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Image About 200 people gathered outside Minneapolis City Hall in October 2016 to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline which will pass upstream from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation. Along with the threat to their water supply, the tribe claims the pipeline will destroy burial sites and sacred places. Photo: Fibonacci Blue (CC BY 2.0) Season of Creation – A Native American Voice on Loss and Damage PINE RIDGE, USA/GENEVA – I was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation during a time when families were still living off the land. Many of the people still gathered their food from the land, plants and wildlife but this way of life…
Image Photo: On the eve of the Climate Action Summit in New York, churches are calling for immediate action to address the climate emergency. ACT/Joanna Patouris As Climate Summit begins, Churches Call for Action Now! Deep seated transformation needed to address climate emergency (LWI) – As states gather at the United Nations for the Climate Action Summit, taking place on 23 September, the…
