TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hernandez,Jessica
TI  - Fresh banana leaves: healing indigenous landscapes through indigenous science 
SN  - 1623176050
AV  - GE195.9 .H47 2022
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Huichin, unceded Ohlone land aka Berkeley, California
PB  - North Atlantic Books
KW  - Traditional ecological knowledge
KW  - Ethnoecology
KW  - Indigenous peoples
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Women and the environment
KW  - Latin America
KW  - Indian women
KW  - Agriculture
KW  - Environmentalism
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Environmental protection
KW  - Human ecology
KW  - Ecofeminism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index; Introduction --; 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
N2  - 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. --
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