<p><em>In this week’s episode water protector Joye Braun (Indigenous Environmental Network) co-hosts the podcast, sharing her thoughts as a NoDAPL founding organizer on “losing” the struggle to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline. We explore the value of centering spirituality, “lighting fires” along the way, and deepening our understanding of the meaning of “successful.”</em></p>

"Failing Serendipity"

What if one of the most effective ways to save our battered and feverish planet lies in our failure to be able to do so? 

“Failing to Save the Earth,” is a revolutionary dual-tool for frontline and fence line organizers who wish to achieve greater effectiveness by facing potential failures head-on. Forget the old concept of movement “wins'' or “losses,” this podcast and guide-booklet (coming soon!) are an invitation to rethink our relationship with the definition of failure when working to create social change. Learn from the L’eau Est La Vie resistance camp leadership and their epic, yet “unsuccessful,” campaign to stop the Bayou Bridge pipeline. Determine powerful leverage points within your struggle. Listen to veteran frontline water and land protectors, get inspired, and then prepare to follow the additional step-by-step printed guide-booklet (due to be released in Fall 2022). Learn how to design your own plan for artful and effective failing, and also find out the one way that you will most certainly fail when working to stop social and environmental injustices.

A must listen for anyone committed to saving the Earth!

Cherri Foytlin is an executive director for Movement Training Network, and founder of L'eau Est La Vie Resistance Camp and Ndn Bayou Food Forest in Deep South Louisiana. Join our mailing list! https://global.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=96ab610195ad24c962dd79be2&id=2dd3311286&fbclid=IwAR0iz5EC9xtsOpqHEaIT5pNz3pizg8yC62SfyqUWVne1jINK2hcKqjFayAU

“Failing Spirit”