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What is the famous native saying |
Live for the seventh generation |
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What is the poem |
Not until the last trees cut, not until the last fish is pulled from the river, not until the last breath of fresh air is polluted only then, will the white man realize that he cannot eat his money |
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What is the other famous natives saying |
We all walk upon the faces of the unborn |
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What is sustainable development |
It is an oxymoron because you can't do both |
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What is sustainability |
Do things in an environmentally friendly way, takes more time, money and energy Better, a step in the right direction |
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Sustained |
There is a limit to grow, resources are finite, imposes changes in your own behavior, be happy with what you have |
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What are the three natural cycles |
Sun and moon phases, animal migrations, seasons. We cannot remove ourselves from mother earth's natural cycles. All things, including us, are connected, whether we see it or not. |
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What are natural limits |
Mother earth imposes a natural checks and balances on all things including us, there are limits to growth |
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What are aboriginals sustainability concepts |
Mother earth as a life-giving force Loss of nature Life-sustaining elements of the world (air, earth, fire, water) Interrelationships and interconnectedness |
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Western medicine |
Focus on pathology and curing disease |
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Native American medicine |
Focus on health and human the person and community |
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Tabasco usage |
Allows us to communicate with the creator and the spirit world. Temper has offered to the creator and two other things |
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Sage usage |
Gives the gift of releasing negative energy and for cleansing |
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Cedar usage |
Used to purify like sweet grass and attracts positive energy. |
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Sweetgrass usage |
Has a calming effect. Seeing as the sacred hair of Mother Earth |
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Smudging |
To help center oneself. |
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Koyaanisquatsi |
A life out of balance |
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The domino effect |
"The climate change tipping point"
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The domino effect |
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