Rose Robitaille - Sustainability, Land Sovereignty & Indigenous Wisdom

Today we travel to Southern Italy to connect with Rose Robitaille, an independent researcher of sustainable agriculture and farmer. In this episode, Rose helps us explore the meaning of land sovereignty and ways to root - wherever you are. For nomadic globe trotters, expats, or us European-American settlers, this is vital. Rose helps us discover holes in our educations system, which have covered up our role in Indigenous Oppression for too long. Plus, the life-giving properties of biodiversity.
We cover topics like
- Rooting and rootlessness
- Diversity versus monoculture
- A surprising story about bananas
- A civil war you probably never learned about in school
- The wish of an elder leading ceremony at the sacred Lago Atlitan
This is a conversation on resilience, sustainability and homecoming through curiosity and human innovation. It’s a thread for everyone right now, especially those interested in living sustainably in community for the good of seven generations to come.
Rose Robitaille has a MA in food studies with a concentration on traditional food systems and biodiversity. 9 years of farming experience exploring low input agricultural methods and sustainable living. She spent the past 4 years working for the NGO Bioversity International in Rome researching the role of biodiversity and diversification of landscapes for climate resilience and nutrition. Taskforce member FAO Indigenous Food Systems Initiative in 2017/ 2018 where I was the lead coordinator of research with the Maya Ch'orti' in Guatemala.
PS: This is not meant to speak for Indigenous Groups, as members of individual tribes are the true experts. Rather, this is meant to help westerners especially in considering our role in climate change and the possibility for regeneration through adapting our food systems in ways indigenous peoples have been forced to through restriction of resources.
Bibliography
http://www.ncai.org/get-involved
https://resourcegeneration.org/land-reparations-indigenous-solidarity-action-guide/
https://www.narf.org/our-work/protection-tribal-natural-resources/
https://www.ienearth.org