In this week’s episode, we are speaking with Eriel Dernager, president of the organization Indigenous Climate Action, the only Indigenous led climate justice organisation in Canada.

Eriel is from the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation located in Treaty 8 Territory, otherwise known as the Northern Alberta area, and currently resides in Treaty 6 territory also known as Edmonton, Canada.

Deranger’s work focuses on Indigenous rights and building an intersectional dialogue between Indigenous rights, climate justice, and other social justice movements. Eriel is also building a global project adjacent to ICA called the Woven project.

We wanted to speak with Eriel because we believe that climate justice and climate recovery can’t be achieved without the leadership of Native and Indigenous science, solutions, and experience.

This was a powerful and beautiful conversation, one that will percolate for a very long time.

Thanks so much for listening and please share this episode!

And we’ll see you all back for Season 10 in the Spring!

Take of yourselves and lots of love!

Ep Time Stamps

Introduction: 00:16

Interview: 7:27

TA: 1:14:16

Links

https://www.thewovenproject.org/

https://www.indigenousclimateaction.com/

https://native-land.ca/