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Economics for the Seventh Generation

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four corners power plant

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Climate Change Impacts

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The ocean has acidified.

Hoegh-Guldberg et al., Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification, Science, Vol. 318, pp 1737-42 (Dec. 14, 2007).

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Tar Sands

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Food Economy“the statistics showed that only 1 million dollars or 14% of the reservation households’ food dollars stayed on the reservation, while 7 million or 86% left the reservation.”-WELRP Food Sovereignty Report 2008

How Far Does Your Food Travel?

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Indigenous Corn Restoration Project

Pawnee Eagle Corn

Seneca Pink Lady Flour Corn with Sue Wika

Jonesy Miller with Bear Island FlintHonorEarth.org 22

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Arikara Squash

Gete- Okosomin

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2011 Rice Lake Landing and circa 1961 Mitchell Dam landing, White Earth reservation

White Earth Solar Install

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Community Scaled Wind

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Inaashke….. taadaa

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Energy Waste

As illustrated, the United States wastes 57.07% of the electricity it generates.

Danish Experience

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Dine Solar

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White Earth Anishinaabeg win happy planet award

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