Our fifth genus includes the Dragons of Perceived Risk: functional, temporal, financial, social, and physical. These dragons are at the root of all fears – steering our decisions in a continuous assessment of risk versus reward.
When it comes to climate change, the risks are global, but distributed unequally. In this chapter, we explore what physical risk can mean to the people dedicated to the health of the planet, as we follow one woman’s journey to becoming a force of nature.
Visit futureecologies.net/dragons to learn more about the Dragons of Inaction (including their names, descriptions, and phylogeny).
You can hear all of Scales of Change on its own dedicated podcast feed.
Guests: Robert Gifford, Sarah Sax, and Gloria Ushigua
Special Thanks: Carolina Loza León and Claudia Cuesta
See also: How Indigenous Women Fought Oil Drilling In The Amazon — And Won (Bustle Magazine), and Gloria’s letter to the Chinese Embassy
Music: Loam Zoku, IKSRE, Blear Moon, Nokakayara, Krackatoa, 3eese, Erez Sussman, and Lloyd Richards
Other Recordings: Sarah Sax, Cheeseheadburger, Innominatus, InspectorJ, tim.kahn
Citations:
BBC News (2018, September 8) Chevron wins Ecuador rainforest 'oil dumping' case. BBC News.
Koenig, K, Mazabanda, C. (2019, November 7) Historic Victory in the Fight for Indigenous Rights and to End Amazon Crude. Amazon Watch.
Lin, S (2017, Aug 7) The Sápara Nation vs. the Slimy Oil Mungia. Intercontinental Cry.
Loki, R (2019, April 12) Indigenous peoples go to court to save the Amazon from oil company greed. Salon.
North, J (2020, March 31) How a Human Rights Lawyer Went From Hero to House Arrest. The Nation.
Salazar-López, L. (2013, October 25) Amazonian Indigenous Women Mobilize for Life. Amazon Watch.
Sax, S. (2019, July 2) For Ecuador’s Sápara, saving the forest means saving their language. Mongabay.