BELIEVE EARTH
« Je souhaite vous faire découvrir le beau mouvement international d’origine brésilienne « Believe Earth »,….qui m’a demandé d’être son ambassadrice en France… et pour lequel j’ai donné cette interview à propos de mon engagement auprès des peuples autochtones du Brésil et du rôle de ces peuples si important pour le Climat et la Planète.
(L’interview est disponible en anglais, portugais et espagnol. Une copie en anglais se trouve plus bas dans la page.
- Believe Earth a pour mission de faire converger les efforts mis en place dans le monde entier pour la création d’un futur durable, de les promouvoir et d’inciter chacun à s’engager pour œuvrer soi-même à la construction d’un futur meilleur.
- Il vise aussi à convaincre les moins convaincus et à leur donner envie d’œuvrer également dans ce sens, à opter pour des pratiques durables, respectueuses des ressources naturelles….
- Je vous encourage à lire les articles positifs postés sur sa page facebook qui mettent en valeur des initiatives positives et à partager ces posts. » Emilie Barrucand
LA TRES BELLE INTERVIEW DE BELIEVE EARTH
Early in life, French anthropologist Emilie Barrucand, 38, found out why she’d come into the world.
On her first visit to a Kayapó village, coordinated by indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire,she spent four months in the forest, in intense interaction with its inhabitants.This experience would define her way of seeing the world, her career, and her life.
With the Pareci, Barrucand, among other projects, supported the completion of a textbook written intheir native language, so that it, too, wouldn’t be forgotten.The NGO has also donated photo, audio and video equipment so that the Pareci could documentand protect their culture and traditions themselves.
When she is not in the villages, Emilie often shares her knowledge and stories with children elsewhere. “I try to awaken their self-confidence, so they can become actors in creating a more sustainable world,”she says.“
I like to say that it all started when I was their age.” Her dedication earned her the recognition ofthe Prêmio Consciência (Conscience Award) in 2008, for her commitment to indigenous peoples. They are, she points out, the guardians of the forest and deserve our respect.
Because of her experience collecting information and connecting people with such different realities, Emilie will be Believe.Earth’s ambassador in France.
She celebrates not only the fact that the future may be unbelievable, but that our movement was born in Brazil, her second, and, soon-to-be first home. In this conversation, she tells us more about her work, and the beauties and challenges ahead.
Believe.Earth (BE) – Why did you choose to work in the Amazon Rainforest?
Emilie Barrucand –
When I was a child, I admired the relationship these people had with nature, that combination of strength and serenity they express, their body paintings. I was moved by the problems they encountered, the deforestation that threatened them. Everything I could learn about them fueled my dream of meeting them. My commitment to them is a commitment to life itself. They became my friends.
They are admirable people of great wisdom, whom I love deeply.
BE – How are indigenous peoples important to our efforts to care for the planet? What can we learn from them ?
Emilie Barrucand :
The traditional territories of indigenous peoples occupy 24 percent of the Earth’s surface and protect 80 percent of the richest biodiversity in the world. In Brazil, indigenous peoples, such as the Pareci and Kayapó, protect the Amazon Rainforest, the world’s largest rainforest, on which the climate and our livelihood depend.
Traditionally, indigenous peoples use the forest’s resources without destroying it. They take only what they need, with all respect. Their sustainable resource management and wisdom can inspire us and help us reinvent our own relationship with nature and find solutions to the problems the world faces.
Their language and culture express the principles of this harmonious relationship and help protect the Amazon. It is important to support them so that they can continue protecting the forest and our planet as well as remaining happy within their culture.
They also live in solidarity : They share, exchange, and help one another. Among them, nobody dies of hunger or is abandoned. The elders are considered wise and are respected. These are values and wisdom that we should follow in order to build a better world, with more peace and equality.
BE – In your opinion, what are the greatest challenges facing the indigenous in Brazil at present?
Emilie Barrucand :
They are now facing a number of difficulties. Many amendments proposed by the current government would reduce their rights and take their lands back [like PEC 215, which proposes that land demarcation be the responsibility of the National Congress,and Marco Temporal (Land Act), an unconstitutional piece of legislation which would entitle indigenous peoples only to lands that were in their possession on October 5, 1988, the date that Brazil’s constitutionwent into effect, rewritten after the end of a long military dictatorship]. Indigenous peoples should be seen as important contributors to so-called “development”, to agriculture and to the economy. Too often, they are shut out.
He continued: “They want to possess more and more. Due to wealth, they even killother people, destroy the natural world that cares for them and gives them everything they need, they pollute the water they drink, as well as the water their children drink. They abandon their own children, because they can’t stop working because they want more money. They come back home late, without having time to take care of their children and wives, and give them love. When they have a car, they want a brand new one. They are never satisfied. Does this bring them happiness? They seem to have a mental illness. We are worried because it contaminates our children.”
Isn’t all this true? Within these communities, you notice the harmony that unites and connectseverybody with nature. So, who are the most advanced ? It is really us, the “whites” ? Following the logic of so-called “development”, we are becoming machines, with less and less controlover our emotions, over what we do, or, over the purpose of our lives. Perhaps our societies are technologically advanced, but on many other levels we are regressing without reaching the understanding and wisdom that these peoples have.
Barrucand, recording the interviews with Kayapó chief Jobaw and his wife, which would laterbecome part of the collection Kukradja 1 (Emilie Barrucand’s Personal Archive)
BE – How can nonindigenous people develop more empathy and respect for indigenous peoples to support them ?
Emilie Barrucand –
I think there needs to be more positive reportingabout these people in the media, especially in the mainstream media, presenting their beautiful values, wisdoms and traditions in a fair way, to reduce the prejudices many people have due to a lack of knowledge. This lack of knowledge about indigenous peoples comes, first, from the lack of correct and positive information about them.
More events should be organized in the cities, presenting the wisdom, the values that these peoples have, and that can inspire Brazilians and all of us to create a more humane, supportive and sustainable world. Indigenous leaders and elders should be invited to these events, in schools and in companies, togive lectures. In school, children should read textbooks about these people, learn from their teachers who they are, and about their lives, origins, and particularities. Those children will grow up to be adults who lack the prejudices of the past. This way, a relationship of respect and peace could be established.
BE – Have you ever suffered prejudice, in Brazil or abroad, as a foreigner working with Brazilian natives ?
Emilie Barrucand –
I have had some not very pleasant encounters during these 17 years of work. It’s normal! We can face jealousy, criticism or negative judgments anywhere in the world, regardless of our gender,origin and work. I recently had a meeting with a wise friend from Cambodia.
BE – Why did you want to join this movement to become Believe.Earth‘s ambassador in France?
Emilie Barrucand –
Believe.Earth is in full agreement with the values I follow. When I heard about the project, I feltmyself as a believer!
This is what I have been doing since my childhood: I dreamed, I thought and now I act.
The dream and the thought are the roots of the actions I accomplished.
BE – What makes you believe?
Emilie Barrucand –
I feel that my path is to act for the good of indigenous peoples and nature. When I am on this path, everything flows, and I feel much happiness and love. It is not just a temporary engagement, but a lifelong one. Every road has its obstacles, challenges overcome, and disappointments.
If some are missing, we must recreate them. Other very important qualities are stead fastness and detachment, if you are to get results from your actions.
Published on 05/04/2018
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