Women working for the Earth Summit

Economist, Environmental Activist, Hemp Farmer, Grandmother, Author, Co-Founder of Honor the Earth

Winona LaDuke speaks about a way out of madness, and archaic energy policies and possibilities for a greener future. She also shares some of the exciting projects that are thriving at The White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota.

Author, Teacher, Herbalist, Founder of Science and Art of Herbalism

Discover the many ways you can make a difference in helping to preserve our precious plant resources, which in turn helps to preserve our precious selves. It can begin simply ~ planting the future one sanctuary at a time until we’ve created a massive green quilt spreading across the continent.

Farmer/Peyizan, Mother, Soil Nerd, Author, Food Justice Activist, Co-Founder of Soul Fire Farm

Leah Penniman invites us to listen, learn, and remember the incredible legacy of Black Earth Wisdom. This legacy of community, resiliency, and regenerative farming practices encourages us to remember our mission of making the Earth a better place. Leah discusses many of the issues that contribute to racism and injustice in our food system, and also provides tried and true solutions.

Ethnobotanist, Food Sovereignty Activist

Linda Black Elk speaks about the power that traditional foods have to keep us healthy and to heal us on physical, mental-emotional, and even spiritual levels. The body recognizes foods on a cellular level and eating from our landscapes promotes connection to the land and people in addition to providing nutrients. Eating wild foods helps us decolonize our diets and support food sovereignty for everyone.

Writer, Storyteller, Activist, Spiritual Counselor

Yeye Luisah Teish shares songs and stories of Orisha tradition in honor of our Mother Earth. She especially highlights the empowerment of women through the creation story featuring Oshun, the Goddess of Water, Love, Art, and Sensuality.

Writer, Teacher, Herbalist, Earth Intuitive, Founder of One Willow Apothecaries

Asia shares about what the Earth can show us about who we are and what self-compassion has to do with ecological healing. She also offers a key into understanding something that the Earth wants us to know.

Havasupai Nation Tribal and Traditional Leader, International Peace Advocate

Dianna White Dove Uqualla speaks about her language, culture, and relationship with Mother Earth. She shares her grandmother wisdom about the vital role of Women at this time in their communities.

Herbalist, Author, Educator, Farmer, Co-Founder of Heartstone Center for Earth Essentials

Tammi shares passionately about her compost empire and her love for teaching about the body, while offering her listeners tools to connect with themselves and the earth. She shares some of the major obstacles she believes prevent people from connecting with the earth in greater ways.

Herbalist, Founder, Avena Botanicals

Deb shares how healing plants first came into her life and the teachers who most inspired her. She speaks to how daily prayer, meditation, and gratitude continue to strengthen her relationship with plants and pollinators. Deb also shares why hummingbirds are so important to her, and offers her vision for how healing gardens and people's access to herbal remedies can contribute to healthy communities.

Rev. Regina, Ree and Aysha, Founders of Mama Scrap’s, Multi-Generational Rematriation

Rev. Regina, Aysha, and Ree tell the story of Mama Scrap's and share their motivation for a land rematriation project in Mississippi. They also speak about the experience of doing this as family - mom and two sisters - and share their model for healing.

Trainer, Speaker, Sanchez, Tennis & Associates; Board Member, Bioneers & Pachamama Alliance; Author, The Four Sacred Gifts

Dr. Sanchez explains why Indigenous Wisdom is so essential at this time and what it means to be in Right Relationship. She shares the Eagle Hoop Prophecy and how it helps us to be in right relationship. She also shares about her work in the Amazon preserving primary rainforests and Indigenous cultures.

Mama, Artist, Co-founder, Earth Magic, The Sacred Science

Michelle shares how we can inspire a deep love of nature in our children and create a life that includes nature in a purposeful way. She offers ways to incorporate the seasons into play, and also shares the benefits of time spent in nature.

Ecology, Climate Justice and Amazon Expert, Director, Fundación Pachamama, Naku Healing Center

Belen shares her personal experience with the Amazon rainforest and its sacred headwaters, and her vision for the future of the Amazon. She also speaks about the wisdom and tradition of the Indigenous people of the Amazon, including the healing power of Medicinal Plants and the importance of dreaming.

Advocate for Peace, Women's Rights and Disability Rights Activist, Hero Women Rising

Neema shares how she sees the rights of women and the rights of the Earth as being interconnected and how empowering women can impact human relationships with the Earth. She also speaks about Hero Women Rising and the reforestation work women are doing in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Artist, Painter, Founder of Autumn Skye Art

Autumn shares about art in connection with nature and her process of materializing Earth inspiration onto canvas. The way that Autumn weaves her story in this session is as visionary and epic as her paintings.

Founder and Executive Director, Mycelium Youth Network

Lil illuminates the link between gaming and social justice. She offers insight into the relationship between education and climate adaptation, and shares how to talk to youth about climate change.

Doula, Founder and CEO, Homeland Heart Birth & Wellness Collective

Kristin shares her passionate, heart-felt story around Homeland Heart, a Tennessee based non-profit dedicated to creating a safe space and improving birth outcomes for women, infants, and families of color.

Druid Priestess, Geomancer, Director and Steward, Green Mountain School of Druidry & Dreamland Sanctuary

Fearn shares the story of finding and cultivating sanctuary with the spirits of Nature at Dreamland, the home of the Green Mountain Druid School. She shares about her life in dedication to the Earth, the co-creation of Earth Temples, the importance of spiritual community, and re-membering our true role as stewards of the land and all beings.

Earth Elder, Diplomat of the Biosphere, Founder of Global Freshwaters Summit

Myra shares her radically optimistic view, what's behind her optimism at this moment in time and our innate human capacity to enter into a high state of play that brings forth the inter-generational social cohesion necessary to align with the Earth Mother.

Herbalist, Flower Essence Practitioner, Founder of Woodland Essence

Kate shares how she began apprenticing with the Trees and what she has learned from the Trees and Forest community. She offers a window into how her connection with the Trees and Woodlands has shaped her life and how she weaves reciprocity into her relationship with these magnificent Beings.

Mycologist, Foundress and CEO, Fungi Foundation

Giuliana shares about the magic, medicine and interconnectedness of fungi as well as the conservation efforts to help protect fungi. She speaks about the efforts being made around fungi education and the importance of the 3F initiative.

Educator, Farmer, Co-Director of Movement Generation: Justice & Ecology Project

Deseree defines Queer Ecology and sheds light on its importance. She shares how queering her understanding of ecology impacted her connection with nature, and also explains how Climate Justice and Queer Ecologies intersect.

Sculptor, Activist, Environmentalist, Conservationist, Founder of Reserva Natural Parque La Ceiba de Vieques and La Ceiba Community Project

Ardelle shares how art is a vital tool and how she uses art to work for Earth. She shares about the Reserva Natural Parque La Ceiba de Vieques - La Ceiba Community Project, in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and its importance.

Eco-activist, Conservationist, Filmmaker, Steward of Pu'u O Hoku Ranch

Lavinia shares her view on the balance/imbalance between wild animals and plants, co-evolution, and 'invasive species.' She offers why the arts are an important ally in 'saving' endangered species. Lavinia also shares her vision for connectivity between wild landscapes on the North American continent in the form of wildlife corridors, and why this matters.

Luana: Native Hawaiian Activist, Founder of The Hawaiian Force

Manulani: Philosopher-Practitioner, Co-Founder of NiU NOW!

Luana and Manulani share the meaning of Aloha ʻĀina and the uniqueness of Hawaiian knowledge within a world movement. Together, they share the inspiration they find in each other's work, explore our Kuleana, or “Responsibility,” to Land and each other, and tell us about the Paʻieie Foundation.

Herbalist, Doctor of Naprapathy, Author, Teacher, Speaker for the Earth, Founder of Abdominal Therapy Collective

Rosita shares how we can all be better stewards of Earth and what role women can play at this time. She also offers wisdom for how we can raise children who are conscious of the need to care for Mother Earth.

Writer, Founder, Permaculture Women's Guild, Food Not Lawns, Free Permaculture Project

Heather Jo shares her passion for ecological design and the importance of emphasizing women in permaculture. She explains how decolonizing the mind is essential to working in alignment with Nature. She offers a wealth of inspiration for ways to care for the Earth, care for people, and embrace the needs of all species at this time on the Planet.

Curandera, Ethnobotanist (PhD), Founder of Iamoe Center

Rocío shares the meaning of physical and spiritual co-evolution between beings and how we can engage in curandero science to heal. She speaks about the natural forces humans need to engage to be in contact with nature and how to awaken and preserve this ancestral knowledge.

Farmer, Seedkeeper, Garden Mentor, Author, Mother, Founder of Sierra Seeds

Rowen discusses her apprenticeship with Seeds which led to a journey of hope, healing, and remembering. This journey continues as she facilitates the rematriation of seeds or the reunification of relatives. She explains how seeds help us to heal old wounds and patterns while encouraging us to grow, evolve, and embrace a culture of belonging.

Hopi/Havasupai/Tewa Elder, Educator, Founding Member of International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers

In this session, Grandmother Mona Polacca shares about the time of the feminine and the importance of restoring balance and caring for our relationships.