Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

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Hernandez also claims at one point that she cannot speak for all indigenous people, but that's kind of what she seems to do at multiple points in the book (e.g., claiming that all indigenous cultures respect nature and never exploit animals).

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Despite the undeniable 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, extractive capitalism, and delegitimization.You can wash and wipe the leaves. If not, just wipe the leaves using a clean cloth. If you hope to use them in the future, wash them at that time. I particularly loved how Hernandez interweaves her research and reflections with stories of her family (especially her father and grandmother) and interviews. There is a beautiful flow throughout this book and it is just incredibly rich with many layers. This book is great for every one interested in ecological justice, restoration (ot healing as Hernandez prefers) and the climate crisis (and shouldn't that be somehow all of us?). Westerners, [Dr. Hernandez] writes, fall short on including Indigenous people in environmental dialogues and deny them the social and economic resources necessary to recover from ‘land theft, cultural loss, and genocide’ and to prepare for the future effects of climate change.” An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. SN: You also write about how many non-Indigenous scientists practice helicopter research. How does this affect Indigenous communities?

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The rigid structure of the leaf will get soft and flexible while you are dipping the leaf in hot water. SANDY GRANDE, professor of political science and Native American and Indigenous studies, University of Connecticut Environmental scientist Jessica Hernandez is the author of Fresh Banana Leaves. Univ. of Washington Hernandez: [Conservation] professionals. People take actions once they start reflecting on how something that they uphold — like the field of conservation — can cause harm. i wanted to like this soo bad, but it was just so disorganized. i think i was expecting something similar to Braiding Sweetgrass, but that wasn’t really what this book wasInspiring and sobering, philosophically powerful and practically grounded, this book weaves together storytelling, razor sharp critiques of oppression, and liberatory pathways for how we can achieve transformation in solidarity. Dr. Hernandez offers the instructions so many environmental protectors and conservationists need toknow. This book delivers two important messages. Primarily, that Indigenous ways of learning and knowing differ from European-derived science, and that Indigenous science should be respected for its longevity, depth, adaptability, and place-specificity. Secondarily, that those who are most oppressed have the most to teach us, and the world has the most to gain in uplifting them. Or else, you can keep banana leaves in the sink and turn on the tap. The leaves will wash off faster under the running water. Hernandez: Somebody who still has their ancestral practices, their cultural traditions, their kinships with their people, whether they’re displaced or not, and are native to that region, or to that place that they can call home.