Winona LaDuke

"We must stand together for the Earth, across all boundaries."

"To love the Earth is to live as if we belong to it, because we do."

"We are not inheriting the earth from our parents; we are borrowing it from our children."

"The most radical thing we can do at this moment is to be fully present."

"All our relations - that's the foundation of Anishinaabe philosophy."

"Economics is supposed to serve life, not life serve economics."

"The land remembers. We must learn to listen to what it teaches."

"Indigenous science is not primitive - it is sophisticated and it works."

"Winona means 'first daughter' - and that's a responsibility."

"We need an economy that serves all of creation, not just corporations."

"The White Earth Reservation is not a museum - it is a living, breathing community."

"Sustainable development is a contradiction in terms. You cannot sustain growth forever."

"Every action we take is a vote for the world we want to create."

"The food system is a weapon of war against poor people and people of color."

"We must decolonize our minds before we can decolonize our lands."

"Ginoomiimaadinoon - that means 'to take care of' in Anishinaabemowin."

"The Seventh Generation principle teaches us to think seven generations ahead."

"Money is not wealth. Life is wealth."

"We are in a war for the future of all life on this planet."

"Indigenous peoples have been living sustainability for thousands of years."

"The Great Turning is the shift from Growth Society to Life-Sustaining Civilization."

"Our ceremonies connect us to the land and to each other."

"The dominant culture mistakes profit for progress."

"We must learn to live like the land intends us to - in balance and reciprocity."

"Activism is not about guilt; it's about love for this world."

"The biggest lie is that we have no choice."

"Indigenous knowledge is not backward; it is ahead of where science is just catching up."

"Every plant, every animal, every person has a purpose in creation."

"We do not live on the earth; we live with the earth."

"The system is designed to exploit - we must build alternatives."