I had the pleasure of listening in
on an interview that a few of our EarthScope Media interns conducted with David
Escobar, an aide to District 4’s Board of Supervisor, Steve Kinsey.
After being
interested in the environment through his great aunt teaching him
long-established ways of seeing our planet, Escobar has since become drawn into
working on proactive ways of being involved in the “green movement”. Holding an
indigenous perspective, he sees that the
new principles of the “green movement”
doesn’t necessarily always harmonize with the indigenous way of looking at the
world, which already connects one with the earth.
Escobar
explained that he is constantly bridging his indigenous background with the
environment through social equity and the environment. Escobar’s interests and
background allows him to tie everything into his work with his district. In
this way he is able to work with his knowledge of social justice and equity,
and addresses issues with people such as in the canal, and bridge his
indigenous values to pertain to the environment.
According
to Escobar, there is a misconception that if you are seen with an indigenous
background that you are automatically connected to the environment in the “green
movement”, but he pointed out that there is a large gap of environmental values
of natives in places like reservations, or Central America. There is
disconnection with these people and the environmental protection aspects of
their value systems that have gone astray over time. Escobar indicated that the
disconnect of some indigenous people overtime due to reasons over history and
many generations, makes it more important to get native people involved because
everyone needs to be connected to the earth for the use and appreciation of our
resources that will also affect the future of our planet.
To
learn more about David Escobar visit his blog at: http://davidescobarconsultancy.blogspot.com/?m=1.
-Natalie
Kokka
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