Indigenous Intelligence: Diverse Solutions for the 21st Century
Issue 250 • September/October 2008
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Welcome
Dance of Diversity • Satish Kumar
Let us celebrate and embrace the wisdom of traditional culture.
Context
Declaration of Dignity • Jerry Mander
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Cultural Vitality • Luisa Maffi
The concept of biocultural diversity.
Restoring Resilience • Gary J Martin
Maintaining diversity is an act of supreme collective intelligence.
Sacred Creation • Laura Rival
Reflecting on the pioneering work of Darrell Posey.
Quotes
Grandmothers and Grandfathers • Imelda Perley
"We are trying to save the knowledge…" • Bepkororoti Paiakan
"What is Life?…" • Chief Isapwo Muksika Crowfoot
Beauty Like Happiness, Occurs Frequently • Jorges Luis Borges
Keynotes
Development - Stations of Life • Hugh Brody
There is a profound connection between the loss of cultural diversity and extremes of inequality.
Interview
Faithkeeper • Barry Lopez
An interview with the wisdom-carrier Oren Lyons.
Biocultural Diversity
A Word of Difference • Maurice Carder
There is much in common between biological and linguistic diversity.
Defenders of Diversity • Ashish Kothari & Neema Pathak
Many of the world's most biodiverse areas remain so thanks to the sustaining lifestyles of Indigenous people.
Guides and Gatherers • Ken Wilson
A beautiful example of co-evolution between humans and birds.
Fate of the Forests • Ghillean Prance
Where there are Indigenous peoples, there are healthy, verdant forests.
Sites of Significance • Martin Palmer
Preservation of the Earth is a way of discovering meaning in our lives.
Beauty and the Beast • Janis B Alcorn
Conservation agencies must love the communities who live on the land they want to protect, as much as they love the land itself.
Lessons of the Birch • Nancy J Turner
Vital skills of resilience and adaptation are held within indigenous communities worldwide.
The Law of the Mother • Juan Mayr Maldonado
The time has come to value other cultures and respect the sanctity of life.
Exit Exploitation • Daniel Bellow
Exploring ways and means of sustaining diversity in a rapidly changing world.
Frontline
A Cup of Diversity • Selena Ahmed
Learning from the farmers of the forest tea-gardens.
Cultural Capital • Emil Friend
Stories and songs are backbones of community empowerment.
Horse Power • Emil Friend
When fossil power runs out we may have to return to horse power.
Seed Stewards • Emil Friend
Seeds harbour stories, histories and hopes.
Aboriginal Empowerment • Emil Friend
Saving endangered languages.
Food Traditions • Emil Friend
Celebrating native biodiverse foods in the African Rift Valley.
Undercurrents
Is The World Becoming Flat Again? • Nayantara Sahgal
Diversity of thoughts, speech, literature and the arts in under attack.
Tongues in Trees • Richard Mabey
Diversity is like language: it is alive and constantly changing.
Of Moulds and Men • Gary Paul Nabhan
Biodiversity is not just "out there" it is here, on our plates.
Surrounded by Solutions • Tewolde B. G. Egziabher
The answers to our ecological crisis lie in the bounty of Nature.
Regulars
Pioneers - Vanya Orr • James P Graham
Vanya Orr has dedicated her life to the service of tribes living in the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India.
Short Story - What Gets Lost • Gregory Norminton
Sometimes a story would be told over many nights.
The Long View - Daily Diminishing • Harry Eyres
The Tao Te Ching is a deeply ecological source of wisdom.
Deep Spirit - Your Many Selves • Thomas Moore
Recognise the diversity within yourself and you will begin to see it in others.
Recipes - Pumpkins • Daphne Lambert
The varieties of pumpkin are as diverse as the people who eat them.
Letters to the Editors - Earth Pilgrim
Members' Page • Tracey Benton
Resurgence Slow Sunday.
Reviews
Hegemony or Harmony? • Mark Dowie
Review of Conservation Refugees: A Conflict of Nature.
A Fresh Perspective • Christopher Lloyd
Review of What on Earth Happened? The Complete Story of the Planet, Life and People from the Big Bang to the Present Day.
From Immigrant to Citizen • Marco Visscher
Review of The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization.
Green is the new 'Red, White and Blue' • Peter Ainsworth
Review of A Contract with the Earth.
Web Exclusives
Article - Nature and Culture • Jules Pretty & Sarah Pilgrim
The importance of cultural protection is only just emerging.
Article - How Are We Doing? • David Rapport
Finding ways in which humans can live in harmony with Nature.
Article - Bioculturalism, Shamanism & Economics • Sian Sullivan
Bioculturalism not only connects Nature and culture, it also implies an animating relationship.
Article - Indigenous Integrity • Dennis Martinez
In the context of global warming, native wisdom and knowledge will be required to adapt to the changing environment.
Article - The Right to Choose • Patrick Cunningham
Indigenous cultures are not fossilised in time: they continue to evolve.
Article - People's Video • Nick Lunch
Preserving biocultural diversity through participatory video.
Article - Indigenous Research • Gary Martin
The Biocultural Diversity Learning Network.
Article - Beyond Words • Sophie Poklewski Koziell
Communicating with the Kalahari Bushmen through touch.
Review - The Future's in our Arms • Caroline Walker
Review of Child Honoring: How to Turn This World Around
Review - Spirit of Place • Mary Tasker
Review of Place-Based Education in the Global Age
Review - On the Trail of the Dalai Lama • Swati Chopra
Review of The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Review - Turn the Lights off for the Penguins • Rebecca Mørch
Review of Who Will Save Us?
Review - Re-route our Roots • Jenny Quillien
Review of Delight’s Muse: On Christopher Alexander’s The Nature of Order
Review - God of the Closing Gaps • David Gosling
Review of Science and the Indian Tradition: when Einstein met Tagore
Review - Books In Brief • Juliette Griffiths, Marian Van Eyk McCain, Lynn Batten & Richard St. George
Review of Books in Brief