Yvonne’s Meme-A-Thon: Day 1, Meme 2, Good Food for All
So, I’m still 36 and relishing the anniversary of my birth. Here’s a check-in around my three goals: to quit smoking, to practice gratitude, and to support the kickass work of Smart Meme, a grassroots story-based strategy center. 1. Hours since my last inhale of carcinogens: 44 2. Decolonize Oakland I am grateful to live [...]
Replacing Coal with Green Jobs in Navajo Nation
via Yes! Magazine As a small girl, Enei Begaye knew to be quiet when visiting friends’ houses. Nearly everyone in the 4,900-person town of Kayenta, Arizona, part of the Navajo Nation, worked in the area’s coal mines, Black Mesa and Kayenta, which operated twenty-four hours a day. Begaye and her friends would play quietly so [...]
Coal Mining Curbed on the Black Mesa, Paving Way for Navajo Green Economy
A shorter version of this post first appeared on RaceWire. The indigenous environmental justice movement celebrated a victory, early January 2010, when a judge ruled that Peabody Energy cannot expand its coal mining operations on the Black Mesa in northern Arizona. Former president Bush Jr. approved a permit for Peabody in the twilight of his [...]
