TY - BOOK ID - 77873406 TI - Learning native wisdom PY - 2008 SN - 0813141494 0813135281 0813141486 0813172942 9780813172941 9780813141480 9780813135281 0813124875 9780813124872 9780813141084 0813141087 PB - Lexington, Ky. University Press of Kentucky DB - UniCat KW - Indians of North America. KW - Sustainable living. KW - Environmental ethics. KW - Ecological living KW - Green living KW - Living, Sustainable KW - Alternative lifestyles KW - Environmentalism KW - Green movement KW - American aborigines KW - American Indians KW - First Nations (North America) KW - Indians of North America KW - Indians of the United States KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Native Americans KW - North American Indians KW - Environmental quality KW - Human ecology KW - Ethics KW - Culture KW - Ethnology KW - Moral and ethical aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77873406 AB - From the Publisher: 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 depletion, loss of water, loss of topsoil, and species die-off of proportions that exceed those of the past 65 million years. In Learning Native Wisdom, Holthaus shows that any path to sustainability includes elements of both subsistence and spirituality. The book offers a way to confront potential perils and create a better future. ER -