Traditional Ecological Knowledge : Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Preface -- Part I Introduction to Key Concepts and Questions -- 1 Introduction: The Soul of Sustainability -- Sustainability Is Big Business -- Not a New Idea -- The Fierce Green Fire and Sustainability -- Works Cited -- 2 Native Science and Sustaining Indigenous Communities -- What Is Native Science? -- Why Is Native Science Important? -- Community Is the Medium and the Message -- Native Science Evolves from Native Community -- Works Cited -- 3 Mishkos Kenomagwen, the Lessons of Grass: Restoring Reciprocity with the Good Green Earth -- Introduction -- Cultures of Gratitude Lead to Cultures of Reciprocity -- Prescriptions of Reciprocity: The Honorable Harvest -- Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass -- Restoration: A Contemporary Practice of Reciprocity -- Restoration of Knowledge: People of the Seventh Fire -- Plant Knowledge Revitalization -- Science Embedded in Indigenous Worldview: Beans Guided by Corn -- Squash: Creating the Climate for Wisdom to Grow -- Works Cited -- 4 What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples? -- Introduction: Indigenous Peoples, Planning, and Knowledges -- Supplemental Value and Indigenous Knowledges -- Indigenous Knowledges and Governance Value -- What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples? Supplemental Value and Governance Value -- Works Cited -- Part II Bedrock -- 5 Indigenous Sustainability: Language, Community Wholeness, and Solidarity -- Language and Origins: Land, Culture, Community, and Wholeness -- Land as Material and Spiritual Sustenance: Source of Indigenous Philosophy, Cultural Traditions, Religion... -- Hohokam-O'odham Continuity: An Indigenous Canal and Irrigation System - Past, Present, Future
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2018
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Authors: | Nelson, Melissa K. |
Other Persons: | Shilling, Daniel (contributor) |
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New York : Cambridge University Press |
Subject: | Lernen | Learning | Umweltökonomik | Environmental economics | USA | United States | Nachhaltige Entwicklung | Sustainable development | Lernende Organisation | Learning organization | Wissen | Knowledge | Indigene Völker | Indigenous peoples |
Description of contents: |
Provides an overview of Native American philosophies, practices, and case studies and demonstrates how Traditional Ecological Knowledge provides insights into the sustainability movement.
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Extent: | 1 online resource (292 pages) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
ISBN: | 978-1-108-60272-3 ; 978-1-108-42856-9 ; 978-1-108-42856-9 |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924131
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