Melina Laboucan-Massimo is an advocate for climate justice and Indigenous rights . She is the founder of Sacred Earth Solar and co-founder of Indigenous Climate Action.  Laboucan-Massimo  is Lubicon Cree, from the community of Little Buffalo. Her studies at the University of Victoria focused on indigenous rights and responsibilities, media literacy and resource extraction. She holds a Master’s degree in Indigenous Governance from the University of Victoria and is a Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation. She brought her masters thesis to life with the installation of a 20.8-kilowatt solar installation that powers the health centre in her community of Little Buffalo. Career Melina holds a Master’s degree in Indigenous Governance from the University of Victoria with a focus on Renewable Energy . Cite URL She is the Co-Founder and Just Transition Director at Indigenous Climate Action, the Founder of Sacred Earth Solar and a Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation. Melina currently hosts the TV series Power to the People, where she profiles renewable energy, food security and eco-housing projects in Indigenous communities across Canada.%DIFDELCMD < {{%%% Cite URL She has worked for over a decade as a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada and the Indigenous Environmental Network. She currently serves on the boards of Seeding Sovereignty and NDN Collective as well as the executive steering committee of the Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise. Cite URL Category:Cree people Category:First Nations activists Category: Just Transition Category:Healing Justice Category:Climate justice Category:Living peo
Melina Laboucan-Massimo is a Greenpeace activist who advocates for indigenous rights and ecological well-being in Canada. Massimo is most known for her installation of a solar panel system in Little Buffalo called The Solar Project. Early life and education Melina Laboucan-Massimo was born in of northern Alberta, Canada in a small town named Peace River and was raised in a town 65 miles to the east of Peace River, called Little Buffalo. Massimo is Lubicon Cree, one of Canada’s First Nations tribes. Massimo was raised with traditional tribal customs, living off the land, hunting, using local plants as medicines, exploring local forests and swamps. Her studies at the University of Victoria focused on indigenous rights and responsibilities, media literacy and resource extraction. She holds a Master’s in Indigenous Governance from the University of Victoria and received an Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change Fellowship while studying. Her thesis consisted of the installation of a solar panel system in her community of Little Buffalo. Career Melina %DIFDELCMD < {{%%% Laboucan-Massimo has worked as an environmental activist with Greenpeace Canada since 2009. She spreads awareness in Canada as a Climate and Energy campaigner and also works with the Indigenous Environmental Network Internationally. In 2015, Laboucan-Massimo established the Pîtâpan Solar Project for her community of Little Buffalo. The Solar Project consisted of the installation of solar panels which provided 20.8 kilowatts of renewable energy to the community. Following mysterious death of her sister, Laboucan-Massimo also began working with Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada. She is one of the co-organizers of Tar Sands Healing Walk and is the Secretary of the environmental organization 350.org. Category:Cree people Category:First Nations activists Category: Writers from Alberta Category:Canadian women environmentalists Category:Canadian environmentalists Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living peo
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an advocate for climate justice and Indigenous rights . She is the founder of Sacred Earth Solar and co-founder of Indigenous Climate Action.
a Greenpeace activist who advocates for indigenous rights and ecological well-being in Canada. Massimo is most known for her installation of a solar panel system in Little Buffalo called The Solar Project.
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was born in of northern Alberta, Canada in a small town named Peace River and was raised in a town 65 miles to the east of Peace River, called Little Buffalo. Massimo
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from the community of Little Buffalo.
one of Canada’s First Nations tribes. Massimo was raised with traditional tribal customs, living off the land, hunting, using local plants as medicines, exploring local forests and swamps.
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is a Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation. She brought her masters thesis to life with
received an Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change Fellowship while studying. Her thesis consisted of
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holds a Master’s degree in Indigenous Governance from the University of Victoria with a focus on Renewable Energy .
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Cite URL She is the Co-Founder and Just Transition Director at Indigenous Climate Action, the Founder of Sacred Earth Solar and a Fellow at the David Suzuki Foundation. Melina currently hosts the TV series Power to the People, where she profiles renewable energy, food security and eco-housing projects in Indigenous communities across Canada.
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Cite URL She has worked for over a decade as a Climate and Energy Campaigner with Greenpeace Canada and the Indigenous Environmental Network. She currently serves on the boards of Seeding Sovereignty and NDN Collective as well as the executive steering committee of the Indigenous Clean Energy Social Enterprise.
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Laboucan-Massimo has worked as an environmental activist with Greenpeace Canada since 2009. She spreads awareness in Canada as a Climate and Energy campaigner and also works with the Indigenous Environmental Network Internationally. In 2015, Laboucan-Massimo established the Pîtâpan Solar Project for her community of Little Buffalo. The Solar Project consisted of the installation of solar panels which provided 20.8 kilowatts of renewable energy to the community. Following mysterious death of her sister, Laboucan-Massimo also began working with Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women in Canada. She is one of the co-organizers of Tar Sands Healing Walk and is the Secretary of the environmental organization 350.org.
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Just Transition Category:Healing Justice Category:Climate justice
Writers from Alberta Category:Canadian women environmentalists Category:Canadian environmentalists Category:Year of birth missing (living people)