A young Anishinaabe water protector speaks up for clean water
Inspired by boil-water notices she saw as a child, Autumn Peltier has spent her youth calling on leaders to protect water and guarantee safe drinking water for First Nations.
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Environmental justice
5 stories tagged environmental justice.
Bogotá's waste pickers organise to be paid for recycling
A third-generation waste picker, Nohra Padilla helped organise Bogotá's recyclers and won legal recognition and payment for their work in the city's waste system.
Law students in Vanuatu take climate change to the World Court
In 2019, 27 law students at the University of the South Pacific began a campaign that led to the International Court of Justice's 2025 advisory opinion on climate change.
Mayan beekeepers take the fight for their honey to Mexico's Supreme Court
Mayan beekeeper Leydy Pech built a coalition that challenged genetically modified soy permits in court, defending native bees, honey livelihoods and Indigenous communities' right to be consulted.
Waorani communities map their forest and win a court case to keep oil out
Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo helped unite communities, map their territory and win a 2019 court ruling that protected about half a million acres of Amazon forest from an oil auction.