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What is the famous native saying

Live for the seventh generation

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

What is the other famous natives saying

We all walk upon the faces of the unborn

What is sustainable development

It is an oxymoron because you can't do both

What is sustainability

Do things in an environmentally friendly way, takes more time, money and energy


Better, a step in the right direction

Sustained

There is a limit to grow, resources are finite, imposes changes in your own behavior, be happy with what you have

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.

What are natural limits

Mother earth imposes a natural checks and balances on all things including us, there are limits to growth

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

Western medicine

Focus on pathology and curing disease

Native American medicine

Focus on health and human the person and community

Tabasco usage

Allows us to communicate with the creator and the spirit world.


Temper has offered to the creator and two other things

Sage usage

Gives the gift of releasing negative energy and for cleansing

Cedar usage

Used to purify like sweet grass and attracts positive energy.

Sweetgrass usage

Has a calming effect. Seeing as the sacred hair of Mother Earth

Smudging

To help center oneself.

Koyaanisquatsi

A life out of balance

The domino effect

"The climate change tipping point"


The domino effect

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