Information
This section provides chapter readings and a list of terms on carbon pricing, all useful to read before you set up a workshop. The materials can also be used in a reading group, during a training or part of a curriculum. The information is a starting point and can be combined with other materials. See the resources section and workshop tips for more ideas. The objective of the training initiative is to continually educate ourselves on climate justice and climate policy. Because the majority of climate policies continue to include false solutions, the key purpose of this toolkit is to analyze and interrogate market-based carbon pricing initiatives in all of their forms.
A Macro Historical Overview
Colonialism, Capitalism, Patriarchy, and DevelopmentTake a look around you. Everything you see, touch and feel came from the Earth. The table was cut down or mined, the lamp was woven and mined, the building you are in was constructed with materials from the Earth,...
Land
For Indigenous Peoples, the Earth is the Sacred Mother. The Earth has natural limits and a rhythm. The Earth holds the life we know. The Earth seeks balance with water, air and fire. We are made of Earth.From extraction of fossil fuels, transport, industrial...
Fire
For Indigenous People, fire is sacred and to abuse fire comes with consequences. Fire is abused when used to burn fossil fuels in high amounts. Like water, air, and earth, when it is out of control, it takes control. Fire begins with a spark. Fire comes as lightning...
Water
For Indigenous Peoples, water is life. Water is from the sacred Mother Earth. Water feeds all life on the planet. We are grown in water in our Mother's bodies like a small ocean. Water is what makes Earth special. Life began in water. Water is the life blood of the...
Air
Air is sacred. Air is our breath. Air determines the state of our health. Air moves our lungs and replenishes our blood and organs. Air is thought and intellect. We live and move through air. Air has no boundaries, borders or limits. Air moves. Air seeks balance with...
List Of Terms
Below are a list of terms used throughout this toolkit. Please feel free to learn more through internet searches as well.BioEnergy for Carbon Capture and Storage. It means burning trees to make electricity and then capture the carbon dioxide in a typical CCS scheme....
Fire: Responses and Resistance
By Julia Bernal, Co-Director, Pueblo Action Alliance New Mexico is my home and has been the home of my ancestors since time immemorial. And even with an Indigenous population 15 times the national state average, we are still fighting against the exploitation of our...
Land: Responses and Resistance
Aiy-ye-kwee, Nek-new Shannon Albers. Ser-per mey’-woh-mech-ok. by Shannon Albers, member of the Yurok Tribe Hello! My name is Shannon Albers. I come from the Yurok Village of Ser-per. I am an enrolled member of the Yurok Tribe of Northern California, US. I am twenty...
Air: Responses and Resistance
Carbon Pricing and Labor by Irene HongPing Shen from Trade Unions for Energy Democracy (TUED) Carbon pricing has been promoted as an effective climate policy that would significantly reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs) throughout the world. Carbon pricing, including cap...
