This series, Voices from the Land, brings together opinion pieces led and written by Indigenous peoples from around the world. Through these commentaries, we share our lived realities and reflections on urgent issues shaping our time — environmental destruction, our relationship with nature, and systemic injustice. We write from the heart of our communities, where the impacts of these urgent crises are deeply felt, but also where solutions are rooted. Through this series, we speak from our territories, and ensure our truths are part of the global conversation. Indigenous women hold a profound understanding of the world as an interwoven web of relationships among people, land, water and all living beings. In many Indigenous worldviews, well-being is collective, and the health of one element sustains the health of all. This perspective defies dominant Western paradigms that often separate humans from nature. As the world rushes toward a new economic era shaped by the energy and digital transitions, Indigenous women are reminding humanity that no technological progress can substitute for a broken relationship with the Earth. Their voices and leadership are essential to envisioning a future that is not only low-carbon but truly life-affirming. Through this commentary, we take the opportunity to reflect on the intersection of Indigenous women and the ongoing energy and digital transitions, exploring what these shifts mean for Indigenous peoples, and especially for Indigenous women, in relation to their rights, livelihoods and cultural continuity. Across the globe, Indigenous women stand at the frontlines of the energy transition…This article was originally published on Mongabay

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