Co-Founder | Global Justice Ecology Project
Co-Founder & International Coordinator | Campaign to Stop GE Trees
Anne Petermann co-founded Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) in 2003 and serves as the International Coordinator of the Campaign to STOP GE Trees, which she also co-founded in 2004. She is also a founding Board Member of the Will Miller Social Justice Lecture Series. Listen to this 2025 podcast with Anne Petermann. It is an intimate conversation with her on the challenges and rewards of nonprofit work.
Experience & Activism
- Involved in movements for Forest Protection and Indigenous Rights since 1991.
- Active in the International and National Climate Justice movements since 2004.
- Co-founded the Eastern North American Resource Center of the Native Forest Network in 1993.
- Co-founded the original Stop GE Trees campaign in 2000.
Conferences & Groups
- Participated in the founding of the Durban Group for Climate Justice in 2004, Durban, South Africa.
- Helped establish Climate Justice Now! in 2007 at the UN Climate Conference in Bali, Indonesia.
Speaking & Writing
Anne has spoken and written extensively about the destructive social and ecological impacts of genetically engineered trees. Her focus includes:
- Impacts on indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities.
- Threat to forests and communities from use of GE trees to manufacture chemicals, plastics, textiles and engineered wood.
- Critique of socially and environmentally destructive “false solutions” to climate change.
She has presented at capacity-building trainings for Indigenous peoples across the world, and at numerous global conferences, including:
- UN Climate Summits
- UN Biodiversity Conferences
- UN Forum on Forests
- UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
Publications & Contributions
Anne is the author of several reports and numerous articles detailing the dangers of genetically engineered trees. She contributes to Earth Island Journal, Z Magazine, Counterpunch, Toward Freedom, and many others.
Honors & Awards
- Adopted as an honorary member of the Saint Francis-Sokoki band of the Abenaki in 1992 for her support of their struggle for state recognition.
- Received the Wild Nature Award for Activist of the Year in 2000.
