Indigenous Climate/Earth and Resistance Matters — September, 2026 (updated weekly )

Dear Community,

(Please give yourself 20-60 min with this newsletter,. and allow yourself to be intuitively drawn to items --each in bold-- to read or events to attend).

As the state of Colorado commemorates 150 years of statehood and CU 150 years of education, with a Buffalo mascot, I am drawn to speak out.

I am concerned about the need to transform practices and policies for taking into account Colorado's history from an American Indian perspective. There are a series of historical and legal realities involving the territory (and later state) of Colorado with the U.S. Congress which the organization People of the Sacred Land brings to our attention in their Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission reports (TREC) — introduced in the film People of the Sacred Land being shown September 24 in Nederland and September 28 in Boulder.

This from Excerpts From 'Rick's Report of May-July 30, 2026' "The land in Boulder "legally" belongs to only two Native Nations, the Northern Cheyenne and the Northern Arapaho." Attend the film showings to find out why.

Indigenous Peoples' Nations sovereignty, potential and actual contributions to our State need highlighting. Our cultural worldviews about our relations with Earth, especially around state economy and fossil fuel use and subsidies, cattle, logging, and so on need transformation.

To address this the nonprofit Our Sacred Earth offers the Fall the series "Experiences for Relationship" to shift our dominant cultural paradigm, towards transformation of the extractivist, capitalist, colonialist worldview and its relations with Indigenous Nations. Western civilization needs Indigenous /kinship worldview principles that have been successful in caring for the Earth and all life for thousands of years on Turtle Island [aka USA].

This month, please attend a showing of the film People of the Sacred Land 9/24 in Nederland and 9/28 in Boulder....details following.

Sept. 24 Thurs, 6:30 - 8:00 pm‍ ‍Film, PEOPLE OF THE SACRED LAND Register HERE shown at the Nederland Community Library, 200 Highway 72 North. View Trailer here

FREE and Open to the public -- For adults and children 8 yrs.+ Film screening with Small Group Guided Explorations after the film Sponsored by OurSacredEarth.org part of series, "Experiences for Relationship" Info and contact Bonnie Sundance-- OurSacredEarth06@gmail.com

PEOPLE of the SACRED LAND (2026, 32 min) follows Richard Willams (Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne) as he recounts his engaging personal journey with Land and the findings of the Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission (TREC) about Colorado's history and treaties, including falsified ones. Register HERE

Sept. 28 Mon. 5:15 pm - 7:00 pm ‍ ‍Film, PEOPLE OF THE SACRED LAND at the Boulder Public Library, 1001 Arapahoe Ave. -- Boulder Creek Room

FREE and Open to the public -- For adults and children 8 yrs.+ REGISTER HERE View Trailer 1 min. here.

Film screening with Small Group Guided Explorations after the film

Sponsored by OurSacredEarth.org -- part of series, "Experiences for Relationship", and by Colorado Coalition for Indigenous Allies; website here.

Info and contact Bonnie Sundance-- OurSacredEarth06@gmail.com

PEOPLE of the SACRED LAND (2026, 32 min) follows Richard Willams (Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne) as he recounts his engaging personal journey with local Land and the findings of the Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission (TREC) about Colorado's history and treaties, including falsified ones. REGISTER HERE

Please engage in facing the truth about our CO state's history, from an Indigenous perspective and the truth about our state's current contributions to Climate Crises (in upcoming program Oct. 29). May we approach these issues together with open-hearted compassion.

May everyone in our County be on board in some positive way, contributing to transformation. All levels need our attention-- inner personal, where we live, our community, city--education, business and gov't --our state, nation, planet.

Please collaborate with organizations doing the transformation work and through programs featured in the series "Experiences for Relationship".

Thanks, Bonnie

Indigenous Matters

Editor: Please consider each month, attending an event or learning from an Indigenous offering to counter the intended historical erasure of Indigenous people and their realities.

EVENTS, COURSES

Sept. 1 Tues. 6 pm - 7:15 pm MT VS GOLIATH: Greater Chaco, film followed by a Q&A with frontline leaders featured in the episode and Dallas Goldtooth, renowned actor and Indigenous activist. Moderated by Judith LeBlanc, movement leader, and director of the Native Organizers Alliance. Register HERE for the free online screening and panel that will follow the film.

The sacred Greater Chaco region of New Mexico, ancestral homeland of the Pueblo and Diné (Navajo) peoples, is under siege from a relentless surge of oil and gas extraction. This episode covers the Indigenous-led fight to protect Chaco.

This is the next installment of VS. GOLIATH—a powerful documentary series of Fossil Free Media following everyday people across the United States as they stand up to the fossil fuel industry and fight for the future of their communities.

Sept 1 to Sept. 12. at BMOCA /Contemporary art gallery on 13 th St. Boulder Tres Voces, Un Corazón brings together distinct practices by three members of one family—Sylvia Montero, Tony Ortega, and their son, Cipriano Ortega. The exhibition explores how identity,[Indigenous and Latin] cultural memory, and artistic language are formed, challenged, and carried forward within a shared but evolving lineage.

Sept. 12 Sat 6-7:30 pm BMOCA event: Los Lo Los: Live, an in-gallery concert celebrating the exhibition’s closing, Find music, videos and new releases from Ortega’s band at LosLoLos.com

Sept. 9 Wed 10 am MT Pathways to Healing with Cultural Survival panel --how holistic systems of care rooted in ancestral wisdom and traditional knowledge inform -- Info HERE Register HERE.

Sept. 13, 20, 27 Sundays 10 am - 12 pm. Community Resiliences in times of Collapse -- An Indigenous-led course helping communities build power and strength in times of crisis. Part of Rehuman School led by Lyla June Johnson, Dine. Overview and sign up HERE Pay what you can.

September 15, 2 pm at the Gunbarrel Library: Presented by RRB's Land Group: "Fort Chambers: Reckoning with Boulder's History and Building Right Relationships with Native Peoples Today"

Throughout our country, people are re-assessing how we memorialize our history, especially in regard to racial injustice and conflict. This is an immediate challenge -- and opportunity -- for the people of the Boulder Valley. The City of Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) department is planning how to develop the site of Fort Chambers, one of the staging grounds for the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre where 230 Cheyenne and Arapaho people were killed. Right Relationship Boulder is concerned about many aspects of the current design. This program is a 30-minute slide presentation, followed by discussion. Join us!

Sept. 16 - 18 People of the Sun, Presented by Indigenized Energy, A non-profit dedicated to building energy sovereignty in Native communities across America. 3 days inicluding Sept. 17 The Summit Prairie Knights Casino | Standing Rock Reservation

The Summit brings together Indigenous leaders, climate advocates, movement builders, artists, and national voices for a full day of healing, connecting, and grounding. The day will also feature the People of the Sun Honors, recognizing tribal nations, leaders, and partners who are advancing energy sovereignty and community-led climate solutions.

The day ends with a celebration concert featuring a lineup of native and pop artists. TICKETS HERE

Sept 17 Thurs. 5:15 - 7:30pm‍ ‍Land Rematriation and Indigenous Urban Activism

Location: CU Boulder Campus, 2445 Kittredge Loop Drive, Miramontes Baca Education (MBE) Room 157,

RSVP HERE Ms. Shannon Francis, Executive Director of Spirit of the Sun, speaks on the importance of restoring Indigenous peoples’ relationships to the land and matriarchal values, and what that means for Indigenous sovereignty within current colonial political, economic, cultural, and spiritual contexts. She is Hopi and Dineh from the Southwest homelands of Arizona and New Mexico.

Sept 22 Tues. 1 pm MT First Nations' second webinar of the 2026 Co-Stewardship and Co-Management [Forestry] webinar series: Tribal Co-Management Legislation Updates. ...provides an update on the Tribal Self-Determination and Co-Management in Forestry Act of 2025. ...to authorize the U.S. Forest Service to enter into long-term, binding forestry agreements with tribes to co-manage National Forest System lands. . Register HERE

Ongoing and on Sept. 22 with the leaders -- The Eternal Song series, newest film Flowers of the Earth, HERE by donation (you choose amount)

The Guarani-Kaiowá remind us: "The non-indigenous people say they own the land. We don't. We belong to the land." They are one of the largest Indigenous nations in Brazil, in the world's most biologically rich tropical savanna of red soil and slow rivers.

Sept. 24 Thurs. 6:30-8:00 pm People of the Sacred Land film at the Nederland Community Library, info above in newsletter intro.

Now to Sept. 26 An Indigenous Photographic History of America – in Pictures --At Obscura Gallery in Santa Fe (and view online).

The Guardian highlights photographs from In Light and Shadow: A Photographic History from Indigenous America. The "...photographs that offers a first-hand look at the people, cultures, and evolving traditions of Indigenous America while providing a counterhistory to settler-colonial narratives.” See highlighted images. HERE

or see full exhibition via "view options" HERE

Sept. 27, Sun. 2-4pm MT. Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with Native Peoples, interactive zoom workshop. REGISTER HERE

Sept. 28, Mon. 5:15-7:00 pmPeople of the Sacred Land film-- Boulder Public Library (details above in this newsletter Intro)

Current Opportunity: Indigenous STEM Full Circle Mentorship Program -- with a community-based mentorship model. Instead of a one-to-one connection, mentors will now be guiding a small group of 5–10 students. This approach reflects our traditional ways of belonging and learning together, fostering collaboration among mentees while building a strong circle of support with their mentors. Students will be paired with mentors based on their academic and professional interests in STEM Contact: Dr. Johnny Poolaw (Comanche, Delaware, Kiowa, Chiricahua Apache),the Director of Student Success for AISES. HERE our Mentorship Page: https://aises.org/mentorship/ Menors can be NonNative and Native.

‍Indigenous articles, podcasts, films and recordings:

Tipi Raisers, sharing about the nature of their work and how to contribute: Warmth, Work, and Dignity for Reservation Communities HERE

Rick Williams on CO 150th statehood anniversary and Native history-- a must read from july 22 2026 HERE

Excellent coverage of Native history in relation to the Aug. 1 commemoration of CO statehood. "...goes into great depth about why the American Indians are not enthusiastic about celebrating the sesquicentennial and more." See local action you can take next.

Related Action:

ACTION—Boulder County owns 105 acres at Haystack Mountain (5655 Niwot Rd.). This mountain is sacred to many Native tribes. Rick Williams (Lakota & Cheyenne) of People of the Sacred Land said that the tribes would like to have access to this land to establish a Cultural Center there. 

It might be possible to follow the model of the Tall Bull Memorial Grounds, an area in Daniels Park reserved for Native Americans to use for ceremonies, powwows, and other activities. This land is owned by Denver Mountain Parks Foundation.

Contact the Boulder County Commissioners, Marta Loachamin, Clair Levy, and Ashley Stolzmann at commissioners@bouldercounty.gov and urge them to grant co-management of Haystack Mountain Open Space to Native Peoples.

Excerpts From Rick's (Williams) Report of May-July 30, 2026

(Includes very detailed historical information about treaties and lands in Denver, found in this report, in the film People of the Sacred Land and in the Truth, Reconciliation and Education Reports of People of the Sacred Land.)

The new information to some, may be these additional comments

First and foremost, the term indigenous is an adjective. It’s not a noun and should only be used with a descriptor noun. For example, Indigenous Lakota. Indigenous is not a legal term and should never be used in a research project. The correct legal term is "American Indians".

The land in Boulder "legally" belongs to only two Native Nations, the Northern Cheyenne and the Northern Arapaho.

Related from last month:

Four Arrows on Native views of breaking one's word: from an Indigenous Worldview Precept

The idea of intentionally speaking untruthfully was, by all accounts, unthinkable among pre-contact Indigenous cultures. According to scholarship on the topic, when treaties were first blatantly violated, some tribes did ceremonies to heal the mental illness of those responsible (Cooper, 1998). Surely, this illness was the only way to explain their inability to perceive reality. The words of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, aka Hinmatóowyalahtq̓it (Thunder Rolling Down the Mountain), reflect this understanding: “Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers … That we should never be the first to break a bargain. That it was a disgrace to tell a lie. That we should speak only the truth … This I believe, and all my people believe the same” (1879).

In his article “Indigenous Languages as Cures for the Earth,” Tiokasin Ghosthorse (2020) reminds us that Nature does not lie and that we are people of Earth and must act accordingly. He writes, “Conscious languages do not require a logic of believing but rather, a trans-logic of knowing that the Earth does not lie and only speaks the truth with conscious respect for all Beings. It is up to us to learn how to listen as the Earth, who listens to us, [and] has taught the Indigenous peoples.”

(see more in his substack Four Arrows CAT-FAWN Substack <wahinkpe@substack.com> Chapter One: SITTING BULL’S WORDS for a World in Crises )

Film showings of PEOPLE OF THE SACRED LAND (info) A film by Dewi Sungai + Jason Houston; Executive producer: Richard Williams, People of the Sacred Land; Field Director: Sarah Ortegon HighWalking website.

Stolen land: What’s often missing from that conversation are rigorous, comprehensive, academically supported Native-led studies proving that through the lens of modern law, large areas of what we call the United States remain illegally occupied. And nowhere in the U.S. is the evidence and culpability more dramatic than in the state of Colorado.

PEOPLE of the SACRED LAND follows Richard Williams (Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne) as he recounts the important history and findings of the Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission (TREC) of Colorado’s TREC reports.

People of the Sacred Land screening dates and info on how to show the film HERE. Includes a screening at the Nederland Community Library on. Sept. 24 Thurs. 6:30-8 pm and guided exploration following, . And one at the Boulder Public Library on. Sept. 28 Mon. 5:15-7:00 pm.

Indigenous House, the new digital media platform and YouTube channel‍ ‍HERE celebrating Indigenous voices, creators, and culture. Building on the groundbreaking work of IllumiNative, we are a visionary lifestyle brand powered by Indigenous cultures, creativity, and community — bold, forward-looking, and unapologetically Native.

Our digital collective brings together diverse voices, stories, and perspectives that celebrate our innovation, joy, and legacy. We don't just tell stories. We shape the future.

See Right Relationship Boulder— I recommend signing up for their monthly  newsletter see "Join RRB's newsletter"  on right side.

Climate/Earth Matters

Sept. 12 Sat. 1-3 pm MT Livestream Pachamama Alliance 30th Anniversary Celebration from San Francisco Sign Up form to watch the livestream HERE More INFO HERE

Honoring 3 decades of Protecting the Amazon in Indigenous Partnership and Educating to Change the Dream of the modern world. Come together to remember our relationship with the Earth, contribute to the flourishing of all Life and respond to the call to transform a culture of extraction to one of reciprocity.

[Editor Note: I've been part of this initiative and their courses and events for many years. This will be uplifting and good energy. People can also host watch parties. [ See organizational hosting on website

September and on --Repeal HR 1 the Big Bad Bill -- meet with elected officials and urge Congress to repeal HR1—because our communities deserve policies that protect people, not polluters. a campaign of Green Faith, Poor Peoples' Campaign and others. The Covenant for Our Future is a nationwide mobilization calling for climate justice, economic dignity, racial equity, migrant justice, and a democracy that serves everyone.

Faith leaders, advocates, and organizers are participating in calling their legislators, holding community events to discuss repeal, as well as sharing the Covenant for the Future to affirm this moral charge. INFO HERE

Suggested actions: Sharing the Covenant with your community through forums, reflections, social media, or values-rooted conversations. Meeting with your Representative in-district through scheduled meetings, drop-offs, letters, postcards, or calls urging repeal of H.R.1. Hosting an event such as a teach-in, worship, or webinar to deepen understanding of H.R.1’s impact. Holding space for public action—a march, vigil, walk, demonstration, or signage moment that makes our values visible.

MORE INFO--contact Mia C. , Campaign Coordinator Via Covenantforourfuture.org <admin@covenantforourfuture.org>

Sept. 19 Peace Faire 11am - 3 pm Boulder Creek Park (next to Farmers Market);

Sept 19 5-9 pm Boulder Peace Zone at Bandshell

Sept. 20 Sun 3-5 pm 20th Anniversary celebration of Our Sacred Earth, non profit started by Bonnie Sundance to assist people to make deeper, intimate connections with and care for Mama Earth. Held in a forest area, outskirts of Nederland. Come hear and share stories of the 20 years of events, enjoy the company of the forested tree community, and enjoy gluten/dairy free Pumpkin Bread and non-dairy dessert. Sign Up HERE. Room for 15-25 people. Consider taking the NB bus from RTD station in Boulder. Directions given after registration.

Connecting with Earth: ACTIVITIES

Sept. Go beyond seeing Nature as backdrop or beautiful view -- step into intimate relationship and heart communication with tree(s), plants, water, clouds, animals.  Meditate, eat your meals, do your yoga or qigong outdoors!
Check out RMERC  --consider their retreats at Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center and visit their website to see the beautiful land above Jamestown, CO.

Nature Dance -- monthly dances outdoors in the mountains: contact Laura Rose Nature Dance <laurarose at embodysoulwisdom dot com> for August time.

Climate /Earth Matters: Podcasts, Actions, articles, films, etc.

"Sacred forests: Where conservation meets the spiritual" by Hattie Doyle Sacred forests, or groves, are areas of ancient woodland protected by indigenous communities because of their cultural connection to the spiritual or divine. Widely credited as one of the oldest forms of land management,...protected by strict social taboos"

What seems clear is that the blanket application of predominantly western conservation practices is not appropriate. from “Finding Our Way Forward,” in When the Forest Breathes: Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World, by Suzanne Simard (Knopf, 2026) Read MORE. ‍ ‍

"Learning how to live your life in place" about regenerative bioregionalism -- good article from Earth Regenrators --If you wish to sign up, you get access HERE

NOTE: Small ways we can make a difference:

--don't idle your car while sitting, waiting or using your phone

--turn off the AI on your regular browser searches and use AI sparingly

--when drawing hot water from the faucet, capture the cold water in jars for reuse

--sign up for the AC switch on and off with Xcel to use less energy

—sign up for ECOSIA.org as your browser and contribute to climate action with searches

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“The nervous system was never designed

to carry the grief of an entire planet”

Excerpt from TO REMAIN HUMAN By Brian Lewis (full poem HERE )

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Resistance, Regeneration and Transformation Matters

Saturdays 11 am to Noon‍ ‍Broadway and Canyon, Boulder -- Join Demonstration with the group newly named First Justice then Peace. Now have a monthly newsletter you can sign up for by emailing Beth <justimagine6699@gmail.com>

Join to call for an end to U.S. wars, U.S. imperialism, a Free Palestine and end to the genocide in Gaza!

Sundays Noon to 1:00 pm 6th Ave. and Main, Downtown Longmont: Join Longmont for Palestine and their Weekly Vigil for Palestine

Sept. 1 on, and By Sept. 21 ACTION —please add your comment to the proposed rescinding of the Roadless Rule in Forests Read pros and cons HERE

Sept. 2-23, 2026 Bioneers: Indigenizing the Law: A call to Action to Bring Indigenous Values into Today's Laws with Britt Gondolfi, guest. Sign Up for course HERE

Sept. 9 - Oct 21 Wed. 6-8 pm Practicing Peace Inside and Out: A Course in Nonviolence and Meditation Find the paths to peace and joy for yourself and the planet in this 4-part nonviolence course. taught by Cathy Comstock, an experienced professor on nonviolence, meditation, and their applications to everyday life. Naropa Unversity Cultural Center, 2130 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder, Register HERE

Sept. 18 Fri. 5:00 - 8:00 PM An Artist Responds to War, film, followed by a hands-on Art and Activism Training led by Rocky Mountain Peace & Justice Center! Film portrait of Peter Schumann, founder of the Bread & Puppet Theater, and his use of his art to protest war throughout his life. Art making with screen printing, block printing, banner painting, puppet making --be sure to bring clothes you don’t mind getting paint on!

Naropa University Performing Arts Center (PAC), 2130 Arapahoe Ave, Boulder

This event is offered by the Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center and the Naropa Joanna Macy Center for Resilience & Regeneration, as part of the Boulder Rotary Club Boulder Builds Peace Initiative. Register HERE

‍Sept. 19 Sat. 9am on -- YARD SALE —Help San Lazaro Community Mobil Homes (55th & Valmont) for 800 households to become Resident owned by donating goods or buying goods. Contacts: 303-901-7344 or email linerhardt@gmail.com for arranging drop off/pick up.

Sept 22, 29 Tues. and Sept. 24 Thurs + Oct. Calling In: Creating Change Without Cancel Culture--join the four-week online series, led by Loretta J. Ross. See your own patterns more clearly, understand challenges with more precision, and build steadiness that lets you stay in hard conversations instead of leaving them, or the relationship.

It’s a meaningful experience that will ask you to examine how you show up and how you connect with others, while acknowledging challenges.

$5 for first week or $20.00 total for all four weeks More INFO & SIGN up HERE. [Editor: I took the series and HIGHLY Recommend it.]

Sept. 26 Sat 1-5 pm in Chipeta Park, Lakeview Drive in Nederland CO -- Gathering and pot luck to remember DENNIS DUCKET (9-28-48 to 7-15-26), activist and organizer in the Mountains --Gilpin and Boulder Counties. Please bring dish or beverage and reusable dinnerware. “Pack in, Pack out” as Dennis would say.

Resistance ACTIONS and ARTICLES / Podcasts

Vote No on Colorado Ballot Measure 137 (Logging Ballot Measure) that would divert a sales tax to fund potentially millions more acres of public lands industrial logging in endangered species habitat, old-growth forest, and protected Roadless Areas, all under the promotion of recreation and “conservation.”

It is not based on scientific studies of wildfire mitigation practices. High-severity wildfire, which causes the vast majority of property destruction and loss of life, is a product of weather (drought, high temperatures) and wind, not forest density.

From Josh Schlossberg of Eco-Integrity Alliance, and ColoradoSmokeScreen.org

From Climate Change in an Aging Society: excerpt --

The Hartmann Report --A Daily Newsletter of Renaissance Thinking about Progressive Politics, Economics, Science, and the Political News Issues of Our Day " Big Tech Is Coming For Your Water, Your Land, Your Lungs, and Your Electric Bill" Aug. 27 Read HERE.

Tribute to Dolly Parton from Heather Cox-Richardson HERE

“Find out who you are and do it on purpose. And do it with purpose,” Parton was famous for saying. “Don’t ever sacrifice who you are, your principles and your morals and your values to just try to get ahead in business. It ain’t worth it.”

AI and SCHOOLS -- from National Campaign for Justice and from Public School Strong:

Congress hasn’t set national rules for how AI should be used in K-12 schools. So 98 students representing all 50 states came together to write their own.

At the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston, the students developed and voted on a national AI policy for schools called the Students First Act. It passed 82-16. Their proposal will now be shared with American Assoc. of School Administrators of more than 10,000 school system leaders and superintendents across the country.

There are important parts of their proposal which Congress should act on right now --specifically calling on lawmakers to take the Students First Act’s protections and standards for teachers and school administrators and introduce matching federal legislation.

For teachers, that means clear written policies explaining how AI can be used in their classrooms and protecting human judgment over critical decisions.

Send this letter to state lawmakersHERE. Please speak up locally in your neighborhood school and at the Board level.

Coming up: Big Oil and Boulder at the Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Suncor Energy et al. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County, et al. on Monday, October 5, 2026.

Learn more about Boulder's case against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy here. Sign up HERE for updates and to get involved.

Important From August newsletter: RESISTANCE MATTERS: Articles, films, podcasts and websites:

Recorded webinar: Personal Reparations: A Path to Mutual Healing and Liberation. This excellent and caring webinar offers a chance for settlers to consider how they can better show up, build kinship and commit to responsible action. Work that Reconnects Network webinar — Details and Register HERE.

Article in substack "The Grassroots" From Robert Hubbel

Refering to meetings to get out the vote in CA "Members said that, like all of us, they experience anxiety and fear, but they are willing to take action despite their doubts—which is the very definition of courage. Being in community with like-minded action-oriented fellow citizens helps a lot.

We will win only if we motivate people to show up at the polls and earn votes through hard work—the work I saw this weekend in three meetings in the Bay Area of California.

My in-person meetings with three grassroots groups highlighted an important truth about navigating this difficult time. If you are frightened and anxious because of the political landscape in our country, join a grassroots group. You will be with other people who are anxious and frightened but courageous enough to act despite those feelings."

read details and see protest photos at Robert Hubbell - Today's Edition Newsletter <roberthubbell@substack.com>

ACTIONS

August and Sept. : petition Boulder Schools: Yes to Fighting Antisemitism, No to the ADL . "BVSD can and should tackle antisemitism together with multiple forms of discrimination, exclusion, and inequality. ....without the ADL’s political influence and without the use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism." see petition and background on the issue with resources and citations. HERE

for Venezuelan Children:

Please consider donating for children affected by the Venezuelan earthquakes: this from my trusted Meditation and Nature Practice Guide, Natasha Deganello, who is from Venezuela:

"...my friend Orestes prepares for the arrival of the children who have been separated from their families as a result of the earthquakes. He is so well prepared. I have worked with him and supported his organization for 30+ years. He is family. And he has consistently offered safe haven to vulnerable children.

The scale is staggering. The opportunity is before us. If you are called, I invite you to help the children of my country, Venezuela." Donate HERE.

From Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice newsletter: on local weapons manufacturers

"Colorado has“defense” and “security” companies that recruit our best and brightest minds into their economy of mass death. Companies like Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and BAE develop the technology used to surveil our neighbors, murder children abroad, and facilitate the ongoing genocides in Gaza, Yemen, and Sudan. And they all have a presence here in Colorado.

BAE Systems, based at 1600 Commerce St., Boulder, has built the bombs used to decimate Yemen, Gaza, and recently, the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran, killing 155 people including 120 schoolchildren.

Let’s make our cities, our county, and the world safer by getting weapons manufacturers OUT of our communities, OUT of Boulder, and OUT of Colorado!

Grand Bargain Project -- I do list it here as an effort worth knowing about. It has 7 good main ideas below and may move people and Congress but we humans and these 39 reforms may not be addressing deeper causes nor the worldview beneath the issues and suggested fixes. More HERE, and the 7 areas: Let's Create an America That Meets These Aspirations

Greater economic opportunity & growth

Schools that enable kids to reach their potential

Effective & affordable healthcare

Curbing the national debt

Dependable, clean, affordable energy

A fairer, simpler tax code

Congress actually tackling our problems

And if you missed these last month, again here are:

WATER retention practices --much needed this year. : Permaculturist ZIA Parker shares here is the 6 min. video on the value of this method. Her work was given a recognition award from the national Department of the Environment, in Ecuador. The 18 min. VIDEO of success stories.

WATER saving measures: whenever you run the hot water tap and cold water comes out first, instead of letting it down the drain, SAVE IT in QUART JARS for reuse to wash vegetables, fruit, and water plants indoors and out.

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“Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.”

-Jonas Salk

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From Oxfam, there are : “Five reasons for hope in the climate crisis” article

“Dr. Jane Goodall on the magnificence of Planet Earth” video 3 min. One Home.

From Artemis II Moon Mission crew via USA Today article ‍ ‍A crew, she said, "is willing to sacrifice, gives grace … (and) holds (each other) accountable. The crew has the same cares and the same needs. ....there's one new thing I know and that is [with] Planet Earth, you are a crew." Christina Koch

editor: WE ARE ALL CREW on PLANET EARTH — May we become so!

May all of these efforts protect the Earth and all Life in every way in every place on behalf of a Greater Good.

Thanks for reading and taking actions, Bonnie

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