What if the American chestnut isn’t a lost species after all? Renowned naturalist Dr Bernd Heinrich shows us thousands of thriving wild American chestnut trees. Not in a lab. Not through genetic engineering. But on their own. #InternationalDayofForests gjep.substack.com

New special episode of Breaking Green features journalist Jonathan Larson on US military commanders telling troops that war with Iran will bring on Armageddon. Listen to the new episode and follow us on Substack @jvp.bsky.social @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/gjep/p/n...

GJEP’s former home for our first 10 years. Vermonters know how to resist heavily armed authoritarians substack.com/@resistfight...

🚨 A new report warns that HB4 genetically engineered (GMO) wheat—recently approved by the U.S. government—poses serious risks to public health, the environment, and farmers’ livelihoods. 🧑‍🌾🌱

New Breaking Green podcast: Soil health, human health and the war for food vs. sugar monocultures in the US How monoculture undermines soil and communities with Dr. Joshua Anderson gjep.substack.com/p/breaking-g... @thefern.org @ecologyaction.bsky.social @ufw.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social

On International Women’s Day, women marched en masse throughout Chile. Sibila Sotomayor Van Rysseghem, co-founder of feminist collective LASTESIS, said, “everything we believe in is in danger right now–women, queer people’s rights, migrant rights, Indigenous rights, the arts, culture, and activism.”

Chile: Far-Right José Antonio Kast to Be Inaugurated President March 11 as Human Rights and Mapuche Concerns Grow Repression of Mapuche people over efforts to recover ancestral lands projected to intensify Read at: From the Front Lines: Struggles for Justice on our substack at gjep.substack.com

Despite the round condemnation of their violence, ICE in Minneapolis is ramping it up - more abductions, targeting legal observers. Listen to our latest Breaking Green podcast on the rising resistance to ICE with Mark Tilsen of @ienearth.bsky.social globaljusticeecology.org/new-breaking...

globaljusticeecology.org/climate-cata... GJEP Statement: Climate Catastrophe and the ICE Storm Climate catastrophe isn’t the future. It’s already happening and shaping how governments respond. @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @dhlovelife.bsky.social @ienearth.bsky.social @hoodwinkedhothouse.bsky.social

Nigeria’s #forests cannot wait – a logging ban means nothing without enforcement. #Forestdefenders risk their lives while loggers act with impunity. It’s time for #action, not words. Sign now ✍️ #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest @gfc-forest.bsky.social rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...

Listen at globaljusticeecology.org/new-breaking... @ienearth.bsky.social #iceout

LISTEN: new Breaking Green podcast with Mark Tilden of Indigenous Environmental Network @ienearth.bsky.social on Minneapolis peoples' self defense uprising and refusal to back down to ICE terror campaign @xrglobal.bsky.social @hoodwinkedhothouse.bsky.social globaljusticeecology.org/new-breaking...

Chris Hedges' analysis of the shooting of #alexpetti cuts right to the roots of what we are facing: Imperial Boomerang [VIDEO] open.substack.com/pub/chrished... @annegjep.bsky.social @hoodwinkedhothouse.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social @langellephoto.bsky.social #iceout #minneapolis

Chile Engulfed in Tree Plantation & Climate-fueled Mega-Fires yet again When fire enters plantation landscapes, it spreads rapidly through the flammable trees. The plantations grow on ancestral Mapuche lands, stolen under Pinochet globaljusticeecology.org/chile-engulf... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social

Chile deploys 500 officers in bogus arrest of children of disappeared Mapuche activist Julia Chuñil globaljusticeecology.org/chile-deploy... @ienearth.bsky.social @iwrising.bsky.social @indigenousinfonet.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social

A new flotilla to Gaza in April will attempt to break the 18-year Israeli blockade. It is expected to involve over 3,000 activists from 100 countries on 100 boats, including a medical fleet of 1,000 health care workers to deliver 500 tons of life-saving aid. chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-flotil...

💥 'Get ICE Out!' Protests Intensify After Another Shooting by Federal Agent in Minneapolis www.commondreams.org/news/minneap...

‼️ Please SIGN: Half of Chiapas’ forests are gone, and 70% of its traded timber is illegal. It’s time for Mexico to enforce its own laws. #RainforestRescue #ActForRainforest ✍️ rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13... @annegjep.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @ran.org @gfc-forest.bsky.social

From our friends at @environmentalpaper.bsky.social a great piece on the destructive and sinister history of industrial eucalyptus plantations in Brazil environmentalpaper.org/2025/12/we-h... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @ran.org @dhlovelife.bsky.social

NEW! Watch our latest video, The Wild American Chestnut: A Giant Returns! This film documents the thousands of thriving, wild American chestnuts on the land of renowned biologist Dr. Heinrich—contradicting decades of assumptions about the species’ decline. globaljusticeecology.org/the-wild-ame...

🎥 YouTube Premiere: The Wild American Chestnut: A Giant Returns - Wed 10 Dec 4pm EST - Meet Dr. Bernd Heinrich & his thousands of wild American chestnuts in this feel-good holiday film about their amazing comeback! youtu.be/ebywGe-J730 @foeus.bsky.social @dogwoodalliance.org @gmofreeusa.bsky.social

NEW! A Return of the Native Enviro Show: Podcast featuring Anne Petermann of GJEP globaljusticeecology.org/a-return-of-...

JOIN US TONIGHT Dec 4 @ 7 pm EST for the live premiere of “The Wild American Chestnut: A Giant Returns.” This good news short film documents thousands of thriving, wild American chestnuts —contradicting decades of assumptions about the species’ decline. Register: thewildamericanchestnut.org

WATCH Dec 4 7pm EST The Wild American Chestnut: A Giant Returns Bernd Heinrich climbs into this 2nd generation chestnut as part of a tour of the thousands of wild chestnuts on his land. Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @dogwoodalliance.org @foeus.bsky.social @hoodwinkedhothouse.bsky.social

📻TUNE IN tomorrow 12/2 from 6-7 PM EST for return of the The Native Enviro Show, where Anne Petermann of GJEP will be discussing the comeback story of the American Chestnut tree! 🌳 🌐https://rss.com/podcasts/enviroshow/

ICYMI: Breaking Green: American chestnut Revival on A Scientist’s Land In Maine LISTEN HERE: globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre... [...]Thousands of wild American chestnuts thriving across three generations, challenging the claim that the species cannot return without genetic engineering.

Mapuche communities denounce torture and application of Anti-Terrorism Law against young people detained in Arauco Province globaljusticeecology.org/mapuche-comm... Topics: Chile, Climate Justice & Human rights, GJEP, Global Grassroots Action, Latest News, Mapuche, Political Repression & Murder

On the International Day Against Violence Against Women (25 Nov 2019) in Temuco - Women marched to raise awareness that women involved in the protests taking place across Chile were targeted for sexual abuse and rape by the Chilean National Police (carabineros). Photo: Langelle/photolangelle.org

"The offspring of these American chestnut trees are producing offspring. These trees are going to on and on." Register for Dec 4 global premiere of 'The Wild American Chestnut: A Giant Returns': us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @gmwatch.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @hoodwinkedhothouse.bsky.social

🌐GloNi: The hybrid eucalyptus trees that large forestry companies in Chile are seeking to expand READ MORE: globaljusticeecology.org/gloni-the-hy...

👀NEW from Breaking Green: American chestnut Revival on A Scientist’s Land In Maine 🌳 globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...

NEW FILM! Coming in December: The Wild American Chestnut: A Giant Returns. The remarkable story of thousands of American chestnuts spanning 3 generations thriving in the forests of western Maine thewildamericanchestnut.org @dogwoodalliance.org @hoodwinkedhothouse.bsky.social @ienearth.bsky.social

NEW on Field Notes: @langellephoto.bsky.social Orin Langelle takes us to Brasilia, Brazil, where Indigenous peoples mobilized in 2023 against a law threatening to erase their ancestral land rights.

SIGN ON! No more scam ads on Meta! action.consumerreports.org/nb_20251117_...

GJEP is co-sponsoring an official side event at the UN Climate COP in Belem this Wednesday, November 19, 2025. The Amazon Is Not for Sale: Funding Indigenous-Led Protection as an Alternative to Green Colonialism globaljusticeecology.org/the-amazon-i...

in brazil at #COP30 #Indigenous peoples protest exclusion from the COP decisions that focus on using their lands in the #TFFF and other climate schemes. Read the piece here www.theguardian.com/environment/... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social @ienearth.bsky.social @grain.org

Yesterday we received a letter from Lonko Juan Pichun Collonao of the Lof Temulemu, whose struggle we have been reporting on for some time. Read his letter in full by visiting: globaljusticeecology.org/letter-from-... Watch/listen to the Field Notes episode here: langellephoto.org/field-notes-...

Related to that @theguardian.com piece is this 2011 #photo essay I @annegjep.bsky.social shot of a #Veracel eucalyptus operation in Bahia, Brazil on the field trip of an international conference on #GMO trees. climate-connections.org/2011/06/30/p... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social

From today's @theguardian.com An article about the fight in #Brazil to get land back from timber giants and their "green desert" eucalyptus plantations - and the victories people are having! @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social @gmwatch.bsky.social @grain.org @annegjep.bsky.social

@langellephoto.bsky.social takes us behind the lens at the 2007 UN Climate Change Conference. Through one powerful photograph, we uncover the story of protest, exclusion, and solidarity — and how one image helped shift the global conversation on climate justice. langellephoto.org/field-notes-...

GJEP is working with @ienearth.bsky.social @foeint.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social and many others to Mobilize to stop GE Trees at the CBD in Panama. Read our latest joint IEN-GJEP press release and indigenous participant statements below: globaljusticeecology.org/stop-ge-tree...

VICTORY! Tonawanda Seneca Nation and Sierra Club Declare Victory in Litigation against Massive Data Center; Seek Dismissal of Suit Following Rescission of Approvals READ MORE HERE: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Join us for a webinar on 29 October featuring speakers from our member groups whose stories of resistance to extractivism are included in the latest issue of Forest Cover: Exploited Lands, Exploited Lives. Wed, 29 Oct 2025 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm UTC 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

“Sometimes the most powerful acts of defiance don’t look serious at all. They look like play. Way back court jesters teased their kings and got away with saying what no one else could.” langellephoto.org/field-notes-...

Timber Industry’s New Strategy: Gene-Edited Trees - How to get around #GMO tree opposition and regulations? pretend gene editing isn't GE! globaljusticeecology.org/the-timber-i... @gmofreeusa.bsky.social @gmofreeeurope.bsky.social @infogm.bsky.social @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social

Breaking Green: When Arctic Climate “Solutions” Become Colonial Experiments with Panganga Pungowiyi LISTEN HERE: globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...

Today is the The International Day of Action on Big Biomass: "Cut Subsidies, Not Forests." #BigBadBiomass LEARN MORE and take action via the Biomass Action Network: environmentalpaper.org/2025/08/idoa... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social

You’re Invited | “Exploited Lands, Exploited Lives” – Meet the Authors and Activists of Forest Cover 69 (29 Oct, 1pm UTC) globaljusticeecology.org/youre-invite...

FROM THE ARCHIVE: [Field Notes] Episode 4: Young Republicans langellephoto.org/field-notes-... @langellephoto.bsky.social