Across the globe, the same forces driving ecological collapse—extractivism, patriarchy, and unchecked capitalism—are also fueling the erosion of women’s rights. It’s no accident. As the ecofeminist movement gains momentum, more women are naming the connection between environmental degradation and gender injustice, not just as parallel crises, but as deeply intertwined expressions of the same broken systems.

But this isn’t just a story of harm. It’s also a story of power. In the face of compounding threats, women are leading some of the most effective, grounded, and visionary responses to the climate crisis, often without recognition or adequate resources. From land defense and reforestation to community resilience and governance, they’re reshaping what climate leadership looks like from the ground up.

In this issue, we hear from women leaders on the frontlines—activists, organizers, and advocates whose work challenges dominant systems and builds new ones rooted in care, equity, and collective power. Their stories offer not only resistance, but a radically hopeful blueprint for what comes next.

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Women’s Earth Alliance: Collective Power for a Resilient Planet

What happens when women rise together to protect the Earth? In this inspiring talk, Amira Diamond, Melinda Kramer, and Kahea Pacheco, the visionary co-directors of Women’s Earth Alliance, share stories from a global network of grassroots women leaders confronting the world’s most urgent ecological and social challenges. From defending land and water to advancing climate resilience, they reveal how shared leadership, deep collaboration, and community-based solutions are transforming the future one region, one relationship, and one ripple at a time.

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WEA: Women’s Climate Leadership Is Democracy in Action

Across the globe, grassroots women leaders are reshaping what climate action and democracy look like on the ground. In this powerful article from Women’s Earth Alliance, discover how investing in women’s leadership strengthens civic participation, builds more inclusive policies, and creates lasting environmental solutions. From Kenya to Indonesia to the U.S., these stories show how local leadership can drive global change—and why supporting women on the frontlines is one of the most impactful moves we can make right now.

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Intersectional Environmental Justice: Empowering Women on the Frontlines

In this powerful conversation, four visionary women leaders explore the intersection of climate justice, gender equity, and grassroots action. While the dialogue took place a couple of years ago, the insights remain deeply relevant—especially as climate emergencies escalate and democratic systems continue to falter. Featuring Osprey Orielle Lake (WECAN), Leila Salazar Lopez (Amazon Watch), Amira Diamond (WEA), and moderated by Zainab Salbi (Daughters for Earth), the conversation is a call to shift power, amplify frontline women’s leadership, and listen—really listen—to those shaping the solutions we need.

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Leading from the Feminine: Exploring the Heart of Transformative Leadership

As women rise to the forefront of climate action, many are doing so by drawing on values long dismissed by dominant systems: empathy, emotional wisdom, relational intelligence, and care. Leading from the Feminine, a twice-monthly newsletter from Bioneers’ Nina Simons and Anneke Campbell, explores how these feminine-rooted approaches are helping reshape leadership, community, and culture. With reflections on everything from mothering as leadership to art as activism, the newsletter offers grounding and inspiration for anyone seeking to meet this moment with integrity and heart.

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Bioneers Learning Course Spotlight — Sacred Activism: Meeting Our Challenges as Gateways for Embodying Interconnection

What if our greatest challenges were invitations to lead with more compassion, presence, and wholeness? In this four-week live course (Nov. 13 – Dec. 11), Nina Simons and Deborah Eden Tull guide participants through the practice of sacred activism—a path that integrates inner transformation with meaningful, life-affirming action. Designed for changemakers, caregivers, spiritual seekers, and anyone longing to serve from a place of connection and resilience, the course offers tools for navigating adversity, cultivating relational leadership, and embodying a deeper sense of purpose in these turbulent times.

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