Native homelands workshop, prelude to U.N. climate change conference

I’m passing on some vital information to all people concerned about climate change and the impact on indigenous peoples. Winona LaDuke and Dan Wildcat are co-chairing the Native Peoples, Native Homelands Workshop Nov. 18-21 in Shakopee, Minn. Here is the flier with all the details. The workshop will end with participants making recommendations that will be presented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dec. 7-18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Here is the press release from Native Peoples Native Homelands workshop. “Nationally, there is a great deal of work taking place in our communities to re-localize food, energy and to build resilient and sustainable economies,” said LaDuke, in an op-edpiece for Indian Country Today. The Navajo people of the Shonto Chapterhouse are one example of a community taking action. The Shonto chapter is the first Native community to begin developing a locally owned renewable energy utility. This utility will only be complimented by the current work of the Navajo Nation to promote green jobs through the Navajo Green Jobs Economy Commission. This is the first tribal commission created specifically for the promotion of green jobs in Indian Country.”

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Jodi Rave