Green Fire Times

08/01/2025

The fast-moving fires are intensifying because of fierce winds, the strongest in Southern California in more than a decade.

15/08/2023

We are so lucky to have such a beautiful wildlife refuge in our community!
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¡Somos muy afortunados de tener un refugio de vida silvestre tan hermoso en nuestra comunidad!

12/07/2023

On June 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Tewa Women United celebrates this decision, along with many other Native-led organizations.

14/05/2023

ACTION ALERT
Tuesday, May 9, 9 am
NM State Capitol (Roundhouse) Room 322

Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) meeting to review challenge to groundwater discharge permit filed by Honor Our Pueblo Existence and Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety

Elder Kathy Sanchez of TWU says, “Very important to have large support in room!”

Our colleagues at Honor Our Pueblo Existence (HOPE) and Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS) have challenged the groundwater discharge permit (DP-1132) for Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility that handles, treats and stores hazardous waste.

We need YOU in the room to show that the public supports HOPE and CCNS on this issue.

What’s at stake in this challenge?
• The health of the Rio Grande watershed in the area of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).
• The protection of the 3,000 square mile sole source drinking water aquifer, which LANL has contaminated with hexavalent chromium. The plume is migrating towards the Pueblo de San Ildefonso, the Rio Grande, and the Buckman wells and diversion facility.

If you can’t make it Tuesday morning, you can still help by filing a public comment. Learn more at: http://nuclearactive.org/whats-at-stake-at-tuesdays-wqcc-hearing-on-hope-and-ccns-standing/

Kuunda wo’ha / thank you for your action -- Every drop of water is precious and must be free from contamination.

30/12/2022

Allan Affeldt recently had an article published in the Green Fire Times. You can access it with this link: https://bit.ly/3Fka5BD.

It's about the role of historic buildings in community development and identity: 'Projects of Resilience in the Southwest'. Please feel free to hit the share button. Time is running out to save so much of our history. It's sad when it's lost forever. I live in Tucson and our community is starting to realize how much of our very rich cultural history was lost under the guise of Urban Renewal. There's no way to get it back again.

30/12/2022

23/09/2022

Tribal Vision Festival is a diverse community focused on prayer, dance, ceremony, workshops, skill-shares and music located on the Tewa, Tiwa and Ute territories in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Tribal Vision Festival has brought many different people from all walks of life together to....

23/09/2022

Tribal, Environmental Justice, Health, and Climate Coalition Calls on U.S. Interior Secretary to Protect Greater Chaco Region from Fracking Despite promise to Honor Chaco, Bureau

23/09/2022

Join us to celebrate Indigenous arts, culture, music, and food. Family-friendly, free, and open to the public. ASL interpreters on site.

23/09/2022

Happy ! Do your part and double-check your registration NOW at NMVote.org, or get registered for the first time at the same link! If you’ve got an extra moment to spare, make sure your friends and family are good to go as well!

It’s easier than you think, we promise.

09/03/2022

Check out the Mar/Apr 2022 issue of Green Fire Times magazine. News & Views from the Sustainable Southwest.
Strengthen the Things that Remain.
Northern Rio Grande Oral Histories.
Use this link:https://greenfiretimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/GFT_marapril_web_v1.pdf