Praxis talk in Sonoma to focus on ways to address climate policy issues
Osprey Orielle Lake, the founder and director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International, will speak about ways to address climate policy issues at the Praxis Peace Institute’s Earth Day program in Sonoma on Wednesday, April 30.
Osprey Orielle Lake, the founder and director of Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International, will speak about ways to address climate policy issues at the Praxis Peace Institute’s Earth Day program this week.
Her presentation, “Worldviews: Remaking a World in Crisis,” is a salon event being held at a private home in Sonoma at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. Tickets cost $20 for Praxis members and $25 for nonmembers and can be purchase at www.praxispeace.org.
“She is in a unique position to talk about how to influence climate policy and where the inflection points are,” said Georgia Kelly, director of Praxis, in a news release.
Lake will also report on the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, held Nov. 11-22, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Her knowledge of climate issues and awareness of Indigenous wisdom have enabled her to lead successful international environment-saving political campaigns.
She works nationally and internationally with grassroots, Indigenous leaders, policymakers, business leaders and scientists to promote climate justice, resilient communities and a just transition to a clean energy future.
Under her leadership, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network International brought together 100 global women leaders to implement a Women’s Climate Action Agenda.
She also serves on the executive committee of the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and has been a core organizer of International Rights of Nature Tribunals.
Lake is the author of “Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature,” which won the 2011 Nautilus Book Award. Her most recent book, “The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis,” was published in 2024.
Her writings about climate justice and other environmental topics as well as women in leadership have been featured in The Guardian, Common Dreams, Earth Island Journal, The Ecologist, Ecowatch and many other publications.
Reach the reporter, Dan Johnson, at daniel.johnson@pressdemocrat.com.