Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are

“Earnest and comprehensive … a key resource.”
—Booklist

“To a world bereaving itself of kin and kindness, Maceo Carrillo Martinet offers the twin gifts of planetary and social healing. After holding his hand through beautiful and ancient wisdom, you will close this book feeling restored and restorative and ready to share it with everyone you know.”
—RAJ PATEL, author of Inflamed and Stuffed and Starved

“A luminous blueprint for repair. Rooted in Indigenous science and community practice, Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are shows how restoring water, earth, fire, and language can restore us, too—offering rigor, story, and hope in equal measure.”
—JESSICA HERNANDEZ, author of Fresh Banana Leaves and Growing Papaya Trees

“Healing the Land Teaches Us Who We Are presents profound teachings from the stories of many Indigenous efforts worldwide to restore ecological balance in their place. It is a must-read for anyone interested in work that will have a lasting impact in the places we call home. Indeed, it shows us how to become ‘good ancestors’ in relationship, respect, and responsibility to the places which we call home and give us life!”
—GREGORY A. CAJETE, PHD (Santa Clara Pueblo), former director of Native American Studies, University College and professor emeritus of language, literacy, and socio-cultural studies, College of Education, The University of New Mexico

“Humanity’s biggest crisis is the severing of our life-sustaining ties with the Earth and all its beings. We are dragging millions of species, including our own, toward a mass extinction. The world desperately needs healing. In this compelling book, replete with stories from across the world, Dr. Martinet tells us how this is linked to our own cultural and spiritual healing, and to regaining a sense of community. Martinet’s message is clear: Reconnect with and within nature, and with each other, learning especially from communities who have lived like this for generations. This is the only hope to stave off what is otherwise a certain, not-so-far-off, collapse of life on the planet.”
—ASHISH KOTHARI, environmentalist, facilitator at Global Tapestry of Alternatives, and coeditor of Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary

“Maceo Carrillo Martinet’s quest is to contemplate and understand indigeneity in the slowly reawakening consciousness of human re-integration with the natural world. It’s a complex topic. The dual extremes of racism and romanticism obfuscate the depth of Indigenous cultural knowledge. Martinet peeks sharply through the brush: much to learn, much to apply.”
—JOSE BARREIRO, Hatuey, Elder, Taino Nation, Smithsonian Scholar Emeritus

Dr. Maceo Carrillo Martinet is an award-winning restoration ecologist with over two decades of experience co-creating, implementing, and collaborating on community-based restoration and education projects.

Since 2008, Dr. Martinet has been part of the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, an initiative focused on assisting private landowners, Tribes, Cities, and Counties in enhancing and restoring ecological health and biodiversity. His work as a restoration ecologist and planner has spanned the U.S. Southwest and international locations. He has served on various advisory boards and study groups related to water conservation and environmental education, and he teaches a university course on watershed and community restoration.

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