Nemonte Nenquimo & Mitch Anderson: We Will Not Be Saved / We Will Be Jaguars

In this interview with Jeremy Gilley for Climate Action Live ‪@PeaceOneDay‬ the co-founders of Amazon Frontlines and Ceibo Alliance, Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch Anderson, speak about the vision and history of the partner organizations, the importance of communities in the Global North taking action in solidarity with the #amazonrainforest and the urgent stakes of a warming planet. As Nemonte explains, "We set up these organizations with a new model, with a mission unlike other organizations or NGOs who arrive in #Indigenous territories and come with a question: what do you need? We have a different approach, working with 4 nations, unifying and through our dreams asking: what can we dream? What do we want our territory to be like in the future? How do we want to take care of our children? How do we protect that space that our ancestors protected for thousands of years?" Nemonte and Mitch discuss the work of the organizations, from nourishing their own #education systems, to supporting Indigenous storytellers, to leading #Indigenousguards and patrols in their territories. They also challenge communities in the Global North to wake up, start listening deeply to the earth, and take relevant action. "There is #climatechange in the whole world, from the Amazon to the UK", Nemonte affirms. "But what are people doing? They are only listening; there is no action. As an Indigenous woman, I want to say that from communities here you can start taking decisions to not consume, to stop climate change. To protect the Earth, people have to do things from here. Building consciousness, not consuming, not polluting, and taking action. The first thing is healing. If communities keep consuming, that affects my territory. It affects my river, my earth, my wind, my culture and the animals. We have to start from here: harmonizing, organizing, speaking. Until communities [in the Global North] don't start taking action, respecting, there will be no peace. They are not listening to the weeping of Mother Earth. As elders say, the less they know, the more they cause harm. As Indigenous peoples, we know, and therefore we respect and take care." For more info, visit https://wewillnotbesaved.amazonfrontl... #indigenouspeoplesday