Beyond Extraction

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the French translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Spanish translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Portuguese translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

NEW! Our all-ages colouring book about extraction is now available in French, Spanish & Portuguese. You can find all versions of 'What It Takes' (with instructions on how to print!) on our website: www.beyondextraction.ca/what-it-takes #DisruptPDAC

A photo of several people on a rainy downtown street, with a large banner that says "We believe survivors of Canadian mining" in the background. Text above the photo says "Donate to Mining Injustice Solidarity Network's mining-impacted community fund. E-transfer (preferred) info@mininginjustice.org. Donate via paypal @misntoronto."

Text on a green backgound, with an image of an open pit mine behind. Text says "Recently, we've received many requests for funds from mining impacted communities. Canadian mining companies are ramping up efforts to push harmful mining projects through. To name a few, we have received requests from land defenders fighting Reconn Africa in Namibia, Central American Nickel in Guatemala and Sigma Lithium in Brazil. Donations to our impacted community fund go directly to support mining impacted communities globally and we are low on funds right now!."

Text says "Here in Canada, Bill 5 and Bill C-5 are working to expedite mining project and trample over Indigenous Treaty Rights. You can give directly to 8th fire rising, youth leading resistance, here: gofund.me/58e21753 We want to be able to support as many communities as possible. We are asking for donation for our impacted community fund so that we can continue to distribute funds to people on the front lines. E-transfer (Kill Bill 5) K_llb_ll5@proton.me"

Help MISN support land defenders! We are looking for donations to our impacted community fund to support mining impacted communities globally.

Underground mine where workers trapped was on BC fast-track list Three miners are trapped in an underground refuge station following a collapse. The Red Chris mine's underground section was on BC Premier David Eby's list of projects to fast-track under Bill 15.

The BC government considered "fast-tracking" the northern BC mine where three miners are currently trapped underground. Premier David Eby listed the mine’s underground expansion under Bill 15, the province's controversial new law to override regulations because of Trump's tariff war.

Great to see our own Caitlynn Beckett on this list!

It was MINING & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE week in my Canadian #envhist seminar today. Below is a short thread about what we read and watched ⛏️⚖️🧵

Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that. Battery recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.

Mining is an environmental and human rights nightmare. Battery recycling can ease that.

grist.org/energy/minin...

#Mining #Recycle #Batteries #Phones #Computers #HumanRights #Climate

Land Back: Indigenous Resistance from Coast to Coast hosted

Monday April 21st, 7:00 – 9:00pm EST via Zoom

Register here: tinyurl.com/surjtolandback

#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows

@biidaasamose.bsky.social

Lakota artist smudges the former gold mine inside the Black Hills When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty, he also sees a scar cut deep into the heart of the universe.

“You hear ‘land back’, and it means a lot of different things to different people,” he said. “It’s been interesting trying to reframe some of these conversations about stewardship and land rights and treaties.” apnews.com/article/azil...

Really looking forward to this.

As a counter-pedagogical intervention, 'What It Takes' seeks to promote critical energy literacy while disrupting the grip that Canadian mining has on culture and education. We are so grateful to the trusted allies who helped us translate this resource over the last year! #SayNoToMining

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the French translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Spanish translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

Front cover of the colouring book featuring a melting earth and the Portuguese translation for "What It Takes: an all-ages colouring book"

NEW! Our all-ages colouring book about extraction is now available in French, Spanish & Portuguese. You can find all versions of 'What It Takes' (with instructions on how to print!) on our website: www.beyondextraction.ca/what-it-takes #DisruptPDAC

Linear illustration of Toronto's landscape (colouring book style) with the following words in Spanish: "¿Lo sabías?: Toronto es la capital mundial de la minería. La mayoría de las empresas mineras en el mundo tienen oficinas en Canadá y casi el 60% cotiza en la Bolsa de Toronto (TSX, por sus siglas en inglés)."

DYK? Toronto is the global capital of mining - nearly 60% of mining companies are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)! Join @mininginjustice.bsky.social TODAY at TSX to protest the world's largest mining conference. Here's a sneak peek of what we have in store for PDAC this year. #DisruptPDAC

Toronto - see you this Sunday at the Toronto Stock Exchange to say "NO" to mining hegemony! #DisruptPDAC

A black and white photograph showing a crowd of people, with some holding megaphones is in the background. Text in the foreground says "Canadian mining kills, destroys, colonizes. Rally and March against mining violence. Ending at the world's biggest mining convention, PDAC. Sunday March 2. 1:00. Toronto Stock Exchange. 100 Adelaide St W. Info - mining injustice.org

From the bombs falling on Palestine to the theft of Indigenous land to the war profiteering in DRC—Canadian mining kills, destroys, colonizes.

Show up on March 2 to stand with frontline communities resisting Canadian mining & militarism to #DisruptPDAC.

mininginjustice.org/pdac2025

Pile of white colouring books on a table in a white-walled gallery space with various other media in the background

White table with various media in a white-walled gallery space with posters on the walls and white and beige light fixtures hanging

Peek our 'What It Takes' colouring book on display at the Environmental Design Gallery Space at @colorado.edu! We've got something fun in store for this project during #DisruptPDAC (March 2-5) - watch this space and follow @mininginjustice.bsky.social for info about the anti-mining rally in Toronto

Looking to join a dynamic team of people passionate about mining justice? MiningWatch is hiring a contract Communications Coordinator (mat leave)! Apply by March 3. More details --> bit.ly/MWC-Comms

Solidarity to Environmental and Human Rights Defenders in Ecuador

The convicted environmental defenders, along with thousands of other local residents, have resisted Canadian Curipamba-El Domo mining project for almost two decades
Open letter👉 shorturl.at/347h4

YouTube video by Rachel Carson Center Lunchtime Colloquium with Elijah Doro

Lunchtime Colloquium with Elijah Doro - @carsoncenter.bsky.social

“Toxic Narratives of the African Wasteocene: Gold Mining and Arsenic in Southern Rhodesia (Colonial Zimbabwe).”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc5U...

#envhist #mininghistory

Very pleased to announce the third online roundtable in the Minerals series is on 'Extraction and Forms of Representation', Monday 7 April 3-4:30pm (Dublin). Featuring a fantastic line-up: Adelene Buckland
Julia Ditter
@nathankhensley.bsky.social
Charlotte Rogers
imperialminerals.ie/events/miner...

Chinese forced labour and renewable supply chains: how big is the problem? - Land and Climate Review Bertie speaks to Professor Laura Murphy about international supply chains and forced labour in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region.

“The top mineral companies were participating in forced labour in the Uyghur region, and some are not only participating but are architects of the programme.”

@bertiehb.bsky.social interviews @rockdocgeoarch.bsky.social on supply chains in China.
From the archive: 22/5/23
www.landclimate.org/...

Canadian company Aris Mining wants to mine in this vital ecosystem, in a joint venture with Mubadala of the United Arab Emirates. We stand in solidarity with the Committee in urging the 🇨🇴govt to ensure their protection & call on 🇨🇦 embassy to abide by its Voices at Risk commitments to protect HREDs

MiningWatch is hiring! Join our small dynamic team as a grant writer! Deadline is Feb 28. More details --> miningwatch.ca/blog/2025/2/...

Text at top says "Call for Submissions!" Underneath is a mostly black and white drawn image with a few elements of colour, showing an open pit mine, a city being bombed by war planes and a factory with dark smoke coming out of smoke stacks. Underneath, text says "MISN invites you to share artwork or a shorter piece of accessible writing that helps us lay out connections between mining and militarism for our upcoming zine!"

MISN is creating a zine on mining and militarism. We invite you to share artwork or an accessible piece of writing that helps us lay out the connections between mining and militarism. We are accepting submissions on a rolling basis until March 14th, 2025. mininginjustice.org/campaigns/mi...

Sad to see the Coalition of Museums for Climate Justice (CMCJ) is on hiatus! This means Zannah Matson and I are looking for a new venue to publish our short article on countering mining hegemony through alternative pedagogies (which the CMCJ had previously shared as a blog post). Leads welcome! 🙏🏻

The Mining Injustice Solidarity Network (MISN) is putting together a zine to highlight the relationship between Canadian mining and militarism - submit your artwork or short writing piece by March 14th! mininginjustice.org/campaigns/mi...

Bison, not prison: Activists buy a prison site to rewild the land A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.

New for @gristnews.bsky.social :

A coal mine was the first to wreck the land. Now activists want to keep another extractive industry from taking root there: prisons.

grist.org/justice/biso...

Explorations of the links between architecture and resource extraction in this special issue, focused on Canadian examples

My latest, exploring how the promise and peril of Ontario’s critical mineral boom is playing out for the communities on the frontline. Miigwetch to Netmizaaggamig Nishnaabeg and Biigtigong Nishnaabeg for hosting us over the summer — these are some truly special places and people.

Mining at the Museum — Beyond Extraction

We hope you'll join us in reading and circulating these briliant articles and we invite you to revisit "Mining at the Museum" (2022), a multimedia web resource already featured in several university curricula! www.beyondextraction.ca/mining-at-th...