Dear earthlings,
Below an inspirational story on the life of El Coyoteβa man that through community, creativity and consciousness seeded change wherever he went π±.
ποΈ In Climate News
π₯³Brazilβs top court rules in favour of Indigenous rights in land claim case: Marco Temporal.
β More than 100 climate protesters arrested in NYC during march against fossil fuel financing.
π³π± Dutch police fire water cannons and detain thousands of protesters in fossil fuel roadblock.
π¬π§ UK fails to ban 36 harmful pesticides outlawed for use in EU.
πΊπΈ Biden banned oil and gas leases across Alaskan arctic.
π¨π© DRC food sovereignty summit yields support for agroecology.
π¨ββοΈ California is suing five oil giants over climate damages.
β·οΈ French ski resort closes permanently because thereβs not enough snow.
π¨ Australia bans logging in thousands of acres of forest to create a koala haven.
πΒ Cool Trends
βΎοΈ eco-stories
πΊ El Coyote and the Rainbow Caravan of Peace
Alberto Ruz Buenfil is the kind of spirited soul that shakes society.
His father was a notable archaeologist that unearthed the tomb of Pakal in the ancient Mayan city of Palenque, in the Yucatan region of Mexico, where he grew up. In 1968, at the tender age of 22, Alberto left Mexico and embarked on a long journey. Influenced by the global counterculture movement, he travelled with a group of friends across North America, Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and India. In each town theyβd stay in an eco-village or community and learn from their alternative ways of living. With old beaten cars, they would drive in βcaravanβ, and upon arrival they would put on a theatrical show as an offering for the welcome of that community.
βWe ended up travelling as a group for eight years. In those years, our nomadic tribe went everywhere: from communities in Sweden to ashrams in India and eco-villages in Greece. As the years went by members of the tribe began having children and so we decided it was time to stop. The kids were asking for more permanent friends and the women wanted a place to build a nest, so we went back home to Mexico.β
πΒ The Culture Column
πΊΒ What weβre watching: SEED: The Untold Story
πΈ Profile of the week: @thegaiafoundation
π What weβre reading: Hay Tantos Caminos by Alberto Ruz Buenfil
π€― Scary fact we learnt this week: only four agrochemical companies control 50% of the worldβs seed market.