Our solutions to the climate crisis go far beyond carbon reduction and greenhouse gas mitigation. They are rooted in community stewardship and governance of water, energy, and land.
Our work is guided by six pillars of climate justice
Water
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Clean water is a human right. But from the Gulf South to the Global South, water privateers and the fossil fuel industry are exploiting, polluting, and depleting our watersheds. Taproot Earth powers frontline communities repairing and protecting the lakes, rivers and seas we all rely on.
Energy
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The Earth provides abundant sources of clean, renewable energy. Taproot advances policies that shift the balance of power away from the extractive fossil fuel industry and toward the responsible energy stewardship of frontline communities.
Land
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Taproot Earth strives to repair the relationship between people and the land. We recognize that those Indigenous to the land have the knowledge and solutions to lead us to a new horizon of climate liberation.
Labor
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Taproot Earth recognizes the dignity of all labor and advances frontline-led movements for economies and democracies that allow all people the freedom to simply be.
Economy
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Using participatory research, Taproot Earth has advanced policy interventions that amplify movement voices to curtail and divest from harmful, extractive economic relations while investing in strategies that build democratic control of the economy.
Democracy
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Taproot Earth works toward climate interventions that replace carceral systems and authoritarianism with community-level democracy and self-determination.
our 3 core climate solutions
Inspired by our learnings with the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, Project South, and the Southern Movement Assembly.
Repair
Acknowledge and repair harm
We recognize and strive to repair the harm caused by corporate and colonial extraction and disinvestment in frontline communities.
Power
Build power and alignment
We recognize and strive to repair the harm caused by corporate and colonial extraction and disinvestment in frontline communities.
Stewardship
Invest in community stewardship
We recognize and strive to repair the harm caused by corporate and colonial extraction and disinvestment in frontline communities.
Initiatives & PROGRAMS
We envision a world where we all can live, rest, and thrive in the places we love. To get there, we must harness imagination and collective will.
Global Climate Reparations
Our approach to the climate crisis recognizes the historic and modern harms of racialized capitalism. Our initiative brings frontlines together to eradicate debt, invest in practices of repair and restoration, redistribute resources, uphold the human right to remain and migrate, and rebuild governance and financial systems to align with a climate justice vision.
Events like Hurricane Katrina have proven that frontline communities have the experience and know-how to resist disasters and build long-term solutions
We work with communities to identify what’s at stake and develop just pathways toward community-governance of water, energy, and land. Building on work advanced by the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy, we bring a frontline lens to legal analysis, participatory research, and just climate policy strategies.
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