by YLNMadmin | Dec 24, 2025 | green extractivism, just transition, our stories, position papers, post extractivism, right to say no, rights of nature
Our position paper why a truly just transition must be popular, inclusive, and grounded in the Right to Say No, and a right to choose non-extractive ways of life.
by Lynda Sullivan | Dec 21, 2025 | green extractivism, just transition, latin america, our stories, post extractivism, right to say no, water is life
Pueblos de la Puna Atacameña resisten al extractivismo pese al avance de la minería de litio Autorxs: Javiera Ortiz, Ramón Balcázar M., Véronica Gostissa y Vivian Lagrava Edición: Ramón Balcázar M. y Lynda Sullivan 1. Extractivismo del litio en la Puna de...
by Lynda Sullivan | Dec 18, 2025 | africa, asia, carribean, europe, green extractivism, just transition, latin america, mining and militarism, north america, oceania, our stories, post extractivism, resources, right to say no, statements, water is life
TSF-Mining Declaration At the People's Summit, COP30 Towards a Socioecological & Systemic Transformation in Response to the Narratives of ‘Green Transition’ YLNM is an integral part of the Thematic Social Forum on Mining and the Extractive Economy. At Belém do...
by Lynda Sullivan | Dec 18, 2025 | defend the defenders, just transition, our stories, post extractivism, right to say no, take action, water is life
The People's Summit, Belém at COP30 The People’s Summit 2025 in Belém do Pará finished with a roar. Full of colourful flags, costumes, music and powerful political statements. It had been five days of this energy, with seemingly random and spontaneous bursts of noise...
by Lynda Sullivan | Dec 1, 2025 | africa, asia, carribean, defend the defenders, europe, green extractivism, just transition, latin america, mining and covid, mining and militarism, north america, oceania, our stories, position papers, post extractivism, right to say no, water is life
All communities have the right to defend their territories, livelihoods and the wellbeing of the people and the earth.
All communities have the right to say no to mining.
by YLNMadmin | Nov 12, 2025 | africa, asia, carribean, defend the defenders, europe, green extractivism, just transition, latin america, media, north america, oceania, our stories, right to say no
Belém, Brazil – As governments and corporations rush to brand mining as part of the “green transition”, communities from across the globe are calling it what it is: extractivism, the same colonial system of exploitation repackaged in the language of climate action.