| Dear Friends,
At a moment when rising costs, intensifying disasters, and social and political instability are affecting all of our lives, there is something deeply hopeful about knowing that the solutions we need already exist.
Every day across Women’s Earth Alliance, we see women helping ensure families have food on the table and clean water in their homes, creating reliable income, protecting the ecosystems that sustain community life, and building practical solutions that strengthen the systems people rely on every day. The stories in this newsletter offer a glimpse of that work in action: women ecopreneurs growing sustainable businesses in Indonesia, beekeepers strengthening livelihoods in Kenya, communities building a center for learning and land stewardship in Mexico, and women farmers creating food and economic opportunity in Tanzania.
Together, these stories point to a truth we see again and again: when women have the resources to lead, communities are stronger, local economies are more resilient, and the benefits extend far beyond where they begin.
Yet despite results like these, women leaders continue to receive only a fraction of the funding and support directed toward solving the very challenges they are already addressing.
That is why we launched Rising Tides, Rising Women, the largest investment in women’s leadership in WEA’s history.
As June 30 approaches, we are in the final stretch of this campaign. Every gift made before the end of the month helps ensure that more women leaders have access to the funding, training, mentorship, and connections needed to expand what is already working.
Will you make a gift today to help bring these proven solutions to more communities?
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| For twenty years, WEA has provided wrap-around support for women leaders whose work strengthens communities, local economies, and the environmental systems we all depend on.
The opportunity before us now is to resource women’s leadership at the scale of its power.
In partnership,
Amira, Kahea and Melinda
Co-Executive Directors, Women’s Earth Alliance
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Your Support in Action: WEA’s Impact Around the World
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Film produced by: Bree Dietel.
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Behind every milestone from the past year is a woman leading change in her community. Our new 2025 Impact Video brings these stories to life, following women who led through wildfires, floods, funding crises, and other challenges while protecting their communities and the environments they depend on.
In the last year, WEA trained 6,100 women and girls in environmental solutions, restored and protected 12,724 hectares of land and marine ecosystems, and reached 1.83 million people with cleaner water, healthier food systems, sustainable livelihoods, and more. We invite you to watch and meet the women behind these results.
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Women Ecopreneurs Bring Sustainable Businesses
to Market in Bali
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WEA Women Ecopreneurs showcase their businesses and products at our Market Day in Bali.
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This spring, women from throughout Indonesia who are part of WEA's Women Ecopreneurs Lab gathered in Bali for our Market Day, showcasing businesses rooted in environmental stewardship, from naturally dyed textiles and upcycled crafts to locally grown chili sauces and banana fiber products. For many, it was the first opportunity to connect with customers, buyers, and partners who can help turn promising ideas into thriving businesses.
This event demonstrated how women are creating economic opportunities that strengthen communities while caring for the environment. Through mentorship, business development, and hands-on learning, participants are building enterprises that generate income, create new possibilities for their families and communities, and help bring their products to a wider market.
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Women Beekeepers Are Growing More Than Honey
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WEA Leaders grow their skills in apiary management and honey harvesting.
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In western Kenya, WEA Program Lead Women in Water and Resource Conservation (WWANC) and Bees Abroad supported participants to build hands-on skills in apiary management and honey harvesting.
To date, 64 of the program's 73 installed hives have been successfully colonized, and this season's harvest produced 21.4 liters of honey. As women expand their beekeeping enterprises, they’re creating new opportunities for income while supporting healthy pollinator populations, biodiversity, and stronger local food systems.
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The Power of Tequio: Building the Escuelita de la Tierra Together
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Community members in Mexico gather at the Escuelita de la Tierra to care for the land, this community space, and the vision it holds for the future.
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In many Indigenous communities across Mexico, tequio is an ancestral practice that brings people together to care for what belongs to everyone: the land, community spaces, and the future. That spirit is helping shape the Escuelita de la Tierra, a learning space built by WEA Program Lead Mujeres de la Tierra, Mujeres de la Periferia.
Community members recently gathered at the Escuelita to make adobe bricks by hand and plant maguey and native trees, contributing to a space where knowledge, stewardship, and responsibility can be shared across generations.
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Growing Food, Income, and Opportunity in Tanzania
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WEA Leaders harvest fresh produce from a community farm to grow food security, nutrition and income for their families and beyond.
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In Bukoba, Tanzania, women are cultivating more than tomatoes and cabbage. Every four months, they harvest fresh produce from a community farm for their families and a nearby weekly market, creating new opportunities for both nutrition and income.
This work is led locally by WEA Program Lead Bukoba Women’s Empowerment Association (BUWEA). The farm also serves as an environmental learning center, where women gain practical skills in sustainable agriculture and conservation before applying that knowledge in their own homes and communities. What begins in the soil becomes nourishment, income, and opportunity that reaches far beyond the field.
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| Purpose-driven Partnerships
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Building Community with Veronica Beard +
Laird and Good Company
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This season, WEA gathered with partners and supporters who are helping build WEA’s momentum. Through the Veronica Beard Gives Back program, fashion brand Veronica Beard supported WEA through storytelling, in-store events across the U.S., a Lunch & Learn with WEA's Co-Executive Directors, and direct support for WEA's work.
WEA was also honored to join friends and supporters in New York City for a community gathering hosted by WEA partner and creative agency, Laird and Good Company.
We are grateful to both partners for helping connect more people to the power and possibility of women's leadership.
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Awe Inspired celebrates WEA’s 20th Anniversary
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WEA Team members wear a necklace from Awe Inspired's Terra Futura collection at the Women's Earth Alliance 20th Anniversary Spring Benefit in May.
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To mark WEA's 20th anniversary, jewelry brand Awe Inspired launched the Terra Futura collection, inspired by a deep connection to nature. Through a portion of proceeds from select styles, the collection supports WEA's work and helps advance women-led environmental solutions around the world.
The partnership reflects a shared commitment to investing in a future where communities and the natural world can thrive together.
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Welcome to our Newest Business Partners
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| Our Global Alliance in Action
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- WEA is at London Climate Action Week, joining partners L'Oréal Paris and 1% for the Planet to highlight how women-led solutions are strengthening communities and ecosystems around the world.
- Congratulations to WEA Leader and Leadership Board Member Farwiza Farhan and the HAkA Foundation on receiving the Whitley Gold Award, recognizing their leadership in protecting the Leuser rainforest ecosystem and the vital watersheds it sustains.
- From women divers monitoring marine ecosystems to building a thriving national network, our latest blog explores how Sirenas de México is strengthening women's leadership in ocean stewardship across Mexico.
- In our latest Medium article, WEA's Africa Program Manager Teresa Muthoni reflects on the Skoll World Forum and why grassroots leadership remains essential to creating lasting change.
- Blue Revolution, working alongside and in support of WEA, recently launched Otter Planet, a new game designed to inspire water stewardship and deepen connections to freshwater ecosystems.
- In a recent VB Edit feature, Veronica Beard spotlighted WEA's Black Girls Green Futures program, highlighting how young women in South Los Angeles are gaining skills, mentorship, and opportunities to become the next generation of environmental leaders.
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