On whose land do you live, work, and recreate? This map helps identify the history and present tense of the tribal nations of your region. It’s a great place to start learning how you can actively honor and support Indigenous sovereignty and reciprocity with land.

“People of the Global Majority in the Outdoors, Nature, and Environment (PGM ONE) envisions a world that centers, values, uplifts, and empowers those who are most impacted by environmental harm and climate change to lead the way toward environmental justice and collective liberation.”

A book by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. “Spanning more than four hundred years, this classic bottom-up peoples' history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative.”

An article featuring “three African American hikers [who] describe fears and stereotypes they have faced – and why they love hitting the trails.”

An article further exploring the historical roots of the adventure gap.

An anthology book featuring provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.

Team Naturaleza // A WA-based organization that’s “creating a space where the Hispanic/Latinx community can gather, learn about the environment bilingually, and gain a sense of belonging in the outdoors.” Elisa is the Project Director here.

Sustainable Wenatchee // A non-profit that promotes a culture of environmental stewardship and social sustainability in the Wenatchee Valley. Elisa is on the Board of Directors!

Brown Girls Climb // BGC is a social enterprise which strives to facilitate mentorship, provide access, uplift leadership, and celebrate representation in the outdoors and climbing for People of the Global Majority.

Edge Outdoors // “EDGE Outdoors is a powerful initiative created to address the invisibility of Black, Indigenous, Women of Color in snow sports.”

Verascapes // Organization working “to lift and support underrepresented people, especially from our BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities, by shifting people's perceptions about themselves, others, and the world around them through transformative outdoor education and experiences.”

Mama Glow // “Mama Glow is New York’s premiere maternity lifestyle brand committed to supporting women along the childbearing continuum.” Their offerings include doula support and doula immersion programs, as well as advocacy and education.

Black Farmers Collective // Organization with “mission to build a Black-led food system by developing a cooperative network of food system actors, acquiring and stewarding land, facilitating food system education, and creating space for Black liberation in healing and joy.”

Room One // “A multifaceted social service organization located in the Methow Valley, Okanogan County.”

Barnraising the Mountainview Homestead // The hub for information about Karen's permaculture flower farmette and house-building journey.

NCW Equity Alliance // Community-based Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) organization (currently fiscally-sponsored by Our Valley Our Future). Karen is the VP of the Board!

Washington Race, Equity, and Justice Initiative // “The Washington Race Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI) seeks to coordinate and grow a sustainable statewide community of legal and justice system partners and stakeholders who can work together to eradicate racially biased policies, practices, and systems.”

Indigenous Roots & Reparation Foundation // Mary is the founder & Chair of IRRF. Her whole life, Mary dreamt about a space for Indigenous Peoples to gather. Sparked from her second business, Wenatchi Wear, she began cultivating life-time relationships with likeminded people that are passionate about land preservation, cultural connections and healing.

“IRRF is an Indigenous-led nonprofit established in 2021 to preserve history, culture, traditions and language through education and advocacy. Our goal is to provide a space on ancestral homelands for members of all tribes to practice cultural traditions, ceremony, and fellowship.”

Books available on Wenatchi Wear & Evergreen Gift Shop // Books written by Native authors, including local books co-written by Mary’s uncle Randy Lewis.

Blog articles by Mary on: land acknowledgements; Allyship vs Exploitation; Hope, Honesty, Healing

Sierra Club // A nonprofit environmental organization that Michelle credits with having elevated her into a leader and environmental activist.

Washington Trails Association // Where Michelle has found most of her adventurous hiking trails in the state of Washington.

Recreation.gov // Apply for permits when required to hike, backpack, or camp.

Chilombo // The third studio album by American singer Jhené Aiko. This album is particularly inspiring because Jhené approached creating her music with deep intention for healing. She learned how different sounds and vowels are specifically tied to each chakra and with this, integrated the use of her sound bowls to invoke therapy and feeling within us. Sound therapy with singing bowls is an ancient form form of regeneration and allow for deep relaxation in both sides of the brain.

BIWOC* Rising // “BIWOC* Rising is an empowerment project for women*, transgender and non-binary people, who are facing intersectional discrimination.”

Healing Rhythms // Playlist of “ambient and percussion to move the body and heal the soul.”

Protect Guam Water // A note from Paige on this urgent current event: “There is an active petition to protect Guam's main source of water that is being threatened by an active military build up. The military is deforesting and developing massive firing ranges (think lead and other hazardous materials) over the aquifer that provides the island with 80% of its water. Protect Guam Water is an Indigenous and Youth-led community group, working to advocate and amplify the message of ‘Water is Life and we must protect it.’”

Masakåda Collective // Community-based Advocacy and Activism coalition for Diasporic CHamorus.

Prutehi Litekyan // Direct action group dedicated to the protection of Guåhan’s natural & cultural resources.

Climb Big // “At Climb Big, we’re interested in making rock climbing and the outdoors more accessible to fat folx. The barriers for plus size adventurers are huge, including a lack of representation and access, not to mention an incredibly limited selection of the gear and clothing that are necessary for safety in the outdoors.” This is Sam’s organization!

Raíces Verdes // Samara’s podcast and storytelling platform “dedicated to validating, archiving and sharing the experiences of racialized peoples reconnecting with their ‘green roots’.”

All My Relations // “A podcast hosted by Matika Wilbur (Swinomish and Tulalip) and Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation) to explore our relationships— relationships to land, to our creatural relatives, and to one another.”

Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science // A book by Jessica Hernandez, an Indigenous environmental scientist who “breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors.”

Whatcom CARE (Coalition for Anti-Racist Education) // An organization Teizeen co-founded in 2020 with a mission to support and advocate for actions that transform K-12 public schools in Whatcom County and empower the school community, such that schools are a space where values of anti-racism, equity, social justice, and inclusion are ingrained into the education system and classroom culture.

VAMOS Outdoors Project // Non profit based in Bellingham, focused on building connection to the land and access to the outdoors.

Hello, Nature // An 8-episode podcast series where host Misha Euceph (Pakistani American, Muslim) sets off on a road trip across America to tell a new story of our national parks.

shecolorsnature.com // Chelsea’s blog promoting representation in the outdoors.

Next (The Next Question) // Podcast engaging “leading voices on critical topics of racial justice in America.“

I'm Still Here // Book by Austin Channing Brown. “Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice, in stories that bear witness to the complexity of America's social fabric--from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations.”

Atmos // “Atmos is an exploration of climate and culture, a nonprofit biannual magazine and digital platform curated by a global ecosystem of artists, activists, and writers devoted to ecological and social justice, creative storytelling, and re-enchantment with the natural world.”

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies // In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem “gifts us a path forward with his call to action for all of us to recognize that racism is not only about the head, but about the body, and introduces an alternative view of what we can do to grow beyond our entrenched racialized divide.”

Braiding Sweetgrass // “Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, Robin Wall Kimmerer [presents] reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today,” and “circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.”

Melanin Base Camp // Organization promoting diversity in the outdoors through media, community, and representation.

Disabled Hikers // Organization with a vision for “an outdoors culture transformed by fair representation, accessibility, and justice for disabled and all other marginalized outdoors people.”

Queer Nature // Community organization for “countercolonial queer futurism, apocalyptic ecology, and interspecies & place-based relations.”

ReRooting // Sanjana’s upcoming personal project exploring climate action through the lens of Ayurveda, with the goal of revitalizing and rebalancing our human roots in nature, culture, & self in the age of the climate crisis.

Green Dreamer Podcast // Podcast by Kamea Chayne “dreaming up our paths to collective healing, biocultural revitalization, and true abundance & wellness for all.”

Pleasure Activism // Book by adrienne maree brown, who asks, “How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? adrienne maree brown finds the answer in something she calls "pleasure activism," a politics of healing and happiness that explodes the dour myth that changing the world is just another form of work.”