Indigenous and Climate Earth Matters mid April 2025
Dear Community of Boulder County, Colorado and beyond
Local Earth Day events appear first; I hope you will participate in at least one action/activity and connect with Nature/Earth.
Then find the Indigenous Matters, and Resistance: many important items!
Please skim through them and send Blessings to what you cannot attend to directly.
EARTH DAY / week
In person events --some highlights:
--April 19 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Sustainable Resilient Longmont (SRL) Earth Day 2025
Timberline School, 233 E Mountain View Ave Longmont, CO details
--April 21 Monday through Sunday, April 27, swap your solo-driving trips and travel green. Pledge to walk, roll or ride sustainably in celebration of Earth Week! Register and track:
--April 22 Your Guide to Earth Day in Boulder --a time to reflect on our deep connection to the planet and our role in protecting it. (Includes free trees and a tree planting activity) MANY ACTIVITIES LISTED.
--April 22 at 1:30 pm Boulder County Commissioners hearing on house size: on reasonable restrictions on footprint size in development. What has been missing from hearings is a decent representation of residents who value affordability, sustainability, and particularly in the mountains, a respect for the natural, undeveloped space between neighbors. PLEASE ATTEND and SPEAK.
--April 22, Tues. 4:30pm - 6:30pm MDT Climate Conversations: Sold Out Rising for the Planet: register: Climate Conversations on Earth Day!
at Dry Storage 3601 Arapahoe Ave d 181, Boulder SO INVOKE your own Climate Conversations wherever you ARE !
From Boulder.Earth calendar --see other postings.
--April 22 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Water-Wise Workshop and Happy Hour at Sanitas Brewing Co. 3550 Frontier Avenue
This interactive event is your opportunity to explore effective water conservation techniques in your garden through mini-workshops and games. We'll talk about irrigation set up and water management for a thriving and sustainable home garden. Register
--April 22 - 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Celebrate Earth Day with Eco-Cycle: A Special Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Join an unforgettable evening of culture, sustainability, and inspiration! Join us on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22, at the Dairy Arts Center, 2590 Walnut; for a screening of Agnès Varda’s iconic film, The Gleaners and I, followed by a thought-provoking panel discussion. Tickets
--April 23 Water Is Love Film Screening: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
at: eTown Hall, 1535 Spruce St, Boulder, Water Is Love: Ripples of Regeneration is a poignant documentary that delves into the intricate relationship between communities and their water sources.
Free and open to the public. Registration required for the film screening. https://www.etown.org/events/water-is-love-earth-week-screening/
--Earth-day-2025-ten-activities-events-and-resources/
--April 26 Compost and Mulch Giveaway , Lafayette
ONLINE Earth Week events: (register and receive recording)
RECOMMENDED:
--April 22 1 pm MT Spend an hour with Paul Hawken, environmentalist, and learn In this live event, Paul will explore themes from his new book, Carbon: The Book of Life, unveiling carbon's miraculous story—not as a climate villain, but as the fundamental thread weaving through our living world. Register as part of Pachamama's monthly Resilience and Possibility in These Times. A favorite author and speaker! Note: If you register, you receive the recording.
--More International listings and encouragement of how to join in: educate, advocate and take action.
Indigenous Matters
--April 21-May 5, 2025, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) will take place at the UN Headquarters in New York. This year’s session theme will focus on "Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges.” There are multiple side event sessions (downloads to your computer) across this period. Or see for 4/10/25 Cultural Survival posting for recommended focussed gatherings:
-Films from Vision Maker Media: Native Shorts for kids: subscribe. (seems to be free) Designed for students ages 6-12, the channel features animated guidance from Frankie the Hawk, who introduces viewers to Native languages, histories, and Native ways of life with built-in activities for interactive learning.
Resistance Matters
--April 15, Tuesday 12:00 - 12:45 pm Tax Day Rally in Denver Families Over Billionaires
West Steps of the Capitol, 200 E. Colfax -- from Colorado Fiscal Institute
--US Budget Background Info:
see the article in bipartisan policy's explainer
from Fossil Fuel Fighters and others not in favor, including Coalition on Human Needs:
The budget resolution being debated includes massive cuts to medicaid, food assistance and more
April 19 Local Resistance rallies 12-2 pm Denver and Boulder (along Broadway: Canyon to Table Mesa)
Envisioning and creating a sane, meaningful Connected Culture:
--Consider reading online Gabor Mate's foreword to The Evolved Nest: Nature’s Way of Raising Children and Creating Connected Communities by Darcia Narvaez, PhD, and G. A. Bradshaw, PhD. (strong inclusion of Indigenous cultural views and practices)
--and an uplifting 9 min. film: The Evolved Nest: Nature's Way of Raising Children see also The Evolved Nest website How to shift our treatment of one another and how we raise our young.
----I am deeply agrieved over Israel's renewed genocide of Palestinians, and the losses continuing: it is important to be aware:
April 13. Israel has bombed al-Ahli Hospital, putting northern Gaza’s last functioning medical facility out of service. Critically ill Palestinian patients, including amputees and burn victims, were forced to flee the Christian hospital before dawn on Palm Sunday with only a moment’s notice. From Aljazeera
April 12. The Israeli government, backed by the Trump administration, is laying the groundwork for the full expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, a move that has the potential to ignite a regional conflagration.
from Chris Hedges on substack.
How do we keep up resistance, hope and active opposition to this totally unacceptable inhuman and inhumane behavior there and here....?
April 5. US protesters rally against Gaza genocide, students' arrests amid crackdown on pro-Palestine voices. The march was endorsed and co-organised by nearly 300 organisations, including rights groups, trade unions, anti-war groups, women's groups and Muslim groups. 3-9 min read including rights of free speech issues from protestors:check it out! 3 min read=(basic info)
----the Yale Program on Climate Change attitudes found this map/graphic, which looks promising-- of people in various states of awareness
--Steps to Consider: see this website: Our Sacred Earth under Menu tabs