Janene Yazzie on Right Relationship, pt 2

<p><strong>Janene Yazzie</strong> is a Diné Asa Navajo entreprenuer, community organizer and human rights advocate who has worked on development and energy issues with Indigenous communities across the United States for over 12 years. In part two of this interview, Janene shares about rights-based solutions, community-led efforts to regeneratively care for Creation, ways the world religions are related and connected to Mother Earth and our non-human relatives, and offers some words of encouragement. Janene is interviewed by Vance Blackfox, guest editor for our Fall 2021 collection exploring the Native American sense of "Sacred Relationship" with Earth's other living creatures. </p><p><br><em>About Janene <br></em>Among her many <a href="https://sixth-world.com/about-us/#staff">accomplishments</a>, Janene Yazzie is co-founder/CEO of <a href="https://sixth-world.com/">Sixth-World Solutions</a> and a co-convener of the <a href="https://indigenouspeoples-sdg.org/index.php/english/">Indigenous Peoples Major Group</a> to the <a href="https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf">United Nations High Level Political Forum</a> on the <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals">2030 Sustainable Development Goals</a>. She works on climate change, water security, food security, energy development, and nation building. She is also a program manager for the <a href="https://www.iitc.org/">International Indian Treaty Council</a> and a co-founder of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LCRWCA/">Navajo Nation Little Colorado River Watershed Chapters Association</a>, where her work ranges from infrastructure policy-making to restoration and protection of traditional ecological knowledge. To learn more about Janene, visit <a href="https://sixth-world.com/">Sixth-World Solutions</a>. </p><p><em><br>Selected Quotes</em></p>“It’s not about luxury, it’s about responsibility.”<p>“Our challenges are so complex. Our histories are so complex, and our solutions need to mirror that. In order to protect and restore biodiversity our solutions