Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability (New Directions in Sustainability and Society)

This Book Examines The Importance Of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (tek) And How It Can Provide Models For A Time-tested Form Of Sustainability Needed In The World Today. The Essays, Written By A Team Of Scholars From Diverse Disciplinary Backgrounds, Explore Tek Through Compelling Cases Of Environmental Sustainability From Multiple Tribal And Geographic Locations In North America And Beyond. Addressing The Philosophical Issues Concerning Indigenous And Ecological Knowledge Production And Maintenance, They Focus On How Environmental Values And Ethics Are Applied To The Uses Of Land. Grounded In An Understanding Of The Profound Relationship Between Biological And Cultural Diversity, This Book Defines, Interrogates, And Problematizes, The Many Definitions Of Traditional Ecological Knowledge And Sustainability. It Includes A Holistic And Broad Disciplinary Approach To Sustainability, Including Language, Art, And Ceremony, As Critical Ways To Maintain Healthy Human-environment Relations. Edited By Melissa K. Nelson And Dan Shilling. Text In English. Contents Editors and Contributors Preface Part I Introduction to Key Concepts and Questions 1 Introduction: The Soul of Sustainability 2 Native Science and Sustaining Indigenous Communities 3 Mishkos Kenomagwen, the Lessons of Grass: Restoring Reciprocity with the Good Green Earth 4 What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples? Part II Bedrock: Toward a Kincentric Ethic 5 Indigenous Sustainability: Language, Community Wholeness, and Solidarity 6 A Single Strand: The Nsyilxcin Speaking People’s Tmixw Knowledge as a Model for Sustaining a Life- Force Place 7 Toward a Philosophical Understanding of TEK and Ecofeminism 8 Wolves and Ravens, Science and Ethics: Traditional Ecological Knowledge Meets Long-Term Ecological Research Part III Extended Web: Land-Care Practices and Plant and Animal Relationships 9 Redefining Sustainability through Kincentric Ecology: Reclaiming Indigenous Lands, Knowledge, and Ethics 10 Indigenous Food Sovereignty in Canada 11 The Radiant Life with Animals Part IV Global and Legal Implications of Indigenous Sustainability 12 Home: Resistance, Resilience, and Innovation in Māori Economies of Well-Being 13 Indigenous Peoples and “Cultural Sustainability”: The Role of Law and Traditional Knowledge 14 Conclusion: Back in Our Tracks – Embodying Kinship as If the Future Mattered Index « This book examines the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and how it can provide models for a time-tested form of sustainability needed in the world today. The essays, written by a team of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, explore TEK through compelling cases of environmental sustainability from multiple tribal and geographic locations in North America and beyond. Addressing the philosophical issues concerning indigenous and ecological knowledge production and maintenance, they focus on how environmental values and ethics are applied to the uses of land. Grounded in an understanding of the profound relationship between biological and cultural diversity, this book defines, interrogates, and problematizes, the many definitions of traditional ecological knowledge and sustainability. It includes a holistic and broad disciplinary approach to sustainability, including language, art, and ceremony, as critical ways to maintain healthy human-environment relations. »--Quatrième de couverture "This book examines the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and how it can provide models for a time-tested form of sustainability needed in the world today. The essays, written by a team of scholars from diverse disciplinary backgrounds, explore TEK through compelling cases of environmental sustainability from multiple tribal and geographic locations in North America and beyond. Addressing the philosophical issues concerning indigenous and ecological knowledge production and maintenance, they focus on how environmental values and ethics are applied to the uses of land. Grounded in an understanding of the profound relationship between biological and cultural diversity, this book defines, interrogates, and problematizes, the many definitions of traditional ecological knowledge and sustainability. It includes a holistic and broad disciplinary approach to sustainability, including language, art, and ceremony, as critical ways to maintain healthy human-environment relations."-- Back cover This book is for anyone interested in Native American studies, environmental studies, and sustainability studies who wants to learn more about contemporary and historic examples of Indigenous peoples' ethical and practical relationship to land, place, and the environment.