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Category Archives: Ethnobotany
eLearning | Native Roots, Greener Futures: Walking the Kálhaculture Way (free course)
Now live! Native Roots, Greener Futures: Walking the Kálhaculture Way. Our course is free for teens, their families and educators. Learn about climate change, indigenous wisdom and how to become an activist scholar in your community. If you are a parent or … Continue reading
Posted in Community facilities, eBook & eJournal, Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, eLearning, Ethnobotany, Health and nutrition, Networking, Organizations, Revival of traditions, Storytelling, Tips, Tribal culture worldwide, Tribal identity
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eBook | Reviving native ecology as to restore the wealth of the people: Cultural continuity for the twenty-first century – Kerala
Places like Kerala where there were numerous sacred groves and related culture, are ecologically disturbed now due to ill conceived developments chartered out by those who did not have any knowledge or concern about nature/ecology. Modernists could not understand the … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Colonial policies, Community facilities, Customs, eBook & eJournal, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Ethnobotany, Globalization, Health and nutrition, History, Literature and bibliographies, Modernity, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Sacred grove, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Tagore and rural culture, Trees, Tribal culture worldwide, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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“Native science” in food systems: A wide range of tribal processes of perceiving, thinking, acting, and ‘coming to know’’
Read the full paper by Sam Grey & Raj Patel with References here >> […] An intimate, long-term relationship with traditional territories also gives rise to Indigenous systems of governance, social organization, and science. Philosopher Gregory Cajete refers to this … Continue reading
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