Areas of Focus
Food
Water
We approach “water” as a sacred element, not just a resource – sovereignty, water governance, water systems management, water quality monitoring, water filtration, water partnership development, water policy advocacy.
Sustainable Housing
Energy
Rights based approaches to renewable energy development, capacity building, facilitating partnerships and bringing different aspects of the energy question together, workforce development in renewable energy, building community capacity to manage decentralized systems. Renewable energy planning, centering indigenous knowledge, local forms of governance..
Featured Initiatives
Solar Water Filtration for reservation Communities
UArizona’s IndigeFEWSS and Sixth-World Solutions awarded $100K to deploy off-grid water systems for remote Navajo householdsMarch 1, 2021 By Love Foster-Malave A partnership between IndigeFEWSS and Sixth-World Solutions (SWS) has received a $100,000 grant from the...
Unicorn Riot
Unicorn Riot spoke to Janene Yazzie, a human rights advocate and local community activist from the Navajo Nation. The interview starts by reviewing a recent viral video showing Navajo communities members chasing off Sen. John McCain. https://vimeo.com/136793179
Thirst for Justice
Thirst for Justice: the struggle for the human right to water In the richest nation on earth, and wealthiest state in the nation, how can so many people lack access to safe affordable water for their basic human needs? Thirsty for Justice shares powerful stories of...
‘They say wash your hands but the nearest water source is 25 miles away’: America’s hidden virus victims
PHOTO CREDIT: Marsha Monestersky While Trump downplays the rates of Covid deaths, it’s indigenous Americans who are paying the heaviest price. Native Americans are dying at a rate five times that of their white counterparts, according to the US Centers for Disease...
Advisory Board
Janene Yazzie (Dine) is a community activist from the United States and co-founder and CEO of Sixth World Solutions which works with Dine’ (Navajo) communities to develop projects, programs and policies that promote sustainability, environmental justice, and...
Lupton once had a bar, motel and tire shop, ‘History Day’ reveals
LUPTON, Ariz. The Lupton History Day at Lupton Chapter House filled the room with stories of the Lupton community that have been forgotten — stories of days when the community was a thriving place along Route 66. Master of Ceremonies Kern Collymore encouraged the...