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19/06/2025

New from Confluence: Rivers and their Guardians — Ancient Voices: The Call Against Contamination of Mayan Cenotes is a powerful collaboration between Roza Wegkamp and Mayan poet and land defender Pedro Uc Be. This article traces the sacred role of cenotes in Mayan life and the growing threat posed by industrial pig farming in the Yucatán Peninsula.

Read the full piece — available in English and Spanish — via this link: https://weavingrivers.com/pedro-uc-be

18/06/2025

The June edition of the Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin is live on our website! This month, Teodora Hasegan sheds light on urgent Indigenous struggles: from land rights violations in Malaysia and Argentina to climate justice efforts in India and Brazil. The bulletin also explores how Indigenous languages, healing traditions, and environmental leadership are shaping more just futures around the world.

Read the full issue here: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/6/4/global-indigenous-peoples-news-bulletin-5-june-2025

29/05/2025

In her latest piece for the Echoes & Algorithms mini-series, Celine Schreiber examines how AI and algorithmic feeds are reshaping not just journalism—but our very ability to think freely, urging grassroots media to defend cognitive sovereignty in the digital age.

Read the full piece now: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/5/27/echoes-amp-algorithms-attention-autonomy-and-the-future-of-the-feed

24/05/2025

In her latest for Weave News, Antoinette de Crombrugghe exposes the hidden cost of our clean energy future. Deep in Myanmar’s Kachin State, rare earth mining—vital for electric cars and wind turbines—fuels conflict, poisons water, and displaces communities. As the demand for renewables rises, who bears the burden of “green” progress?

Read the full text now: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/5/14/green-extractivism-how-clean-energy-fuels-conflict-in-myanmars-kachin-state

14/05/2025

Installment 3 of the Echoes and Algorithms series is live! This piece dives into how generative AI can mimic the look of grassroots journalism—without its politics or community roots—and why that should concern us.

We also spotlight the important work of Algorithmic Literacy for Journalists (www.alfj.org) asking central questions like: How does the use of algorithms shift power?

Read now: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/4/30/echoes-amp-algorithms-the-risks-and-realities-of-ai-in-journalism

13/05/2025

The May edition of the Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin is out on our website. This month, Theodora Hasegan addresses issues related to the ongoing indigenous struggles in the Amazon and emerging Dialogue and Determination at the UN regarding indigenous issues. The newsletter brings together critical stories, movements, and perspectives for a glocal voice!

Read the full issue now: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/5/7/global-indigenous-peoples-news-bulletin-4-may-2025

29/04/2025

In her latest for Weav News, Nela Chestojanova explores how Copenhagen’s Copenhill turns waste into energy and joy—reimagining public space as a ski slope, climbing wall, and social hub atop a waste-to-energy plant.

Read Nela's piece here: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/4/18/reimagining-ski-slopes-in-copenhagen

28/04/2025

In his latest piece for the Social Housing series, Steve Peraza explores the Vienna Model — a global gold standard in public housing where affordability, innovation, and tenant empowerment go hand in hand.

Read Steve's piece and other parts of the Social Housing Series here: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/4/16/the-vienna-model-and-social-housing-best-practices

27/04/2025

In this Confluence series piece with Talking Wings, Owámniyomni and Bjorn Long call on us to remember the river’s true power — and to join the movement to restore, respect, and reimagine what colonization tried to erase.

Read their piece now: https://weavingrivers.com/owamniyomni

26/04/2025

In her latest piece for Weave News, Leyla Eminova writes about how Georgians are resisting Kremlin-backed democratic backsliding while navigating a tug-of-war between Russia and the West.

Read Leyla's piece now: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/4/4/dreams-and-nightmares-georgia-navigates-russia-europe-tensions-in-the-south-caucasus

25/04/2025

Myanmar was hit by a devastating earthquake and aid to people has been complex given the political circumastances of the country. Nevertheless, grassroots help is essential. Given concerns about the junta’s tendency to control and manipulate outside aid, there is good reason to heed the call of civil society organizations to provide aid directly to those organizing at the community level. To that end, working in consultation with local journalists and activists, Weave News has put together a list of several recommended ways to provide support that will directly assist those who need it most.

Read our coverage and our list of how to help here: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/4/3/call-for-grassroots-support-after-myanmar-earthquake

24/04/2025

The April Edition of the Global Indigenous Peoples News Bulletin is out on our website. This month, Theodora Hasegan addresses issues related to Indigenous struggles in the Arctic, Land Rights in the Amazon and more. The newsletter brings together critical stories, movements, and perspectives from Indigenous communities worldwide.

Read the full issue here: https://www.weavenews.org/stories/2025/4/2/global-indigenous-peoples-news-bulletin-3-april-2025

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