Focus on Arts and Ecology

I just returned from Ecuador after helping install solar power and communications equipment in three Sápara villages deep in the Amazon rainforest. Supporting communities to break free of fossil fuels and obtain clean energy is one of the most inspiring projects I have worked on in over seventeen years with Amazon Watch. The equipment we helped install is critical to the Sápara's ability to fight dirty energy projects, preserve their culture and territory, and protect our global climate.

What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by supporting solar power for indigenous communities in the Amazon? You will help them gain greater independence from fossil fuels, stronger inter-community organizing capacity, more ability to communicate with the outside world, and tools to monitor oil company encroachments. You can help us to replicate this work throughout the Amazon.

We need to raise $25,000 by the end of April in honor of Earth Day – then that amount will be matched! That's $50,000 to take on Big Oil's attacks on the Amazon and the climate.

Donate today to support solar and communications installations in Amazon indigenous communities!

For a fossil fuel-free future,

Kevin Koenig
Ecuador Program Director