No Green Colonialism School 

Join the movement to stop Green Colonialism

May 27th-31st, 2025

Details and application below!

What is Green Colonialism?

“Green Colonialism is the new form of settler-colonialism, rooted in so-called “green extraction,” impacting the lands and lives of Indigenous communities globally. To reclaim our relationship to the land and successfully demand Land Back, which will be our survival mechanisms through climate chaos, we must combat all forms of Green Colonialism. Green Colonialism includes false solutions to the climate crisis, which are inherently anti-Indigenous and non-consensually deadlock communities globally into a relationship with industry, violating Indigenous Peoples’ relationship with the land.” – Ash LaMont 

The term Green Colonialism stems from Indigenous international spaces. The movement to stop green colonialism is growing in various communities around the world, as Indigenous Peoples resist harmful false solutions to the climate crisis. The “green energy transition” is not being pursued to benefit the people or the planet; its purpose is to perpetuate capitalism, imperialism, the military industrial complex, and war.

The challenge of Green Colonialism is significant. Among key “energy-transition” metals, 97% of nickel, 89% of copper, 79% of lithium and 68% of cobalt reserves and resources in the “U.S.” are located within 35 miles of Native American reservations. Worldwide, 54% of energy transition minerals are located on or near land owned by Indigenous groups. 

But the truth is, we cannot mine our way out of climate chaos. Colonialism is colonialism, extraction is extraction, and false solutions dump problems on future generations. Together we can work toward real solutions, including Indigenous Sovereignty, land back, free prior and informed consent, and living in right relationship with Mother Earth. 

What is the No Green Colonialism School?

Honor the Earth is offering our first-ever No Green Colonialism School May 27-31, 2025, in the south-central region of Turtle Island. Participants will be selected in April and we will have a virtual session in May before meeting in person. 

Our key objective is to build the movement to stop Green Colonialism – together. Participants will gain information, connections, and a seedling grant supporting direct resistance to “green energy transition” metal/mineral extraction on their ancestral lands.

Through online and in-person sessions, participants will build a shared narrative, gain practical tools to resist Green Colonialism, be empowered to pursue land back and sovereignty as true solutions, connect with others working to stop Green Colonialism, and be equipped to maximize their use of seedling grants provided through the school.

FAQs

  • We’re looking for applicants who will join us in building the movement to stop Green Colonialism.

    We’ll ask you to share details about your local fight, the strengths and weaknesses of your local resistance, and what you think is needed to win. We also want to know what you’d do with a seedling grant to actively fight Green Colonialism in your community.

  • Program participants will receive travel, lodging, meals, and a seedling grant to campaign against Green Colonialism.

  • We are looking to fund grassroots organizing efforts against various Green Colonialism projects. These types of projects include, but are not limited to, the prospecting, planning, mining, refining, or shipping of “green energy transition” metals and minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, copper, and uranium. If you are not sure whether your situation applies, we still encourage you to apply.

  • Participants will have a virtual meeting in early May. The in-person school will take place from May 27-31 in the south-central region of Turtle Island. Participants will be notified of details once they are selected.

  • Applications are due April 11, 2025. Please contact NGCschool@honorearth.org with questions about this program or the application process.

Apply now!