A oütsü (traditional healer) holds the seeds of the waimaro tree, a nutritional and spiritual pillar for Wayuu communities, that no longer grows on their lands. Photo Credit: Maria Faciolince

A oütsü (traditional healer) holds the seeds of the waimaro tree, a nutritional and spiritual pillar for Wayuu communities, that no longer grows on their lands. Photo Credit: Maria Faciolince

“‘As we navigate our way through the Anthropocene, we need young writers’ voices more than ever. Clear, poetic and full of insight, Voskoboynik’s book offers an exhilarating introduction to our ecological crisis, what caused it, and how we can imagine a better future.’ ”
— Jason Hickel, anthropologist and author of The Divide
 

The Memory We Could be is a book about memory, ecology and our systemic crisis. Drawing on sources from anthropology to hydrology, botany to economics, agronomy to astrobiology, medicine to oceanography, physics to history, the work weaves a lyrical story of our relationship with nature.