“If we want to address the climate crisis, we have to heal our relationship with the land. And part of that looks like returning lands to indigenous people.”

Within the movement to solve the climate crisis, there is a generational divide. Established leaders are doggedly working within the system. But younger activists want FASTER progress — and deeper changes.

After all, young people will have to face the greatest effects of climate change. They feel the URGENCY — and thus often have some of the boldest, most innovative solutions.

For example: Van’s guest this week, Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, believes that we need to return land back to indigenous stewardship. Xiuhtezcatl is 22 years-old, and he has been an environmentalist and climate activist since he was a child. Xiuhtezcatl shares how his indigenous roots have shaped his activism. A rising star (a term he hates), he is popularizing ideas that may help redefine how we think of the climate crisis.

Get ready to go deep! This isn’t a surface debate about the Left versus Right. It’s a passionate discussion about the land itself — and what a new generation believes it will take for humanity to survive.

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