Why Including Indigenous People Is Vital to Solving Climate Change
Summary: The article, written by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, a representative for the African Indigenous Peoples Committee, explains a somewhat intuitive idea: that the people who spend the most time with nature have an extraordinary insight into it. She writes that a more accepted inclusion of indigenous people into the climate change conversation would be beneficial. Indigenous people would be able to provide a rawer perspective based on their understandings of the balance of nature (as their lives, without many modern conveniences, are controlled by the temper of Earth).
Response: I agree with Ibrahim on a basic level. I think indigenous people reflect a sort of essential level of humanity. Without pressures and constraints imposed by modern society, there must certainly be some wisdom (at least in the form of a change in vantage point on the issue) that would prove to be beneficial. I also think that a more widespread inclusion of indigenous people into the conversations surrounding environmental issues would raise attention to the struggles that those people face.
https://time.com/5686184/indigenous-lesson-climate-change/
Response: I agree with Ibrahim on a basic level. I think indigenous people reflect a sort of essential level of humanity. Without pressures and constraints imposed by modern society, there must certainly be some wisdom (at least in the form of a change in vantage point on the issue) that would prove to be beneficial. I also think that a more widespread inclusion of indigenous people into the conversations surrounding environmental issues would raise attention to the struggles that those people face.
https://time.com/5686184/indigenous-lesson-climate-change/
The author I feel does a good job of providing reasoning for her argument on the inclusion of native peoples but I feel that a good sum of her reasoning is through the lens that it would be beneficial more to native communities rather than the overall benefit of a world majority. This is not meant to disregard her argument for I feel that the natives would be helpful in discussion but it should also be considered that all people share their needs.
ReplyDeleteWhile i agree with some parts of your argument, i question it since i am not sure how well the indigenous people understand this topic on a global scale.
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way. What I found myself thinking after reading the article, was that indigenous people have a sort of essential way of viewing climate change, and the inclusion of that perspective into mainstream conversations could prove to be beneficial. Naturally, I would assume that their ideas on the global scale may not be very encompassing, but the alternative viewpoint could be helpful for all of humanity.
DeleteI wholeheartedly agree with your statement, but I worry that global warming is currently too centered around politics for prejudiced groups to approach advice from minority groups. The common argument against climate change is usually from the same perspective of those who discriminate against racial and ethnic minorities and I worry that these groups can not overlook their prejudice in order to make change. How do you think we can combat, if not solve, this problem?
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