“The earth is a living body. Damaging certain places damages the whole body.”
Mama Pedro Juan (mah-mah pay-drough wahn), Kogi spiritual leader
“To us water is female. Mistreating a woman is mistreating water.”
Saga Narcisa (sah-gah nahr-see-sah), Kogi spiritual leader
“It should be a human right to know the meaning of mother earth.”
Leonor Zalabata (lay-oh-nor sahl-lah-bah-tah), Arhuaco leader
“We see the natural world as a living being with rights. The rights of the natural world—of the air, the water, the moon, the stars—always take precedence.”
Mamo Amado Villafaña (ah-mah-dough vee-yah-fahn-yah), Arhuaco spiritual leader