
Learning Native Wisdom
What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality
Gary Holthaus(Author)
The University Press of Kentucky
Published on 30. May 2008
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-8131-2487-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lexington
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
549 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8131-2487-2 (9780813124872)
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Gary Holthaus
Learning Native Wisdom
What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality
E-Book
06/2012
1st Edition
The University Press of Kentucky
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Gary Holthaus
Learning Native Wisdom
What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality
E-Book
04/2008
1st Edition
The University Press of Kentucky
€30.39
Available for download
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Gary Holthaus is the author of several books, including From the Farm to the Table: What All Americans Need to Know about Agriculture and Wide Skies: Finding a Home in the West.