Fresh banana leaves : healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science /
Hernandez, Jessica, 1990-
Fresh banana leaves : healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science / Healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science Jessica Hernandez, PhD. - 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.
Indigenous teaching: nature protects you as long as you protect nature -- Ecocolonialism of indigenous landscapes -- Birth of Western conservation -- Indigenous science: indigenous stewardship and management of lands -- Ecowars: seeking environmental justice -- Tierra Madre: indigenous women & ecofeminism -- Ancestral foods: cooking with fresh banana leaves -- Indigenizing conservation: healing indigenous landscapes. Introduction --
An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why Western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, historical overviews, and stories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. Despite the fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse. And while holistic land, water, and forest management practices born from millennia of Indigenous knowledge systems have much to teach all of us, Indigenous science has long been ignored, otherized, or perceived as "soft" -- the product of a systematic, centuries-long campaign of racism, colonialism, and extractive capitalism. Jessica Hernandez--a Maya Ch'orti' and Zapotec environmental scientist and founder of environmental agency Piña Soul--introduces and contextualizes Indigenous environmental knowledge and proposes a vision of land stewardship that heals rather than displaces, that generates rather than destroys. She breaks down the failures of Western-defined conservationism and shares alternatives, citing the restoration work of urban Indigenous people in Seattle; her family's fight against eco-terrorism in Latin America; and holistic land management approaches of Indigenous groups across the continent. If we're to recover the health of our planet--for everyone--we need to stop the eco-colonialism ravaging Indigenous lands and restore our relationships with Earth to one of harmony and respect. --
1623176050 9781623176051
2021027787
GBC1K0388 bnb
020408376 Uk
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Ethnoecology.
Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.
Women and the environment--Latin America.
Indian women--Agriculture--Latin America.
Environmentalism--Social aspects--Latin America.
Environmental protection--Latin America.
Human ecology--Latin America.
Ecofeminism--Latin America.
GE195.9 / .H47 2022 GE195.9.H47 / F74 2022 GN476.7 / .H47 2022
Fresh banana leaves : healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science / Healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science Jessica Hernandez, PhD. - 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.
Indigenous teaching: nature protects you as long as you protect nature -- Ecocolonialism of indigenous landscapes -- Birth of Western conservation -- Indigenous science: indigenous stewardship and management of lands -- Ecowars: seeking environmental justice -- Tierra Madre: indigenous women & ecofeminism -- Ancestral foods: cooking with fresh banana leaves -- Indigenizing conservation: healing indigenous landscapes. Introduction --
An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why Western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, historical overviews, and stories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. Despite the fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse. And while holistic land, water, and forest management practices born from millennia of Indigenous knowledge systems have much to teach all of us, Indigenous science has long been ignored, otherized, or perceived as "soft" -- the product of a systematic, centuries-long campaign of racism, colonialism, and extractive capitalism. Jessica Hernandez--a Maya Ch'orti' and Zapotec environmental scientist and founder of environmental agency Piña Soul--introduces and contextualizes Indigenous environmental knowledge and proposes a vision of land stewardship that heals rather than displaces, that generates rather than destroys. She breaks down the failures of Western-defined conservationism and shares alternatives, citing the restoration work of urban Indigenous people in Seattle; her family's fight against eco-terrorism in Latin America; and holistic land management approaches of Indigenous groups across the continent. If we're to recover the health of our planet--for everyone--we need to stop the eco-colonialism ravaging Indigenous lands and restore our relationships with Earth to one of harmony and respect. --
1623176050 9781623176051
2021027787
GBC1K0388 bnb
020408376 Uk
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Ethnoecology.
Indigenous peoples--Social life and customs.
Women and the environment--Latin America.
Indian women--Agriculture--Latin America.
Environmentalism--Social aspects--Latin America.
Environmental protection--Latin America.
Human ecology--Latin America.
Ecofeminism--Latin America.
GE195.9 / .H47 2022 GE195.9.H47 / F74 2022 GN476.7 / .H47 2022