Intersection between climate action and social justice - but in Spanish
February 5, 2022 3:22 PM Subscribe
After studying a little French with a charity last year, I've begun a refresher course in Spanish with the same charity (Language4Water). Since my level in Spanish is better, (A2/ false beginner) I'd love to immerse myself in YouTube video, podcasts or Audible audiobooks about taking personal action in the interesection between climate action and social justice. I don't know the keywords to search for nor the Latinx people who are thought leaders (to use a clumsy phrase) in this area. I'm turning to the green for wisdom and recommendations. Thanks in advance!
Basically what the question above asked, I would only add that I believe in the Findhorn phrase "work is love in action" and long term I want to have a blog or YouTube videos of my own, where I would write in English about some of the themes mainly being discussed in Spanish, for people where I live (Scotland) that might be missing out because they don't speak Spanish. I plan to invest in the course "Creating Findhorn Where You Are" to help me build the skills for this since I went there a couple of time with my Mum and sister when young and visited in recent years and am very much in tune with their values. Any recommendations for Spanish TED-style talks or podcasts or even just the keywords I should be searching for would be great. To get a feel for the way I want to get involved locally, here's the words from the Findhorn course blurb which spoke to me and drew me in :-
Is this online workshop for you?
If you’ve ever wanted to visit Findhorn, but haven’t found the time to go…
If you’ve visited in the past and wanted to re-experience the magic…
If you want to avoid the environmental impact of travelling…
If you want to live in harmony with nature…
If you want to learn deep inner listening…
If you want to express love in action through your work…
If you want to be surrounded by like-minded people and support each other through the year ahead…
… then yes, this online workshop may be for you!
Basically what the question above asked, I would only add that I believe in the Findhorn phrase "work is love in action" and long term I want to have a blog or YouTube videos of my own, where I would write in English about some of the themes mainly being discussed in Spanish, for people where I live (Scotland) that might be missing out because they don't speak Spanish. I plan to invest in the course "Creating Findhorn Where You Are" to help me build the skills for this since I went there a couple of time with my Mum and sister when young and visited in recent years and am very much in tune with their values. Any recommendations for Spanish TED-style talks or podcasts or even just the keywords I should be searching for would be great. To get a feel for the way I want to get involved locally, here's the words from the Findhorn course blurb which spoke to me and drew me in :-
Is this online workshop for you?
If you’ve ever wanted to visit Findhorn, but haven’t found the time to go…
If you’ve visited in the past and wanted to re-experience the magic…
If you want to avoid the environmental impact of travelling…
If you want to live in harmony with nature…
If you want to learn deep inner listening…
If you want to express love in action through your work…
If you want to be surrounded by like-minded people and support each other through the year ahead…
… then yes, this online workshop may be for you!
Best answer: I'll admit I'd never heard of Findhorn so don't know a huge amount about them (apart from what I've gleaned on a quick look at the website just now - interesting, thanks for sharing, am in Scotland and had never heard of it). Having listened to a lot of the Duolingo Spanish podcasts, I felt like quite af few of them come from a kind of social justice space. I still can't decide if these fit the brief - they're about people who have found practical ways of improving community rather than the spiritual, personal side mentioned by your course, and they're not about the theory of those things. But they maybe fit in that they're concrete examples of "work is love in action", in countries that aren't English-speaking, so FWIW here are a few episodes that might fit the bill, and you can browse the rest here.
Bicimáquinas - Carlos Marroquín has always been an inventor. But he wasn’t putting that talent to much use in his native Guatemala until he saw a rare sight on the road that stopped him in his tracks: bicycles. That turning point led Carlos to transform the lives of many farmers and towns through his bicycle-inspired inventions, or as he calls them, bicimáquinas.
Un hogar en tierra prohibida - When María Elena Paz moved to a plot of land on the outskirts of Mexico City, she was shocked to find no water, electricity, or roads. She and her neighbors weren't even supposed to live in the ecologically protected zone. But María Elena was ready to move mountains to show her community that the power to improve their living conditions was in their hands.
Un cocinero para la gente - After an impressive career of cooking in some of the world's best restaurants, Marco Quelca decided to dedicate his life to bringing gourmet cooking to lower income communities in his native Bolivia, pioneering a new kind of performance art: high-end street cooking.
El héroe de libros - In 2013, a Peruvian photographer visits his parents’ village and unexpectedly becomes dedicated to improving literacy in rural Peru.
posted by penguin pie at 5:12 AM on February 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
Bicimáquinas - Carlos Marroquín has always been an inventor. But he wasn’t putting that talent to much use in his native Guatemala until he saw a rare sight on the road that stopped him in his tracks: bicycles. That turning point led Carlos to transform the lives of many farmers and towns through his bicycle-inspired inventions, or as he calls them, bicimáquinas.
Un hogar en tierra prohibida - When María Elena Paz moved to a plot of land on the outskirts of Mexico City, she was shocked to find no water, electricity, or roads. She and her neighbors weren't even supposed to live in the ecologically protected zone. But María Elena was ready to move mountains to show her community that the power to improve their living conditions was in their hands.
Un cocinero para la gente - After an impressive career of cooking in some of the world's best restaurants, Marco Quelca decided to dedicate his life to bringing gourmet cooking to lower income communities in his native Bolivia, pioneering a new kind of performance art: high-end street cooking.
El héroe de libros - In 2013, a Peruvian photographer visits his parents’ village and unexpectedly becomes dedicated to improving literacy in rural Peru.
posted by penguin pie at 5:12 AM on February 6, 2022 [1 favorite]
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Sendra's a co-author of this:
‘Laboratorio Q’, Seville: creative production of collective spaces before and after austerity. Looks like another good launch point with many Spanish social/spatial projects
Sendra is based at UCL in London, and IMO is robust in humanizing built space and creating community, maybe he's a good place to starting browsing.
posted by unearthed at 10:17 PM on February 5, 2022 [4 favorites]