{"product_id":"growing-papaya-trees-jessica-hernandez-9798889840978","title":"Growing Papaya Trees: Nurturing Indigenous Solutions for Climate Displacement","description":"\u003cb\u003eLeading Binniz? 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 \u003ci\u003eFresh Banana Leaves.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot every environmental problem is a result of climate change, \u003ci\u003ebut every environmental and climate change problem is a result of colonialism.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDr. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrowing Papaya Trees\u003c\/i\u003e explores: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnergy as a sociopolitical issue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe interconnectedness of natural disasters, sociopolitical turmoil, and forced migration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur oceans, our forests, and our Indigenous futures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoving Indigenous science from mere acknowledgement into real action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow to nourish Indigenous roots when displaced beyond borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Hernandez asks: \u003ci\u003ewhat does it mean to be Indigenous when we're separated from our lands? How do we nurture future generations knowing they, too, will have to live away from their ancestral places?\u003c\/i\u003e She illuminates that cultures are not lost, even amid genocide, turmoil, war, and climate displacement--and shows us how to be better kin to each other against the ecological violence, colonial oppression, and distorted status quo of the Global North.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jessica Hernandez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889840978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Jessica Hernandez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795624415487,"sku":"9798889840978","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aa42a7e7-fe7c-445f-a5fd-1509da1aafa8.jpg?v=1744948174","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/growing-papaya-trees-jessica-hernandez-9798889840978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}