Indigenous Climate/Earth and Resistance Matters -- March 2026
Dear Community,
Please skim the bold face to catch early March events in each section and select from the rich tapestry of offerings!
Amidst the distrubing realities, please connect OFTEN with the energy and Love of Mother Earth and with the support of the Spirit Realm.
Ask Spirit/Source for the blessing of steady rain needed in Boulder County and ask for global neutralizing of all nuclear warheads everyday.
When you run the hot water tap and cold water comes out, catch the cold water in jars and use it to water a tree nearby.
Compassionate Blessings to you All,
Bonnie
NOTE: This newsletter also appears in full on my website , if you prefer to read it there or find it later.
Index:
Indigenous Matters
Climate/Earth Matters: Events, News and Resources
Resistance Matters: Immigration and the Middle East
Indigenous Matters
Events:
Tuesdays Chase Iron Eyes of Lakota People's Law Project announces a new radio program Native American Patriot Talk, airing 1st and 3rd Tuesday of Each Month 6-7 PM CT on Minneapollis radio He discusses many of the issues surrounding the U.S. government’s violent overreach in Minnesota and across Turtle Island. From the 1st airing: 6 min. highlights
Feb through April 5th, 2026Native Niches: Ecological Identity, a Creative Nations ART exhibit at the Dairy Center for the Arts (26th and Walnut) in Boulder,
An exhibition showcasing Traditional Ecological Knowledge that Indigenous people have fostered for millennia. Curated by students, Asia Thunderhawk and Lucero Armendariz. Native Niches invites both the artist and guest to explore their position in ecological past, present and future. It investigates how Indigenous cultures and experiences have been influenced by flora and fauna, and envisions a future where people are no longer discrete from the web of life.
March 14 Sat. 3 pm MT Board member Thunder (Amy) Tuttle will host the online RadJoy Café with guests from the Indigenous Support Alliance. There are many wounded places in our communities that call forth our loving attention. There also remain beautiful places being stewarded by indigenous communities fighting for the life, vitality, and rights of the people, animals, and plants. Join RadJoy and The Indigenous Support Alliance for a visionary and supportive Café tol explore, ways of supporting and preserving indigenous cultures, protecting natural environments, and uplifting the wellbeing of indigenous communities around the globe through direct action and partnership.
Click here to register. A recording will be sent to all registrants.
March 18 Wed. 10 am MT Rekindling Indigenous Kinship and Foodways with plants, animals, and ecosystems are central to the resilience and regenerative lifeways of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous leaders are building strong movements to revitalize communities and foodways and rekindle kinship, knowledge, and trade routes that contribute to the web of life.
Register : Cultural Survival
March 18 Wed 12-1 MDT Indigenous Agroforestry Network Quarterly Webinar -- hear from Dr. Frank Lake, Ryan Reed, and Monique Wynecoop about how Tribes are using cultural and prescribed fire as vital land management tools in California and Washington. Speakers will share their experiences applying cultural fire on the ground, discuss benefits to ecosystems and communities, and reflect on lessons learned amid increasingly catastrophic wildfire seasons.
Sharing opportunities for growth, challenges that still need to be solved, and how other governments, agencies, and private landowners can respectfully and effectively partner with Tribes to support Indigenous-led fire stewardship.
Making History: The Leadership of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-Descendant Peoples at COP30 and the Path Forward. 1st Video: (speakers begin 18:30 min and ) with an inspiring overview of what leaders from Indigenous peoples, local communities, and Afro-Descendant peoples fought for, achieved, and are offering instructions as a path forward. It's a rare chance to get the specifics, and learn about what you can do to support projects that are building steam. Great for educational purposes, policy, advocacy, and inspiration. (1 hr 45 min)
The 2nd video includes extensive responses to several questions, getting into the details on both Indigenous climate finance and Indigenous-led economies. Super important. via University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, Rights and Resources Initiative and the Indigenous-- Pathways Alliance for Change and Transformation PACT
UPCOMING
April 2 Thurs. 6 PM - 9 PM Online Weaving Paths of Liberation: Indigenous World-Views & Buddhist Teachings in Conversation with Ian Sanderson (Mohawk Nation Turtle Clan) - Joanna Macy Center for Resilience and Regeneration - Earth Guardian Fellow
This workshop invites participants to explore the rich confluences between Indigenous world-views and Buddhist teachings, particularly as they relate to the idea of liberation: individual, communal, ecological and ancestral. Drawing on Indigenous relational frameworks (land-based, community-oriented, interdependent) and Buddhist insights (interbeing, compassion, freedom from suffering), we will examine how these traditions resonate, how they differ, and how together they point toward a lived practice of what might be called “Liberation Dharma.” This event is a follow up from the Reconnecting for a Just and Regenerative Future Conference held at Naropa in 2025. Everyone is invited to join!
Info on workshop and to buy tickets
Further Indigenous Matters:
See Right Relationship Boulder newsletter now containing International Indigenous news as well as local -- I recommend signing up for their monthly newsletter -- see "Join RRB's newsletter" on right side.
You can also now see their newsletter on their website https://rightrelationshipboulder.org/newsletters/
In more encouraging Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin
“Colombia has formalized 521,492 hectares of land for Indigenous communities in the Amazon region, granting legal security to 12,792 families from 11 Indigenous peoples across five departments (Amazonas, Putumayo, Caquetá, Guaviare and Vaupés).” According to a report from ColombiaOne, “The measure aims to strengthen territorial governance in an ecosystem that is central to Colombia’s climate and biodiversity agenda.” This formalization also strengthens a governance model that treats Indigenous authorities as long-term custodians of standing forest.
Climate/Earth Matters
Events:
March 1 to 5 Customer feedback on the Proposed June Service Changes will be collected through March 4. We invite you to virtually attend our public meetings and Ask a Service Planner session, or share your feedback through the online survey. Customer feedback is important to RTD, and we thank you for participating however you can! see below
Online feedback survey: https://rtddenver.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5vWH1ee1H4rliHs
March 1 Sunday 11:33 am - 1 pm Join the Y on Earth Community via Zoom for our "Regeneration Renaissance Round Table" ~ we'll discuss upcoming community workshops and events, and will celebrate the launch of the new public benefit corporation. Register Free and open to all people of goodwill.
Following Events based on the book (which I am reading and appreciating) :
Presencing 7 PRACTICES FOR TRANSFORMING SELF, SOCIETY, AND BUSINESS
By C. Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaeufer [available as an ebook on Hoopla from Bo Public LIbrary]
March 2 Mon 10-11:30 MT The Presencing book is being read by the Elders Action Network Book Study Group (BSG) with Intro and chapters 1-3 discussed this session. BSG meets every two weeks 10-11:30 am MT All welcome to join BSG via an email to Carl Lashley <carl.lashley@gmail.com>
March 5 Thurs 8 -10 am The Presencing Series is a global online gathering that responds to today's accelerating disruption and uncertainty by bringing together thousands of change-makers to explore transformative practices for self, society, and business. Free/donation Register Independent sessions run through June 18 2hrs. each including breakout Free/or donation
Upcoming April 17: for 6 sessions
From Sensing to Actualizing Regenerative Futures, based on the book Presencing: 7 Practices for Transforming Self, Society and Business by the Institute’s founders Otto Scharmer and Katrin Kaufer. Free/or donation
March 8 Sun. --2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Veggie Fermentation Workshop ~ Community Preparedness & Resilience Series The Riverside, 1724 Broadway St, Boulder, CO $33 from The Y on Earth Community, in partnership with World Aware and The Riverside --with Henry Mitchell, Register and Tickets $33.
March 10 Tues. 6:30 – 8PM Trees are the backbone of any Colorado landscape - even as turf areas shrink and waterwise designs expand. Join Alison O'Connor of CSU Extension to learn how to protect tree health when converting lawn to xeriscape, including watering strategies, soil and cultural needs, and safe turf-removal methods. This class also highlights great tree options for low-water yards. Free Register
March 26 Thurs. 12-1 pm We Are the Earth: Grief, Love & Climate Creative Hour (see Boulder.Earth for Info). Register
March 31 Tues. 11:00 - 3:00 PM MT WECAN International (Women's Earth & Climate Action Network)
Women’s Momentum Assembly for a Just Fossil Fuel Phaseout. Online Register and learn more
Free & Open to All!
During the Assembly, policymakers, frontline leaders, global advocates, and parliamentarians will discuss the challenges to ending the era of fossil fuels as well as successful policies, campaigns, and solutions to ensure a just and equitable future.
NEWS:
--from an email from Colorado Rising unite@corising.org
The United Nations just released a report declaring an “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy.” Globally, 75% of people live in water-insecure countries; half of the major lakes are shrinking; 70% of aquifers are in decline; and we’ve lost 30% of glaciers since 1970.
Here in Colorado, fracking consumed over 11 billion gallons of water in 2025 alone, and 2,219 oil spills threaten the rest. The planet is overdrawn—and Colorado is writing checks our water systems can’t cash. [We don't need AI Data Centers!]
--Artificial intelligence (AI) industry --from Colorado Times Reporter
With the growth of AI, municipalities and states are looking to mitigate the impact of data centers and the influence of technology and its impact on education and children. Denver recently announced plans to seek a moratorium on new data center construction, and the Colorado legislature will consider two measures to address data centers and one measure to address the danger posed to youth by AI.
House Bill 1030 will offer sales and use tax exemptions for data center builders, while Senate Bill 102 attempts to provide accountability for the industry’s water and electricity consumption. Tax breaks /exemptions are long term. 20 years in the original bill.
Please write CO congresspeople [link to find out who they are https://leg.colorado.gov/find-my-legislator] to express your concerns and wishes. [No tax breaks for AI Centers, we don't need them adding to climate crises and using and polluting water CO doesn't have to spare]
[me: Why are we extracting so much from the Earth for AI, so that human ego and capitalism can be serviced?
Is AI and our use of it advancing human civilization and evolution towrds more responble relationship with Earth? or just further exacerbating the poly crises Consider: Can you do simple searches for your curiosity instead of using AI ?]
Suggestions re AI --from the AI Class with Rehuman #2 with Lyla June
Did you know?
You can avoid AI results in Google by typing " -ai" in the Google search bar?
For example, type in "[your search] -ai" and get results without the AI Overview on top!
Other Google alternatives >
Ecosia (search engine that plants trees) https://www.ecosia.org/ You can turn off auto appearance of AI
DuckDuckGo (noai.duckduckgo.com)
"Bye Bye, Google AI" (a download add-on for Chrome)
Qwant.com is a French search engine that does not sell or store your personal data.
No data centers on Indigenous landstoolkit
"We tend to think of the cloud as something invisible....The cloud lives in over 10,000 data centres around the world, most of them located in the US, followed by the UK and Germany.
With AI now driving a surge in online activity, that number is growing fast. And with them, more complaints from nearby residents." From article.
Invisible Energy Costs. “The True Price of Every ChatGPT Prompt” AI tools such as ChatGPT rely on energy — and water-hungry data centers. As prompts soar, emissions rise, raising urgent questions about sustainable AI growth now:
https://www.earthday.org/the-true-price-of-every-chatgpt-prompt/
Resources for Earth /Human Relationship:
Becoming EarthKeepers: A Practical Guide for Those Who Hear the Call to Protect the Earth, by Justin McAffee a book, via substack for now, for those who feel the ache of the living world and sense that caring is no longer enough… that we must act. It’s for anyone who hears, beneath the noise of progress, the quiet call to become a guardian of land, water, and life itself. If you’ve ever felt torn between the world you were trained to serve and the world you’re called to protect, this book is for you. Read the wonderful Introduction: A Call from the LIving World and/or see Bonnie's Blog notes on www.our-sacred-earth.org
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“By the clock of geology, this climate shift is unfolding at a dizzying,
perhaps unprecedented pace, but by time scales relevant to people,
it’s happening in slow motion.”
— Andrew Revkin
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"It is a mistake to think that climate change is an issue for remote future generations. Climate change has already produced increased forest fires in the U.S. and rising ocean levels It's estimated that by mid-century-- when today's children are grown up-- between $ 66 billion and $ 106 billion worth of property in the U.S. will be below sea level. And that doesn't begin to count the cost of disaster relief shared by all Americans. We're not talking about responsibilities to "people who don't yet exist." We're talking about responsibilities to our children and grandchildren." From Harry Moody, Cllimate Change in an Aging Society
On episode 112 of the Green Root Podcast (the official podcast of Eco-Integrity Alliance), Paul Koberstein, editor of Cascadia Times and author of CANOPY OF TITANS, proposes the single most important action we can take to ward off the worst impacts of the climate crisis: protecting and preserving forests.
March 26–29 Thur-Sun. Being Human on this Earth and caring for our body/mind, the Earth --The Alchemy of Relationship, the sixth annual Resonant Healing Summit: a four-day, live, experiential intensive offering 35+ free workshops led by long-time resonance practitioners focused on these living truths:
We are transformed by relationship. We are not regulated alone., We are not resilient alone.
— a shared exploration of how our nervous systems reorganize themselves in the presence of care, how safety is relational, and how the substance of our brains is changed by the way people are with us.
Each day builds on the last, creating a coherent relational container where healing unfolds through presence, empathy, and shared attention. We invite you to join us for the full experience or any of the days!
These sessions are designed so that you’re not just learning about resonance — you’re practicing it, feeling it, and watching change unfold in yourself and others. Register.
Earth Connecting Opportunities
March 14 Sat 11 am Silent Disco Nature Dance @ Mud Lake outside of Nederland! every 2nd Saturday
Get ready to groove in nature at our Silent Disco Nature Dance! Join us for a unique experience where you can dance through the trails with headphones on, listening to some danceable tunes. This event is perfect for all levels whether you are an avid dancer or hiker or beginner. Info and Register with Laura Rose.
[Bonnie's experience: "I loved laying on the Earth during part of the time. Dona and I loved hugging the big trees.
These experiences with others, connecting in and with nature are so important. Thank you, Laura Rose, for facilitating our experience, our time together and with such an open heart."]
Resistance Matters
Ongoing:
Saturdays 11am -12pm Protest for Peace and for Palestinians RMPJC in Boulder, Broadway and Canyon
Sundays 12 pm - 1 pm Weekly Vigil for Palestine in Longmont at 6th and Main
March 28 Sat Indivisible, Women's March, No Kings and 50501 protest in several locations, among them:
10am NO KINGS Louisville, CO ›
12pm NO KINGS LAFAYETTE CO
12pm NO KINGS 3 – DENVER
1-3 pm March 28 Sat. in Boulder
Forever Indivisible is stewarding Boulder’s No Kings rally on the 28th of March. The protest will meet again at the Bandshell located at Boulder’s central park at Canyon and Broadway. With hundreds of gatherings across the U.S. with past events gathering thousands across the front range, the No Kings gathering stands as a wide swath of Americans valuing people and democracy over the county’s most powerful people.
More info at nokings.org
MARCH 28 —IN NEDERLAND:
We are going to be doing TWO No King vigils, on Saturday, March 28 when Eldora closes FOR THE SEASON. one vigil during Ski traffic TO Eldora, 9:30AM TO 11AM, and another NO kING vigil 3:30 PM TO 5PM.
Everyone is welcome to join MOUNTAIN FORUM FOR PEACE at the Sculpture Garden with signs and smiles. I'll bring banners, signs, and flags. Please let Nederland Neighbors know. ….Ellen M.
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Resist Much, Obey Little
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Immigration and I.C.E.
From a Connections Show on KGNU.org (please financially support local radio) 2/27 with Kathy of Immigrant Partnership Teams and Kate of Sunrise Twin Cities:
Call and let people know when you see something out of place: Colorado Rapid Response hotline -- core part of pgrm "if fyou see something, say something. There is an increasing activity of Ice in Bo County: 844 864 8431.
"People are expressing outrage by finding something they can do." "Yes join protests, but also join the work of organizations."
Sunrise Movement in Colorado Young people fighting to stop climate change and also working on issue of Data Centers.
We Keep Us Safe Colorado is a grassroots initiative to help organize proactively and effectively to protect our community members from being illegally and inhumanely kidnapped by ICE. We are developing a hub of resources and best practices, and we are educating and activating community members through canvassing, training, and outreach.
Info and resources
The Middle East:
March 3 Tues Noon SPECIAL talk & Q/A with Rivera Sun leading American peace & nonviolence activist ** TOPIC: U.S./Israel war on Iran--War won't work; listen to Iran's voices of peace! Zoom link Meeting ID: 868 7915 4879 Passcode: 062442 CONTACT: moji.agha@gmail.com
From the National Iranian American Council (NIAC):
The Constitution is clear: only Congress has the power to authorize war. That's why lawmakers have introduced the Kaine-Paul Iran War Powers Resolution (S.J.Res.104) in the Senate and the Khanna-Massie Iran War Powers Resolution (H.Con.Res.38) in the House — both will be called for a vote next week. If passed, these resolutions would prohibit the president from launching military strikes on Iran without explicit Congressional authorization, reasserting Congress's authority and preventing more unauthorized war.
Send your own message to Congress and/or sign up on their site to do so.
70% of Americans oppose another war in the Middle East. Your Senators and Representatives work for you — and they need to hear from you now. Urge them to support the Iran War Powers Resolutions and go on record against another disastrous war.
Please sign up for Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice weekly notices from which this comes: RMPJC.org
NOTE: for a longer discussion of media coverage by Native American Four Arrows on substack "Another Quiet Act of Resistance"
Telling it like it is:Caitlin Johnstone from Caitlin’s Newsletter "F___ Everyone Who Made This War Possible" the realities.
Sources of non-mass media News as Resistance: subscribe to substack writers! (mentioned in my newsletter)
This kind of headline appears DAILY on DROP SITENEWS about Palestinians:
Women, Children, and Medical Workers Among Over 20 Palestinians Killed in Surge of Israeli Attacks Across Gaza
As U.S. media coverage of Gaza has plummeted since the “ceasefire,” Israel has continued to kill civilians on a routine basis.
Note: US tax dollars and corporations continue to support Israel's violence.
“We appeal to the entire world to stand with us. They said there was a truce, a ceasefire—this is not a ceasefire. ...this is genocide against us,” Haboush said."
Is Tech Avoiding Climate Action? We are not helpless. Look at “Resist and Unsubscribe” The idea is to begin a boycott that hits a number of tech companies who have capitulated to the Trump regime. The best way to send a message to private industries is to punish them economically. Each of us can make a difference: Visit site.
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