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20+ years protecting forests, advancing climate justice and supporting land recovery struggles of Indigenous communities. Stop GMO trees! Follow us on Substack for all the latest news and analysis: gjep.substack.com

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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
URGENT ACTION ALERT! An irreplaceable grove of 200 blight-surviving, wild American chestnut trees is scheduled to be bulldozed for an Anthropic data center! The 200 wild American chestnuts are located in Mason County, WV. Find more and take action: gjep.substack.com/p/urgent-act...
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URGENT ACTION ALERT: Save Historic American Chestnut Grove
American Chestnut Grove to be bulldozed for new Anthropic Data Center
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Listen to our new Breaking Green podcast for a deep dive into the disastrous USDA decision to allow the defective D54 genetically engineered chestnut tree to be released into wild forests @gmwatch.bsky.social @gmofreeusa.bsky.social @geoengmon.bsky.social @ienearth.bsky.social
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Unprecedented Irreversible Risk to Forests: Inside the USDA GMO Chestnut Tree Approval
New BG Podcast explores ramifications of USDA approval of defective GMO chestnut trees for unregulated release into wild forests
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Listen to our new Breaking Green podcast for a deep dive into the disastrous USDA decision to allow the defective D54 genetically engineered chestnut tree to be released into wild forests
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Unprecedented Irreversible Risk to Forests: Inside the USDA GMO Chestnut Tree Approval
New BG Podcast explores ramifications of USDA approval of defective GMO chestnut trees for unregulated release into wild forests
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wendell Berry, Writer and Activist Who Fought Corporate Takeover of US Farming, Dies at 92 www.commondreams.org/news/wendell...
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Wendell Berry, Writer and Activist Who Fought Corporate Takeover of US Farming, Dies at 92 | Common Dreams
The passing of Wendell Berry, poet, activist, and conservationist, has left a void in the world. He was known for his lifelong dedication to defending the environment and advocating for small farms an...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
“The Canadian Chestnut Council greatly regrets ... the USDA decision to deregulate the GE American Chestnut. “We believe that the introduction of the #GMO Chestnut ... will contaminate the native genome and eventually destroy our work and efforts to restore the true native American Chestnut.”
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Canada Groups Reject GMO Chestnut
Say GMO Tree Threatens Endangered Chestnut Trees in Canada
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GMWatch @gmwatch.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"This decision marks the beginning of an unprecedented, dangerous and irreversible experiment with our wild forests. Never before has a GMO plant been released into the wild with the intent to contaminate its natural relatives with genetically engineered traits." — @gjep123.bsky.social
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GJEP Response to USDA Decision to Deregulate Defective D54 GE Chestnut – Global Justice Ecology Project
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Testbiotech e.V. @testbiotech.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
...Never before has a GE plant been released into the wild with the intent to contaminate its natural relatives with GE traits." @gjep123.bsky.social
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Chris Hendel @chrishendel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Breaking: USDA Approves Defective GMO Tree for Release into Wild Forests per @gjep123.bsky.social Decision threatens survival of millions of wild American chestnuts gjep.substack.com/p/breaking-u...
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Breaking: USDA Approves Defective GMO Tree for Release into Wild Forests
Decision threatens survival of millions of wild American chestnuts
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Logging Halted Over Endangered Species Act Violations
Victory in the Shawnee National Forest of Southern Ilinois
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Rare earth minerals are becoming the new oil. As the US races to reduce dependence on China, communities in Chile find themselves on the front lines of a global struggle for control of Rare Earth Minerals. Watch the film that asks who benefits—and who pays the price. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdCN...
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Rare Earth Mining: The Dilemma Of Penco And Concepción
YouTube video by Resumen TV
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Hands Off Mother Earth! (HOME) Alliance @handsoffmotherearth.org · 04/05/2026
🧵As the climate crisis intensifies, dangerous distractions are gaining ground. Land-based geoengineering is being pushed as a “solution” but it comes with serious risks to ecosystems, communities & climate justice. #NoGeoengineering @gfc-forest.bsky.social @gjep123.bsky.social
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Listen to this short clip about the devastating impact of data centers and poisoned wells in Oregon. @oregonrural.bsky.social @earthfirst.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social
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Data Center Pollution in Oregon
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
"Each [data center] uses massive amounts of water. The water coming out is a much higher concentration. There's data I can point to showing that some of these campuses pull in water, and when it leaves, it's eight times more contaminated than when it came in." open.substack.com/pub/gjep/p/c...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Chile: Land, Power, and the Mapuche Struggle Field Notes | Season 2, Episode 1 — The Mapuche Struggle for Land and Justice Find it on our new Substack: gjep.substack.com/p/chile-land... @annegjep.bsky.social @indigenousinfonet.bsky.social
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Chile: Land, Power, and the Mapuche Struggle
Field Notes | Season 2, Episode 1 — The Mapuche Struggle for Land and Justice
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
What’s being sold as a climate solution is deepening inequality and driving forest destruction. open.substack.com/pub/gjep/p/b... @biofuelwatch.bsky.social @ran.org @cjaourpower.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social @gfc-forest.bsky.social @geoengmon.bsky.social @stand.earth
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Brazil’s GE Eucalyptus Boom Is a Dangerous Climate Illusion
This land-based geoengineering scheme reproduces colonial patterns, ecological damage, and social harm.
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Gene editing is being fast-tracked toward real-world use—promoted as precise, predictable, and safe. But a recent peer-reviewed study in Science finds gene editing can leave behind lasting, hidden disruptions in the genome—changes that persist and can be passed on. gjep.substack.com/p/gene-editi...
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Gene Editing Revealed as Dangerous —Yet It’s Already Approved for Industrial Tree Plantations
Genetic engineering technology: CRISPR-Cas may leave lasting genetic damage, study finds
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Years of research show that dams and reservoirs produce a substantial amount of greenhouse gases. A coalition has filed a petition with the California Air Resources Board to accurately track these emissions. @patagonia.com @biologicaldiversity.org tellthedamtruth.com/press-releas...
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PRESS RELEASE: Reservoirs Contribute to Climate Change, it's time for California to track their Emissions - Tell The Dam Truth
CO-PETITIONERS: Tell the Dam Truth, Patagonia, California Trout, Friends of the River, Ridges to Riffles Indigenous Conservation Group, Ríos to Rivers, Center for Biological Diversity, Save the World’...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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...
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NEW BREAKING GREEN PODCAST: Armageddon Briefings - with Jonathan Larson
How US Commanders Told Troops Iran War Would Bring Back Jesus
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
GJEP’s former home for our first 10 years. Vermonters know how to resist heavily armed authoritarians substack.com/@resistfight...
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RESIST | FIGHT (@resistfight)
BREAKING NEWS 🚨 🎥 Video shows ICE vehicles running over civilians. People are on the ground being dragged, beaten, and pepper-sprayed in Burlington Vermont. Documented by IG: @amielzbth30 Similar ...
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Friends of the Earth U.S. (Action) @foeus.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🚨 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. 🧑‍🌾🌱
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
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.”
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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
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From the Front Lines: Struggles for Justice | Global Justice Ecology Project | Substack
This publication features original reporting, podcasts, photography, video and analysis, covering firsthand stories from the front lines of movements for change. Click to read From the Front Lines: St...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
#iceout #minneapolis
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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...
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Nigeria’s forests cannot wait – enforce the timber export ban now!
Gorillas, chimpanzees, and elephants – Nigeria’s jungles shelter some of the world’s most iconic and endangered species. Yet the forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. President Tinubu has n...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Listen at globaljusticeecology.org/new-breaking... @ienearth.bsky.social #iceout
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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
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Imperial Boomerang [VIDEO]
The murders of unarmed civilians on the streets of Minneapolis, including the killing today of the intensive-care nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti, would not come as a shock to Iraqis in Fallujah or Afghans ...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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...
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The Flotillas to Gaza Are the World’s Conscience
The numerous attempts by activists in flotillas, to break the siege on Gaza, are a potent reminder that hope comes through acts of resistance and that we must never accept the status quo.
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
💥 'Get ICE Out!' Protests Intensify After Another Shooting by Federal Agent in Minneapolis www.commondreams.org/news/minneap...
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'Get ICE Out!' Protests Intensify After Another Shooting by Federal Agent in Minneapolis | Common Dreams
"This is a military occupation," said the president of the Minneapolis City Council, "and it feels like a military occupation."
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
‼️ 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
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Mexico: Stop the destruction of Chiapas’ forests!
The forests of Mexico’s Chiapas state are among the most biodiverse on Earth, yet they face grave danger: Nearly half have already been illegally logged for timber. Please support the campaign of our ...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
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
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We Had Everything: how the Forest Was Taken in the Land of Drums and Resistance | Environmental Paper Network
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
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...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
🎥 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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
NEW! A Return of the Native Enviro Show: Podcast featuring Anne Petermann of GJEP globaljusticeecology.org/a-return-of-...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
📻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/
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
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.
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"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
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🌐GloNi: The hybrid eucalyptus trees that large forestry companies in Chile are seeking to expand READ MORE: globaljusticeecology.org/gloni-the-hy...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
👀NEW from Breaking Green: American chestnut Revival on A Scientist’s Land In Maine 🌳 globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...
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Global Justice Ecology Project @gjep123.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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
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