Remaking the Economy Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Justice
October 15th 2020. 14:00 to 15:00
Thursday, October 15 2:00-3:00 pm
This is a US webinar but some of the content will be relevant to Toronto audiences
Beyond rhetoric, what is involved in creating a “just transition”?
What are core indigenous practices regarding land, water, and natural resource management?
What would climate policy look like if indigenous knowledge were at the center of the policy approach?
What is meant by “regenerative agriculture” and how are regenerative agricultural and food practices being implemented today?
What does “right relationship” to the land and the environment entail?
Registration is free: https://info.nonprofitquarterly.org/indigenous-perspectives-climate
A-dae Romero Briones (Cochiti/Kiowa) is director of programs of Native Agriculture and Food Systems at First Nations in Longmont, Colorado, where she works to promote indigenous food and agricultural systems and practices.
Kendra Kloster (Tlingit/German) serves as executive director of Native Peoples Action. Based in Anchorage, she directs advocacy and policy work statewide on behalf of Alaskan Natives, who constitute 18 percent of the state’s population.
Trisha Kehaulani Watson-Sproat (Hawaiian) is based in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, where she leads an environmental planning consultancy, serves on the boards on two Hawaiian nonprofits, and writes regularly on environmental justice issues.