Sixth World Solutions

02/13/2024

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Hi All,

It's that time of the year again where invite yall out to our month long sustainable housing workshop from April 14- May 10 (including weekends)! We will be teaching principles of sustainable building with hands-on training and skillshare. Activities will include constructing an "air-crete" roof, mixing cobb, making glass bottle bricks, utilizing power tools while incorporating recycled materials for construction. Attached is a flyer with more information, feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested!

For more information email us at [email protected] or call/ text at (505)879-0524, also check out our page for updates https://www.facebook.com/SolarHogan

Supportive learning Environment!
BIPOC Led workshops

LGBTQ inclusive

https://justiceoutside.org/sustainable-housing-initiative-understanding-and-valuing-community-knowledge/

03/20/2023

LISTEN LIVE: Supreme Court hears cases over rights of Navajo Nation to water from Colorado River

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jDt_-QBRBog

02/27/2023

we spent the weekend with some community members from the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park helping to test water sources that are used to haul water from.

Some community members have to drive over 30 miles to access clean drinking water, so we are really happy to be working with Dr Tommy Rock, -FEWSS University of Arizona and Dine College to help test the safety of closer water sources!

11/03/2022

During the early phases of Covid-19, we spearheaded an initiative to provide water catchment systems to families across the reservation. We saw first hand the barriers families were dealing with trying to access clean drinking water.

Around that same time we learned about the Solar water filtration prototype the University of Arizona had been working on. We were able to learn about the systems, then build our own before deploying 4 across the reservation.

Since then, we have been working with those families, collecting their input and feedback to continue making a system that really works for our communities. As much as we care about "scalability", it's even more important to center the voices of the people most impacted by these technologies.

This summer we were at of Arizona continuing to build on our progress. We are really excited about future collaborations with Dine College and Northern Arizona University as we move forward!

"Access to clean drinking water is a Human Right"

09/15/2022

For almost two years now we have been working with University of Arizona and its Indige-FEWSS - Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security & Sovereignty program along with Warriors on off Grid water filtration systems for local Dine families to better access clean drinking water.

There are organizations that would rush these kinds of technologies out but we believe it's important to really establish connections with our community members, listen to their feedback and continue to grow... and that's what we have been doing!

We continue to make improvements that will better suit community needs and hope that one day access to clean drinking water in Indigenous communities is commonplace.

08/30/2022

Our last event from our 2022 Food Security Internship was faciliated by some amazing people!! (Karyn Denny, Gretchen Groenke, Jennifer Muskrat, Brandon Francis and Owl McCabe!!) learning about seed saving, harvesting crops, prepping corn for grinding and so much more! what a way to end the summer!
Fort Lewis College Indige-FEWSS - Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security & Sovereignty