…he 2020 California CZU wildfire) understand that we must relearn how to live in harmony with Nature. Although Indigenous Peoples make up only 6% of the global population, they have protected 85% of the world’s conserved biodiversity — more than national parks and forests — often risking their lives in the process. According to a September 2021 Global Witness report, a record 227 environmental activists were murdered in 2020, all but one in countries of the Global South with over a third of all fatal attacks targeting Indigenous People. The fact that Global Witness counts only one environmentalist murder in the Global North in 2020, combined with the fact that so many Indigenous People have disappeared near fossil fuel extraction sites in Canada in the U.S. has me wondering how they define “environmentalist”.
Rethinking Thanksgiving in time to face hard truths and create hope
Gail Marie Valker, Revolutionary Mama 🕊️🌱
