{"id":1507,"date":"2023-07-28T05:50:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=1507"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T21:51:23","slug":"stand-as-tall-as-the-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/stand-as-tall-as-the-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand as Tall as the Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stand as Tall as the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest<\/em>
\nby Patricia Gualinga (Author), Laura Resau (Author), and Vanessa Jaramillo (Illustrator)
\n@ Amazon<\/a> | Bookshop<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Booktalk:<\/strong> Patricia (Paty) Gualinga grew up in her Kichwa village in the Amazon of Ecuador where mystical beings called Amazanga help protect the forest. Paty traveled away from home for school until she was called back–companies that said the government sold them property were destroying her people\u2019s lands to look for oil. The Kichwa community worked with other Indigenous groups to bring the Ecuadorian government to the Court of Human Rights. <\/p>\n

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Also available in Spanish as Con la cabeza en alto: C\u00f3mo una comunidad amaz\u00f3nica protegi\u00f3 la selva<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2023 Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stand as Tall as the Trees: How an Amazonian Community Protected the Rain Forest by Patricia Gualinga (Author), Laura Resau (Author), and Vanessa Jaramillo (Illustrator) @ Amazon | Bookshop Booktalk: Patricia (Paty) Gualinga grew up in her Kichwa village in the Amazon of Ecuador where mystical beings called Amazanga help protect the forest. Paty traveled … <\/p>\n

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