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Harmonized Perspectives - CDKN Global

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that coexist in the universe. This imbalance, resulting from the order that mankind has accomplished atits convenience, has generated disharmony in various spheres of the life of living beings 19 .The process of adaptation to the climatic change is a human reaction upon seeing how destructive thecurrent model of industrial development has been for the planet and Mother Earth. Indigenous peoplesof the world reject adaptation to climate change because they always, like peoples have not beenconsulted on the actions of large multinational companies, who have been the major cause of climatechange.Therefore, continue with this logic of development model, is to condemn humanity and other livingbeings to total extinction, is to watch Mother Earth agonizing, to know who is killing it and not act;(Camey, Donato) "is to recognize that we are also dying and not seek solutions or take action to save ourlives".Risk management is a practice of the indigenous peoples has been a occurring on a daily basis since itsbeginnings. Observation of the journey of time, the stars; interpretations of the messages of the clouds,air, water, animals, the sacred hills, of the movements of the body, messages received through dreams,into the sacred fire; are some examples that can be mentioned. Through them, predictions have beenpossible on the different manifestations of Mother Nature, which has prevented disaster in the humandimension; this is called living in connection and communication with other living beings 20 ."Risk Management is is to re take this vision of becoming one with your body and learn again to walk asbrothers and sisters, with profound respect for life, all animals are disappearing due to global warming,for every creature that will come after us, our proposal is to be heard, to bring together governmentpolicies from our point of view, not only taking into account the economic interests of enterprises, butalso the care through different and urgent measures because the pollution continues to advance, andthe damage we will be received by all" 21 .Preventive Actions for climate change and risk management from the knowledge and wisdom of theIndigenous PeoplesVivian Camacho, Quechua from Bolivia, indicates that "we as indigenous peoples should continue caringfor the natural seeds, seeds that guard life information so we can have good food, genetically modifiedorganisms are poison to life, they poison plants, soil, water with toxic agro used for its cultivation.Rediscovering and applying our ancestral forms of organic production in harmony with MotherEarth can once again regenerate the living tissue of the injured soil. In addition to respecting each cycleagain, welcoming the sun and the seasons with songs, music and rituals, as we have alwaysdone, because they hear us, they also grieve, and rejoice when we thank them. Mother Earth ishappy when we talk to her through our sacred fires, our ancestors celebrate that life is still sacred to ourpeople, so it is important to strengthen this endogenous wisdom of every place, of every culture thatknows what is life within life, energy within a larger field of energy. Permanently terminate the useof agro toxics because they contaminate the plants, fruits and vegetables we eat, as well as topoison and kill including underground aquifers, and kill the tiny species that in balance act on the skinof soil to create the required feeding circuitry between land and plants 22 , as well as pollution in humanbodies”.In the framework of the Climate Change, from the perspective of the indigenous peoples, it is claimedthat preventive actions can be taken, through the connection and communication with the universe.However, those who must urgently act, are the businesses and large industries and countries that haveso immoderately exploited the creation and universal formation; its economic logic is destroying lifebecause never before has humanity been as destructive as in the last hundred y ears since the modelof industrial development.19 Donato Camey self reflection. November 2010.20 Ibid. D. Camey. 2010.21 Vivian Camacho self reflection of Bolivian Indigenous woman. 2010.22 Ibid. Vivian Camacho. 2010.9

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