Traditional Knowledge and Living Sustainably

Oowen sez: As different aggregations of the very elements making up our physical world, we are our environment, our environment is us. Just last night, I was talking with my friend Josh Short about a book, Tending The Wild, on the exact subject of the Convention of Biological Diversity's new report (below):

"The complex picture that emerges from this and other historical source material dispels the hunter-gatherer stereotype long perpetuated in anthropological and historical literature. We come to see California's indigenous people as active agents of environmental change and stewardship. Tending the Wild persuasively argues that this traditional ecological knowledge is essential if we are to successfully meet the challenge of living sustainably."  


Find out more:
CBD Technical Series 64: Recognizing and Supporting Territories and Areas Conserved by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities: Global overview and national case studies