During the convergence, we brought together global women leaders in all their diversity to share the many ways they are working and strategizing to build the solutions needed for an equitable and

During the convergence, we brought together global women leaders in all their diversity to share the many ways they are working and strategizing to build the solutions needed for an equitable and Just Transition— including food sovereignty, gender responsive climate policies, regenerative economics, forest protection, Indigenous rights, rights of nature, demilitarism, phasing out fossil fuels, and much more.

Thank you to the many amazing speakers: President Whitney Gravelle (Bay Mills Indian Community), President and Executive Council Bay Mills Indian Community, Turtle Island/USA; Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Convenor and International Spokesperson for Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines (YACAP), Philippines; Neema Namadamu, Founder and Executive Director of Hero Women Rising, and WECAN Coordinator in the DR Congo; Tzeporah Berman, Chair, Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Canada; Ruth Nyambura, African Ecofeminist Collective, Kenya; Dr. Crystal A Cavalier, Ed.D, MPA (Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation), Co-Founder, 7 Directions of Service, Turtle Island, USA; Dipti Bhatnagar, World Commission on Fossil Fuel Phase Out, Mozambique; Dr. Tammy Greer (Houma Nation), Associate Professor and Director, Center for American Indian Research and Studies (CAIRS) at Southern Mississippi, and WECAN OHIH Program Leader, Mississippi, Turtle Island/USA; and Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder and Executive Director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), USA

What are you thinking? We need to shift the whole energy system of the planet off of coal. Those with control and access to capital bear the greatest responsibility and burden of this

What are you thinking? We need to shift the whole energy system of the planet off of coal. Those with control and access to capital bear the greatest responsibility and burden of this challenge.

John Fullerton is the Founder and President of Capital Institute, a collaborative working to transform finance to serve a more just, resilient, and sustainable economic system.

Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways President Ilarion Larry Merculieff (Aleut) talks

Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways President Ilarion Larry Merculieff (Aleut) talks about his life, culture and knowledge as an indigenous leader. At the AASHE 2015 Conference and Expo he shared his perspective and vision for transforming sustainability education. January 5, 2016