Indigenous Shuar women are protecting the Ecuadorian Amazon

How Indigenous Women are Being Turned into Climate Activists

Senior Editor Alex Newman interviews Katarina, who explains how indigenous women in South America are being enlisted in the climate change cause. ... The post How Indigenous Women are Being Turned into Climate Activists appeared first on The New American.

Indigenous Shuar women are protecting the Ecuadorian Amazon

Deep in the Ecuadorian Amazon, a silent but powerful movement is flourishing in the hands of Indigenous women. Faced with the advance of climate change and deforestation, members of the Shuar community of San Luis Ininkis in Morona Santiago province have decided to sow life: they are reforesting with native species, protecting water sources and passing on their ancestral wisdom to new generations. Editor’s noteThis article is part of Dialogue Ea…