Honor the Earth's Youth Environmental Justice Initiative seeks to build a broad base of informed Native youth while providing youth organizations with organizing materials, informational materials, internships, and financial resources. Our Makoche Reader is intended for youth of all ages, the reader addresses issues of environmental justice and strategies for sustainability while highlighting the grassroots organizing work being done in Native communities across the country. The first issue of the Makoche Reader explores non-renewable and renewable energy as it impacts Navajo, Hopi, Western Shoshone, Ojibwe and other Native communities. From the Penobscot River in Maine to the Copper River Delta in Alaska, the second issue discusses water contamination and consumption. The third issue engages youth in discussions of traditional agriculture, sacred foods, genetic engineering, and the idea that food is medicine.  Click here to order newsprint copies of the Makoche Reader. E-mail Becky Bodonyi at bbinfo@honorearth.org for bulk orders for Native classrooms, libraries and resource centers.

Issue # 1 Energy (In Adobe Acrobat format)

Issue # 2 Water (In Adobe Acrobat format)

Issue # 3 Agriculture (In Adobe Acrobat format)