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April is Earth Month — but the planet does not need saving. It needs us to listen.This month, we center Indigenous voices at the frontline of ecological justice.
April’s Book Pick: We Will Not Be Saved by Nemonte Nenquimo & Leila Salazar-López
Genre: Memoir / Manifesto / Open letter
From: Waorani territory, Ecuador & the U.S. (Chicana activism)
About the book:
This is not a plea — it’s a powerful open letter to the Western world. In it, Waorani leader Nemonte Nenquimo calls out the colonial violence of extractivism, denounces the destruction of the Amazon, and urges a radical return to respect for land, life, and ancestral knowledge.
Part memoir, part spiritual call to action, it’s a fierce and deeply personal expression of love, rage, and refusal — co-written with environmental justice advocate Leila Salazar-López.
Why we chose it:
Earth Day isn’t complete without Indigenous leadership.
Nenquimo’s voice cuts through greenwashing and saviorism. She reminds us that the Amazon is not a resource to be protected by outsiders — it is a living home, already fiercely defended by its people.
Let’s talk about environmental justice through a decolonial lens — one that centers land-based, ancestral resistance and amplifies women on the frontlines.
Haven’t read the book? Come anyway!
FMV Book Club welcomes all. Join us for meaningful conversation—whether you’ve finished the book or not. Bring a friend!
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