Feeding the World, Cooling the Planet
For the month of April, we’re looking at the connection between the rights of peasants and the health of Mother Earth.
Big business wants to control our planet’s common natural resources to make profit—by taking over land, privatizing water, patenting seeds, and pushing aside anyone who gets in their way. Fortunately, there are people around the world—movements of peasants, Indigenous Peoples, women and youth—who are fighting to defend resource rights and to put the rights of people and communities ahead of corporate interests. Our partners are on the frontlines of this struggle.
At Grassroots International, we use resource rights as a way to frame political and economic struggles to win the most fundamental of human rights: the rights to land, water, and food. Without these natural resources, life itself is unsustainable.
For the month of April, we’re looking at the connection between the rights of peasants and the health of Mother Earth.
Today, March 14, is the International Day of Struggle Against Dams, and For Rivers, Water and Life. We are sharing a video from our grantee the Movement of People Affected by Dams in Latin America (Movimiento de Afectados por Represas, MAR) as well as their statement for the day.