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José Gualinga Montalvo: ‘The jungle is a living, intelligent and conscious being’

The Sarayaku people of the Ecuadorian Amazon propose that human societies should be governed by the concept of 'Kawsak Sacha', or 'Living Forest', in order to change the destructive relationships that have led the planet to climate collapse.

01 | 16 | 2024

The Sarayaku people of the Ecuadorian Amazon propose that human societies should be governed by the concept of ‘Kawsak Sacha’, or ‘Living Forest’, in order to change the destructive relationships that have led the planet to climate collapse.

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