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Learning native wisdom: what traditional cultures teach us about subsistence, sustainability, and spirituality

โœ Scribed by Holthaus, Gary H

Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Series
Culture of the land
Edition
Paperback ed
Category
Library
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โœฆ Synopsis

Many native North American cultures have origins that predate Confucius, who lived five hundred years before the birth of Christ. For generations the people of these traditions have thrived under conditions that many view as harsh if not hostile. Through their close association with nature, members of native communities have created complex systems for cooperating with one another and living within their environments. Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality explains how to nurture a society by closely observing the traditions of various native cultures. Author Gary Holthaus explores the need to live sustainably, in harmony with the land, in order to preserve our cultures, communities, and humankind itself. Holthaus asserts that all cultures are subsistence cultures: urban or rural, all humans depend on the land and its provisions for survival. Humankind faces a convergence of forces: climate change, oil...

โœฆ Subjects

Environmental ethics;Ganzheitliches Denken;Indians of North America;Indigenes Volk;Konfliktregelung;Nachhaltigkeit;Sustainable living;Weisheit;Weltbild

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