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Adaptation and Climate Change Resilience Program Based on Ecosystems and Milpas in Cardonal, Hidalgo
Magueyal, Sujeto y Comunidad, A.C.
In the municipality of Cardonal, milpa fields are used to grow corn, beans, squash and chili peppers in plots of land called melgas (melgas are small plots of cultivated...
Conscious Energy Use and Climate Change Adaptation by Women, Children and Youth in Maseuales Communities
Fundación Tosepan, A.C.
Population growth and an increase in natural resource consumption have had negative environmental impacts such as deforestation, water and air pollution and climate change. In many communities, these impacts...
Incorporating an Indigenous Environmental Justice Network in Chiapas, Mexico
Cooperativa AMBIO S.C. de R.L.
The Zoque region in the southern state of Chiapas is inhabited by the Tzotzil and Tzeltal Indigenous Peoples. Communities in this region are facing increased vulnerability to climate change...
Recovering Traditional Knowledge of Useful and Medicinal Plants in the Náhuatl Mountain Range in the Municipality of Ilamatlán, in the State of Veracruz
Agrupación de Derechos Humanos Xochitépetl, A.C.
Highly marginalized and having a mostly Náhuatl-speaking population, the municipality of Ilamatlán in the Mexican state of Veracruz has been affected by heavy anthropogenic pressure on natural resources, the...
Roots to Resilience
Syatt
Northeast Ohio’s communities face intensifying climate impacts—from severe flooding and heat in Cleveland to water contamination and agricultural disruption in Appalachian counties. These conditions are layered atop long-standing environmental...
Anishnabe-led Moose Research Project – Phase 3
Small Change Fund
Moose are suffering due to colonialism. The moose population in Anishnabe territory is in sharp decline due to sport hunting, industrial forestry and climate change. Moose are Anishnabe relatives;...
Bioremediation Solutions in the Skeena Watershed
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition
“Bioremediation Solutions in the Skeena Watershed” addresses watershed health by supporting communities to identify immediate and long-term threats to watershed security, to develop and implement innovative solution-oriented plans and...
Solar Warrior Training Program (SWTP)
Red Cloud Renewable
The 2023 US Solar Jobs Census, published by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), shows a significant underrepresentation of Indigenous community members in solar deployment. Lack of opportunities and...
Increasing Capacity for Environmental Justice Education in North Carolina through Spidey Sens-r
North Carolina Environmental Justice Network
In North Carolina, environmental racism manifests through the placement of coal ash facilities, concentrated animal feeding operations, wood pellet facilities, landfills and other high-pollution sources in lower income neighborhoods...
Ballona Watershed Community Stewardship Climate Connection
Nature Nexus Institute
Many people in the heart of urban Los Angeles may not have a deep-rooted connection to parks or open space due to financial or transportation barriers. Cultivating a link...
Climate Justice in Pessamit: Educational Tools and Involvement for Young Ilnu from École Secondaire Uashkaikan
Lab22 - Laboratoire d'innovations sociales et environnementales
The climate upheaval greatly concerns the Ilnu of Pessamit. It is making ecosystems more fragile and thus leads to loss of identity. According to Le temps qui change: Bouleversements...
Indigenous Pathways to Climate Resilience through Geospatial Data
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Increasingly, high-quality geospatial data are being collected to support land management initiatives that are related to climate change, but despite the widespread availability of the data, Indigenous communities face...
Urban Rainwater Harvesters in the Upper Santa Cruz River Basin, Ambos Nogales, Sonora, and Arizona
Watershed Management Group
With growing water scarcity and drought, uncertainty of the long-term effects of climate change in this region (e.g., changes in precipitation amounts, patterns, and intensity), lack of vegetation, and...
Empowering Vulnerable Communities to Prevent Toxic Chemical Exposure from Climate Change Events
Texas Health and Environment Alliance
Communities in the Houston/Galveston Region are threatened by climate change-related weather and hydrogeological events that can release toxic waste from old, often forgotten, industrial sites. Harris County, including Houston,...
Cool Franklin County Schools
Green Columbus
Columbus, Ohio, is home to the fastest-growing urban heat island in the United States. With just 22% tree canopy citywide, our downtown hotspots and low-canopy communities are burning. As...
Community-led Food Forest Development for Climate Resilience in Boston
Boston Food Forest Coalition
Boston Food Forest Coalition (BFFC) was founded in 2015 to address Boston's painful and intentional history of systemic racism in its neighborhood development policies. These policies have created drastic...
Fostering Lifelong Climate Champions – Building a Climate Stewardship Pipeline through Education and Workforce Development
Americas for Conservation + the Arts
Inequities in tree canopy health in the Denver metro area of Colorado are exacerbating climate injustice, as tree canopy coverage increases local air quality and mitigates the impact of...
Red River Métis Emergency Management Planning
Manitoba Métis Federation - National Government of the Red River Métis
While the MMF is taking action against climate change, there are increasing numbers of environmental emergencies that arise due to climate change. Many risks cause threats to life and...
Community Saltmarsh Restoration for Climate Resilience
Gorge Waterway Action Society
Degradation of the Gorge Waterway by settlers has left residents and wildlife vulnerable to such climate impacts as flooding, and has contributed to the release of stored carbon, impacting...
Provincial Food Network
Food Producers Forum
Based on five years of intensive research and information gathering, including a three-day online provincial conference in May 2022, and completion of a detailed survey that fall, focused on...