The Overstory Alliance is a community that empowers people to reconnect with the living world and defend the future of life.
Our Work
Pipeline Resistance
We work to support Indigenous-led efforts to resist the Line 3 tar sands oil pipeline in northern Minnesota through media, training, and action. We aim to make Line 3 the most expensive pipeline that never gets built.
Updates from the movement
Library Articles
We’ve written a cornucopia of articles about our world, its origins, its messy present, and the future it’s heading for. Designed for education, these articles tell our story, and why we fight for deep justice.
Articles from our library
10 minute read (1995 words) Decolonization is the process by which we right the genocidal wrongs of the past. So what does this process mean to the world, and to ourselves?
18 minute read (3647 words) How can we reclaim control, of the food system in times of turmoil? Food sovereignty may provide some hope, and relocalization provides the means.
13 minute read (2261 words) Regenerative agriculture is key to ecological restoration and creating a just food system.
10 minute read (1968 words) The centralized states of the present are unsustainable in the face of resource depletion. Looking ahead, community governance offers a promising alternative.
16 minute read (3569 words) Economic growth is not optional; under capitalism, it’s required for an economy to survive. How is growth embedded in our lives, and how might we change focus?
11 minute read (2292 words) What is education really for? Let’s discuss how we can mend the learning deficits of modern education and help those around us to do the same.
12 minute read (2325 words) The modern industrial world is killing the planet it depends on for survival; but in the process, it commits grave injustices upon its human denizens, too.
14 minute read (3074 words) As human society has grown ever-larger, organized, and inter-reliant, our collective behavior remains simplified and predictable. Enter: the “superorganism.”