{"product_id":"growing-papaya-trees-nurturing-indigenous-roots-during-climate-displacement-9798889840978","title":"Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement","description":"\u003cb\u003eLeading Binnizá and Maya Ch'orti' scientist Jessica Hernandez, PhD, weaves together Indigenous knowledge, environmental science, and personal family stories in her highly anticipated follow-up to the LA Times best-seller \u003ci\u003eFresh Banana Leaves.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot every environmental problem is a result of climate change, \u003ci\u003ebut every environmental and climate change problem is a result of colonialism.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. Jessica Hernandez offers readers an Indigenous, Global-South lens on the climate crisis, delivering a compelling and urgent exploration of its causes--and its costs. She shares how the impacts of colonial climate catastrophe--from warming oceans to forced displacement of settler ontologies--can only be addressed at the root if we reorient toward Indigenous science and follow the lead of Indigenous peoples and communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrowing Papaya Trees\u003c\/i\u003e explores: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnergy as a sociopolitical issue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe interconnectedness of natural disasters, sociopolitical turmoil, and forced migration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur oceans, our forests, and our Indigenous futures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoving Indigenous science from mere acknowledgement into real action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to nourish Indigenous roots when displaced beyond borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Hernandez asks: \u003ci\u003ewhat does it mean to be Indigenous when we're separated from our lands? How do we nurture future generations knowing they, too, will have to live away from their ancestral places?\u003c\/i\u003e She illuminates that cultures are not lost, even amid genocide, turmoil, war, and climate displacement--and shows us how to be better kin to each other against the ecological violence, colonial oppression, and distorted status quo of the Global North.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-7173170\"\u003eJessica Hernandez\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889840978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC062000\"\u003eIndigenous Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI092000\"\u003eGlobal Warming \u0026amp; Climate Change\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC007000\"\u003eEmigration \u0026amp; Immigration\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJESSICA HERNANDEZ, Ph.D., is an Indigenous scholar, scientist, and community advocate based in the Pacific Northwest. She has an interdisciplinary academic background ranging from marine sciences to forestry. Her work is grounded on her Indigenous cultures and ways of knowing that are rooted from El Salvador (Maya Ch'orti') and Oaxaca, Mexico (Zapotec). She advocates for food, climate, and environmental justice through her scientific and community work and strongly believes that Indigenous sciences can heal our Indigenous lands. She was raised in South Central Los Angeles and in 2020, she became the first alum from her high school to receive and complete a doctoral degree. She is the founder of Pina Soul, SPC, an environmental consulting and artesanias hybrid business that promotes and supports environmental sustainability and conservation among Black and Indigenous communities.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46011855175855,"sku":"9798889840978","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_d73e3374-5fb9-4f7b-8633-476f2957a215.jpg?v=1761663047","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/es\/products\/growing-papaya-trees-nurturing-indigenous-roots-during-climate-displacement-9798889840978","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}