Ancestral wisdom, modern technology in the hands of Indigenous women and girls.
At a time when independent media and frontline land and water protections are under attack, our Eyes in the Sky Initiative distributes drones, hosts media trainings, and raises funds for frontline Indigenous women and girls leading the way.
Indigenous Women at the Frontlines. Bearers of Life. Fierce Protectors of the Sacred.
Indigenous Women at the Frontlines. Bearers of Life. Fierce Protectors of the Sacred.
THE Reality
Indigenous women and girls carry the brunt of land extraction, violence that is perpetrated both against the land and their bodies.
Indigenous women are leading transformative movements and cultural defense.
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Indigenous women have spearheaded major campaigns and communications initiatives as storytellers and leaders, giving birth to a vision of communications collectives, leading women-led Indigenous guards for territorial protection, and founded organizations that strive to bring forward their agency in telling stories in their own voice and protecting culture and life ways that live in reciprocity with all living beings.
Ancestral wisdom and modern tools shape solutions for protecting their territories.
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Ancestral wisdom has since time immemorial connected them to the magnitude of their territories in all its beauty and complexity, including mapping of the impact of mega projects– bringing solutions that have yet to be adopted by local governments and global decision making spaces. Technology has since been key to their efforts and advocacy.
Women are redefining emerging technologies for land defense and storytelling.
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Historically new technologies have been in the hands of few, mainly conceived as tools that lay in the hands of men. The usage of drones can be democratized as we share knowledge with a gendered lens and replicate those experiences in vast territories. By centering women in this role, we can inspire a new generation of storytellers who have the capacity to use this technology to strengthen their ancestral ways of territorial defense, mapping, and memory keeping.
Strengthening local media skills safeguards community voices under repression.
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In times of high repression against independent and free media, it is essential to continue supporting the training of new leaderships and skills that allow autonomy in documentation and reduce barriers to sharing sensitive and important content for communities in their own voices.
Strong communities, healthy biomes water are intrinsically linked.
Collective Solutions
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Direct Support for Indigenous Solutions
Ongoing support and direct funding for Indigenous women and girls to fund their solutions and responses to threats in their territories.
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Growing Skills and Collective Storytelling
Inspire women and girls to continue to grow in their skills as storytellers and Earth protectors in a collective way, who then can replicate skillshares and knowledge for strengthening their agency and organized defense.
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A Network of Women Drone Storytellers
Nurture and connect a network of female drone users within Indigenous-led media / communications collectives to amplify stories across different biomes and nations.
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Collective Power Across Territories
Build power with women and girls from multiple territories, come together to celebrate and strengthen a collective vision of what is possible.
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Expanding Access and Leadership
Reduce the barriers to sustained leadership and access to technology, training, and decision making power in local and global stages.
Meet our Partners
In October/November Seeding Sovereignty's Co-Diretor was invited to join a historic Indigenous delegation that traveled from the Ecuadorian Andes to Belém, Brazil by river. After nearly a month and more than 3,000 kilometers traveled, the Yaku Mama Amazon Flotilla carried a unified call from Amazonian and allied territories to COP30: having a seat at the negotiating table, demanding protection for defenders, ending extractivism on Indigenous lands, and uplifting the role of Indigenous women as life protectors.
We journeyed with 60+ leaders from Latin America and Indonesia, meeting with dozens of riverine communities in Ecuador, Perú, Colombia, and Brazil. Along the way, we gathered stories of resistance and renewal — witnessing the frontlines of oil drilling, illegal mining, and deforestation, while amplifying community-led solutions rooted in ancestral knowledge and ecological stewardship. This voyage reimagines the colonial route of conquest as one of connection, resistance, and climate justice: a movement carrying the heart of the forest directly to the negotiating tables of COP30.
Building Collective Power
Across Territories
FEPIPA
Federação dos Povos Indígenas do Estado do Pará, Brazil: delivered to Concita Sompré, President of FEPIPA
@noveniusun
Noveni Usun, Dayak Bahau from Indonesia.
Copal AA La Esperanza
franja transversal del norte en la Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Collective/Organization: refugee community in Guatemala
Instituto Makarapy
Aldeia São José território Krikati, Brazil. @institutomakarapy
NAWE
Pastaza / Napo / Orellana, Ecuador Amazon. Delivered to the youth Communications delegate to train other youth.
ORPIO
Organización Regional de Pueblos Indígenas del Oriente: Regional Organization of Indigenous Peoples of the East of Peru.
ANMIGA
Coalition of Indigenous Women from all biomes in Brazil guaranteeing the rights and lives of Indigenous people.
Legado Gaia
Xananine Calvillo, Indigenous climate justice organizer from the Ngiwa peoples in Puebla, Mexico.
Our journey confirmed the commitment of young people and women to want to learn, develop and share skills for territorial defense. They have concreted initiatives on the ground and a 10K Seed Grant per community can go a long way! We want to give as many grants as we can. Will you join us?
Seed Grants
Now that these initial trainings have taken place and drone kits delivered, local leaders need financial support to scale their frontline water and land defense work. The majority of local collectives and leaders are dealing with day to day threats and have a commitment to protect the most biodiverse places on Earth. They need our support to resource their capacity and remove barriers to scale their work and access to resources to travel through vast territories and new technology that accompany their ancestral ways of documentation and response. Your support would directly invest in their leadership and technology needed.
$50
Supports Internet Access
$150
Supports Drones Accessories
$200
Supports Travel and Lodging
$400
Supports Stipends
$750
Gifts 1 Drone
$1,000
Supports Trainings
In the news
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Yuturi Warmi - Indigenous Women-Led Solutions to a Just Transition
The Ecuadorian Amazon serves as an essential carbon sink and biodiversity hotspot, as well as an ancestral home for many Indigenous Peoples. Yet, it continues to face the threat of illegal mining, which leads to deforestation, ecosystem damage, and harm to the livelihoods of Indigenous Peoples.
Source: Greengrants
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Indigenous women are journeying 3,000 km by river to COP30
From the Napo River in Ecuador, dozens of Indigenous leaders have set off on a 3,000-kilometer river journey to COP30 in Belém, Brazil. Known as the Yaku Mama Flotilla, the convoy unites communities across Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil to demand an end to fossil fuel expansion in the Amazon and to secure Indigenous leadership in global climate decisions.
Source: feminist
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Ecuador’s Constitution Was the First to Protect the Rights of Nature. Now That’s at Risk
On Nov. 16, voters will head to the polls to decide on a constitutional referendum that, if approved, would dissolve the current constitution—paving the way for the potential erosion of the fundamental rights it established for nature and Indigenous communities. If voters approve the referendum, it would open the door for Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa to rewrite the constitution; it’s unclear what any potential revisions might look like.
source: Time.com
