Thank you for this review; I was telling my wife the other day that we have lost a lot of the Indigenous traditions that were one time common and known here in Canada. This applies, in particular, to good conservation and ecological practices, such as forest management. Although they hunted and fished, it was done in accordance to need and with respect for the non-human animal.
We Westerners could learn much from such older traditions. We could learn not to impose our will, as we are wont to do, on Nature and, moreover, to tread softly.
I was just thinking how the First Nation people probably figured out how to optimally be in and care for each other in community, which must also include the Earth...and there is your book! Funny how these things work out. :)
Stewardship of resources from Native Americans is a central theme of the book, but the authors go further into differing realms of knowledge. Some of it is quite fascinating.
Thank you for this review; I was telling my wife the other day that we have lost a lot of the Indigenous traditions that were one time common and known here in Canada. This applies, in particular, to good conservation and ecological practices, such as forest management. Although they hunted and fished, it was done in accordance to need and with respect for the non-human animal.
We Westerners could learn much from such older traditions. We could learn not to impose our will, as we are wont to do, on Nature and, moreover, to tread softly.
Hello Paul. Thank you sharing this book. I just added it to my reading list!
Mmerikani
I hope you like it. It is certainly a different take on the crisis we've created with our oceans.
I was just thinking how the First Nation people probably figured out how to optimally be in and care for each other in community, which must also include the Earth...and there is your book! Funny how these things work out. :)
Stewardship of resources from Native Americans is a central theme of the book, but the authors go further into differing realms of knowledge. Some of it is quite fascinating.