DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Dine%CC%81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diné</span></a> Youth at <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldWaterWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWaterWeek</span></a> in Sweden 2024 </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMesa</span></a> youth travel to Stockholm, Sweden, for World Water Week to share the need to protect our water in the face of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FalseSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalseSolutions</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>. </p><p>by Adrian Herder, Media/Community Organizer, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CensoredNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CensoredNews</span></a> <br>adrian@tonizhoniani.org</p><p>FLAGSTAFF, Arizona – "On Friday, August 23, 2024, members of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/To%CC%81Nizho%CC%81ni%CC%81A%CC%81ni%CC%81" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TóNizhóníÁní</span></a> traveled to Stockholm, Sweden, for World Water Week 2024, an international leading conference on global water issues organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute. Earlier this year, Tó Nizhóní Ání was invited to attend World Water Week 2024 and asked to be on a panel on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenColonialism</span></a>. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sa%CC%81mi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sámi</span></a> national youth organization, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sa%CC%81minuorra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sáminuorra</span></a>, organized this panel. Given this panel's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> youth focus, Tó Nizhóní Ání took this opportunity to fund raise and send a delegation of Diné (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Navajo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Navajo</span></a>) youth from the Black Mesa region to represent and speak on this topic. </p><p>"During the panel on Green Colonialism, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JarenNumkena" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JarenNumkena</span></a>, Diné youth from Black Mesa, spoke on his upbringing as a farmer, the history of his family as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coal</span></a>-impacted community member, and the proposed projects on and near Black Mesa, such as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlackMesaPumpedStorageProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackMesaPumpedStorageProject</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HydrogenPipeline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HydrogenPipeline</span></a>. As our nation moves to alternative forms of energy, we must do so in a way that does not use or impact our water on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NavajoNation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NavajoNation</span></a>, which is why we need <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wind</span></a> energy."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09/dine-youth-at-world-water-week-in.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2024/09</span><span class="invisible">/dine-youth-at-world-water-week-in.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterProtectors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterProtectors</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenwashing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoMiningWithoutConsent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoMiningWithoutConsent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleCopper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LithiumAlternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LithiumAlternatives</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyCoal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeabodyCoal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PeabodyEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeabodyEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheSacred" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheSacred</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectMotherEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectMotherEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReaderSupportedNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReaderSupportedNews</span></a></p>