Life shifts so unexpectedly that it is to difficult commit to one formulation of reality. At the
end, none of us will probably live long enough to know the truth about this multi universe
existence. Nevertheless, we can’t just settle to pass invisibly through this opportunity at
life. My experiences have led me to understand that there is few we take to the next life,
and because of that, my main goal is to leave the most resources for the generations to
come. That sounds pretty in writing, but when turned into action, reality hits you, like for
most of the texts analyzed for this paper. To understand my urges, you have to understand
first where I come from. Moreover, through my story I will try to relate the foundations of
our ancestors and the deep ecology approach, since I believe it as almost my destiny to be
an active agent in society. Although I do not consider myself faithful to anything but my
self, I have developed a profound relation with the way deep ecology and our ancestors
intertwine to try to illustrate the perception I have of the world.
My tale starts in a campsite in the most northern state in Colombia. In the semi dessert of
La Guajira, you will find the biggest open pit coalmine in the world, and the place I was
born and raised. Although settled in commodities, I had the privilege to live surrounded by
many tribes of the Wayuu, of one of the most conservative indigenous ethnicity of South
America. I was proudly an adoptive child of their land, and witnessed the reality of my
brothers. I never really valued those communities, until present times that I recognize that
with me lives on hundreds of years of knowledge and culture. The tradition that has been
passed down to me, serves as a motivation. Interestingly, after 18 years, I passed from
living in an almost utopic community surrounded by a fascinating culture, to a
chaos-consumed city called Bogota, the home of 8 million Colombians. The contrast
between my past and present wasn’t even in the same spectrum. Nonetheless, after
analyzing deep ecology, I understood the difficulties I had in the process of connecting my
past to my present. I had passed, from an almost egalitarian society to a complexly divided
cosmopolitan. Based on Naess formulations, I wasn’t taking very well the transition from a
non-anthropocentric culture to anthropocentric to a narcissistic community. Ironically, I
