TY - BOOK ID - 80731613 TI - The River of Life AU - Marchand, Michael, AU - Cawston, Rodney AU - Gordon, John AU - Higher Education Press AU - Roads, Patricia AU - Sigurdardottir, Ragnhildur AU - Siscawati, Mia AU - Suntana, Asep AU - Tovey, John AU - Vogt, Kristiina AU - Vogt, Daniel PY - 2013 SN - 21966737 SN - 3110275880 9783110275889 311027583X 9783110275834 9783110275834 PB - Berlin Boston DB - UniCat KW - Indian philosophy KW - Indians of North America KW - Ethnoecology KW - Sustainable development KW - Sustainable living KW - Traditional ecological knowledge KW - Indigenous peoples KW - Human ecology KW - American aborigines KW - American Indians KW - First Nations (North America) KW - Indians of the United States KW - Native Americans KW - North American Indians KW - Indigenous ecological knowledge KW - Indigenous environmental knowledge KW - T.E.K. (Traditional ecological knowledge) KW - TEK (Traditional ecological knowledge) KW - Traditional environmental knowledge KW - Ethnoscience KW - Experiential learning KW - Biopiracy KW - Ecological living KW - Green living KW - Living, Sustainable KW - Alternative lifestyles KW - Environmentalism KW - Green movement KW - Development, Sustainable KW - Ecologically sustainable development KW - Economic development, Sustainable KW - Economic sustainability KW - ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) KW - Smart growth KW - Sustainable economic development KW - Economic development KW - Science. KW - Ecology KW - Culture KW - Ethnology KW - Philosophy KW - Environmental aspects KW - Aboriginal peoples KW - Aborigines KW - Adivasis KW - Indigenous populations KW - Native peoples KW - Native races KW - Ecosystem. KW - Environmental Policy. KW - Sustainability. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80731613 AB - Sustainability defines the need for any society to live within the constraints of the land's capacity to deliver all natural resources the society consumes. This book compares the general differences between Native Americans and western world view towards resources. It will provide the 'nuts and bolts' of a sustainability portfolio designed by indigenous peoples. This book introduces the ideas on how to link nature and society to make sustainable choices. To be sustainable, nature and its endowment needs to be linked to human behavior similar to the practices of indigenous peoples. The main go ER -