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It’s not unusual for children to leave home when they become adults: it is rarer, though, that they come back to invigorate the communities they grew up in with new ideas and services.

That, however, is exactly what is happening in indigenous territories throughout Indonesia. It is called “Homecoming”, although it is a far cry from the more familiar Western use of the term that involves high school sports events and prom dances.

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The global environmental crisis is intertwined with the crisis of social and economic inequality. From coal plants to palm oil plantations, economic activities that threaten the planet are concentrated in communities with less power and wealth. “You can’t have climate change without sacrifice zones,” writes Hop Hopkins, “and you can’t have sacrifice zones without disposable people.”1

Por: Michelle Soto 

En el extremo sureste de Costa Rica se levanta una cordillera aún revestida de verde, cuyas costuras están tejidas por el agua. Talamanca es el hogar de los bribris y los cabécares, dos de los ocho pueblos indígenas de esta nación centroamericana.

Allí fue donde Sibú, el dios creador en la mitología talamanqueña, ordenó el mundo. En un principio, lo que reinaba era la oscuridad, y la superficie no era más que una roca. Los dioses y animales espirituales yacían debajo de ella.