What Maersk isn’t talking about
Over the past ten months, Israel has used Maersk-delivered bombs and missiles to decimate olive groves and farms across Gaza. The bombing has contaminated groundwater with munitions and toxins and choked the sea on which Palestinian fishermen depend with sewage and waste. Air pollution in Gaza, where smoke and particulate matter fill the air at all times of the day, is a direct product of Maersk arms shipments. This is greenwashing in action. This is ecocide masquerading as socially conscious environmentalism.
Security Culture Dos and Don’ts for Indigenous Organizers
Movement organizers and activists frequently challenge state power - it’s necessary work but not without risks.
That’s why it’s important for organizers and organizations to develop a healthy security culture rooted in trust and community. On a macro level, security culture is about keeping each other safe and alive. On a micro level it’s about building strong relationships in our communities.
Mask Off Maersk: How the global shipping industry facilitates colonialism, militarism, and environmental destruction
Honor the Earth is proud to join the Palestinian Youth Movement in its struggle for liberation and campaign against Maersk, a Danish shipping and logistics conglomerate that operates one of the world’s largest container fleets.
Statement on Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Great Oceti Sakowin Passage of Resolution in Support of the Palestinian People
Oglala Lakota are known for resisting and fighting back against settler colonialism, so the passage of this resolution is no surprise. It stands as a continuation of a rich history between the Palestinian and Lakota Peoples, including when Palestinians stood with us in solidarity at Standing Rock and Wounded Knee.
Embracing Change: Honoring the Past, Welcoming the Future at Honor the Earth
As the current Honor the Earth Board of Directors transitions out of positions that they held for many years, the current Honor staff and incoming new board members wish to acknowledge and express gratitude to the outgoing board for their years, if not decades, of service. In this same breath, we welcome our new Board of Directors with open arms and excitement as we move into the next phase of Honor the Earth's evolution.
Tribal Water Quality Standards are Crucial for Protecting Clean Water from Dangerous Mining Proposals
The United States government's current plan to move towards “clean” energy sources and away from fossil fuels is to mine the Earth for massive amounts of minerals and metals. This plan is anything but clean. Mining creates toxic byproducts that are nearly impossible to clean up. Replacing one heavily polluting industry with another will be a grave mistake that we cannot afford to make.
Responding to Minnesota Attorney General’s “Assurance of Discontinuance” Action
Responding to Minnesota Attorney General’s “Assurance of Discontinuance” Action, Honor the Earth’s New Leadership Team Focuses on Robust Internal Reforms and Major Issues of Land Bank, “Green Colonialism” and Militarism
Oceti Sakowin Treaty Council Passes Sweeping Measure in Solidarity with the Palestinian People of Gaza
Oceti Sakowin Treaty Council Passes Sweeping Measure Supporting Palestinian People of Gaza, Calls for an Immediate Ceasefire and Emergency Aid for the Millions Displaced.
Green Colonialism: From Palestine to Turtle Island
With the recent Palestinian resistance to apartheid Israel’s occupation of Gaza and so-called Israel’s genocidal response, it is vital to consider the role of green colonialism in ongoing efforts to subjugate people in both Palestine and Turtle Island.
We Must Resist Green Colonialism Wrapped in Transition Mining Promises
Mining projects for rare earth metals are threatening Indigenous lands and waters around the world.
Military mines? Talon Metals signs a contract with the Department of Defense for metals prospecting
In September, 2023 Talon Metals signed a $20 million contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) for nickel prospecting on Anishinaabe lands in the Great Lakes and Mississippi headwaters region. While this collaboration has been promoted as a vital step in the transition to electric vehicles and green technology, a closer look reveals a more complex and troubling picture.
Indigenous Activists Visually Occupy Times Square During UN Summit
On the morning of Tuesday, September 19th, Indigenous peoples on the frontlines of the climate crisis on Turtle Island took over Times Square in New York to paint a giant mural with the message, “No Green Colonialism; Land Back NOW!”
Indigenous Nations Must Resist New Threats from Mining and Extraction
We cannot allow this energy transition to be built by sacrificing our people and our homelands.
New Honor the Earth Executive Director Statement
Dearest Relatives,
It is with both great heaviness and optimism that we move into a transition of responsibilities, after Winona LaDuke’s establishment and leadership of this organization for over 30 years. I am reaching out to you today as the sole Executive Director of Honor the Earth.
Honor The Earth welcomes new Co-Executive Director Krystal Two Bulls, new team members
Honor the Earth announces three new team members who will join the nonprofit, Indigenous-led environmental justice organization in January 2023, as it begins its 30th anniversary year in its new office in Ponsford, Minnesota.