Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Roots During Climate Displacement -- Jessica Hernandez, Paperback
Leading 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 Fresh Banana Leaves. Not every environmental problem is a result of climate change, but every environmental and climate change problem is a result of colonialism. Dr. 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. Growing Papaya Trees explores:
- Energy as a sociopolitical issue
- The interconnectedness of natural disasters, sociopolitical turmoil, and forced migration
- Our oceans, our forests, and our Indigenous futures
- Moving Indigenous science from mere acknowledgement into real action
- How to nourish Indigenous roots when displaced beyond borders
Author: Jessica Hernandez
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: 11/11/2025
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75 lbs
Size: 8.9" H x 6" L x 0.7" W
ISBN: 9798889840978
