At Standing Rock, native American protesters faced down the fossil fuel industry, turning off the tap on a vast oil pipeline. As Greens co-leader Marama Davidson explains, the infamous standoff in the Dakotas is just one example of the ways climate activists and indigenous peoples are finding common cause around the globe – including in New Zealand. Plus, she shares her hot tips for talking to children about climate change.

The One Hot Minute podcast is a companion series to Stuff’s One Hot Minute video series, in which climate-change changemakers are given just 60 seconds to deliver their big idea about climate change. Then in this podcast we dig deeper into that idea. To watch the videos, see www.stuff.co.nz/onehotminute. The series is part of Stuff’s Forever Project.

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