-- Special Guest: Maria Violet Medina Quiscue (Nasa), Autoridades Indigenas en Bakata, Colombia with Xiomara Chingate

June 2022

Osprey Orielle Lake Presentation for Scenarios Forum Session 93, "Addressing the gender dimension in socioeconomic scenarios: policy and
climate change impacts on gender

June 2022

Osprey Orielle Lake Presentation for Scenarios Forum Session 93, "Addressing the gender dimension in socioeconomic scenarios: policy and
climate change impacts on gender equality and gender equality as a driver of change", June 2022.

Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Action - COP27 Press Conference

Indigenous organizations and communities, led by women, are mobilizing locally and globally to

Indigenous Women from the Amazon: Calls for Urgent Action - COP27 Press Conference

Indigenous organizations and communities, led by women, are mobilizing locally and globally to protect and defend their communities and territories from governments and corporations that continue to violate Indigenous and human rights, and push forward extractive projects that harm local ecosystems and put communities at risk.

During this press conference, Indigenous women from the Amazon Basin and Brazil brought forth calls to action for Indigenous rights and protection of forests, water, communities, and the global climate.

Speakers included:
--- Sônia Bone Guajajara (Guajajara), Indigenous Leader from Brazil, Federal Deputy of the National Congress of Brazil, Brazil
--- Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa), Spokeswoman for Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva (Amazon Women in Defense of the Jungle), Sarayaku, Ecuador
--- Helena Gualinga (Kichwa), Indigenous Youth Climate Leader, Sarayaku, Ecuador
--- Taily Terena (Terena), Indigenous Rights Activist, WECAN Coordinator in Brazil, Brazil

Accelerating a Feminist Green New Deal - COP27 Press Conference

To truly address the root causes, as well as the scope and scale of the climate crisis, the Green New Deal must be

Accelerating a Feminist Green New Deal - COP27 Press Conference

To truly address the root causes, as well as the scope and scale of the climate crisis, the Green New Deal must be cross-cutting in its approach, steadfast in feminist principles, and strive to combat historical oppressions.

During this press conference, speakers discussed the principles of the Feminist Green New Deal and feminist policies and frameworks that are necessary for advancing just climate policies. This press conference was organized by the Feminist Green New Deal Coalition, of which WECAN is a founding member.

Speakers included:
--- Jacqui Patterson, Founder and Executive Director, The Chisholm Legacy Project
--- Margaret Kwateng, National Green New Deal Organizer, Global Grassroots Justice Alliance (GGJA)
--- Dr. Frances Roberts-Gregory, Program Director, Initiative for Energy Justice
--- Katherine Quaid (Confederated Tribes of Umatilla), Communications Coordinator, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN)
--- Mara Dolan, Program Manager, Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)