AvaTAR SANDS Advertisement Generates Major Media Attention

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 4:44pm — Luke Warner

Honor the Earth is proud to join a coalition of national and international groups who signed a recent advertisement in Variety comparing tar sands development with the plot of the movie Avatar and the ad has generated a lot of attention. The ad is running in Variety just before the Oscars and it expresses support for Avatar because it closely parallels the struggles of real life Indigenous Peoples inundated by tar sands developers.  Below are links to some of the prominent media coverage of the ad and a copy of the ad itself. Read more...

Your turn: We need lasting energy economy

Mon, 02/22/2010 - 5:53pm — Luke Warner

By Nellis Kennedy • Honor the Earth • February 22, 2010
(as published in the St. Cloud Times) Read more...

Somalis, Indians and Amish

Tue, 02/02/2010 - 12:17pm — Winona LaDuke
Sue Wika's Goat Farm

I had a nice visit with Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls a week or so ago. I’ve asked for a reworking of her song lyrics “Nomads, Indians and Saints."

Here is our story: Globalization changes things.  Read more...

No need for coal plants: Wind and solar will do

Mon, 12/07/2009 - 11:50pm — Luke Warner

By: Winona LaDuke and Nellis Kennedy, DL-Online

Big Stone II’s demise is not a bad sign for wind, it is the opposite. Now is the opportunity to move ahead to the next economy, not to worry about what we lost with a big polluter. Let’s give this gift to our future generations — a better future.

Take a deep breath and let’s take a look at what the next energy economy will look like. Read more...

Indian Country Today: Climate workshop stresses sustainability, indigenous knowledge

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 12:45pm — Luke Warner

This story lays out the success and outcomes of the Native Peoples Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop November 18-21 in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Honor the Earth was a key partner in helping to organize the workshop.

Read the full article at Indian Country Today.
Download our full press release.