thegreatstory | Sustainability 101: Indigenuity Is Not Optional (Dowd) @thegreatstory | Uploaded October 2020 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
The third video in visually rich 3-part "Post-doom (Collapse & Adaptation) Primer": youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcAlqMeyeaW9IM0ePw8i9v8TP9yeZGeEo This video, "SUSTAINABILITY 101: INDIGENUITY IS NOT OPTIONAL" explores the fundamental differences between genuine sustainability and faux, or delusional, "sustainability". The three main sections deal with (A) The nature of symbolic language and why our name(s) for reality matters, as they determine how we will relate to our biophysical creator, sustainer, and end (B) the evolutionary (and ecological) purpose of myth and the religious necessity of science, and (C) an example of how any religious or philosophical tradition can become more pro-future by interpreting it's core elements in an ecocentric, or life-centered, way. SUGGESTION: Given the visually rich and multi-disciplinary nature of the information packed into these three programs, watching at normal speed (rather than skimming or merely listening), and doing so without multi-tasking, is advised.
CORRECTION: I misspoke from 16:25-16:36: I meant to say, "And notice the radical difference between *believing* in Gaia and *honoring* Gaia; between *worshipping* Poseidon and *respecting* Poseidon. There's a huge difference!"
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:10 Naming Reality Is Life or Death Issue
0:21:32 Sustainable = Faithful: Eco-Evo Purpose of Myth/Science
0:46:57 Unnatural vs. Undeniable: How Ecocentrism Transforms
OTHER EXCELLENT RESOURCES ON "INDIGENUITY" (in addition to those featured in the video)...
Gregory Cajete - Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence
amazon.com/Native-Science-Natural-Laws-Interdependence/dp/1574160419
Gregory Cajete - Indigenous Community: Rekindling the Teachings of the Seventh Fire
amazon.com/Indigenous-Community-Rekindling-Teachings-2015-09-01/dp/B019NE5WP6
M. Kat Anderson - Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources
amazon.com/Tending-Wild-Knowledge-Management-Californias/dp/0520280431
Melissa K. Nelson, ed. - Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future
amazon.com/Original-Instructions-Indigenous-Teachings-Sustainable/dp/1591430798
Ellen LaConte - Life Rules: Nature's Blueprint for Surviving Economic and Environmental Collapse
amazon.com/Life-Rules-Blueprint-Surviving-Environmental/dp/0865717265/603644473
Daniel Christian Wahl - Designing Regenerative Cultures
amazon.com/Designing-Regenerative-Cultures-Daniel-Christian/dp/1909470775
The third video in visually rich 3-part "Post-doom (Collapse & Adaptation) Primer": youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcAlqMeyeaW9IM0ePw8i9v8TP9yeZGeEo This video, "SUSTAINABILITY 101: INDIGENUITY IS NOT OPTIONAL" explores the fundamental differences between genuine sustainability and faux, or delusional, "sustainability". The three main sections deal with (A) The nature of symbolic language and why our name(s) for reality matters, as they determine how we will relate to our biophysical creator, sustainer, and end (B) the evolutionary (and ecological) purpose of myth and the religious necessity of science, and (C) an example of how any religious or philosophical tradition can become more pro-future by interpreting it's core elements in an ecocentric, or life-centered, way. SUGGESTION: Given the visually rich and multi-disciplinary nature of the information packed into these three programs, watching at normal speed (rather than skimming or merely listening), and doing so without multi-tasking, is advised.
CORRECTION: I misspoke from 16:25-16:36: I meant to say, "And notice the radical difference between *believing* in Gaia and *honoring* Gaia; between *worshipping* Poseidon and *respecting* Poseidon. There's a huge difference!"
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:10 Naming Reality Is Life or Death Issue
0:21:32 Sustainable = Faithful: Eco-Evo Purpose of Myth/Science
0:46:57 Unnatural vs. Undeniable: How Ecocentrism Transforms
OTHER EXCELLENT RESOURCES ON "INDIGENUITY" (in addition to those featured in the video)...
Gregory Cajete - Native Science: Natural Laws of Interdependence
amazon.com/Native-Science-Natural-Laws-Interdependence/dp/1574160419
Gregory Cajete - Indigenous Community: Rekindling the Teachings of the Seventh Fire
amazon.com/Indigenous-Community-Rekindling-Teachings-2015-09-01/dp/B019NE5WP6
M. Kat Anderson - Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources
amazon.com/Tending-Wild-Knowledge-Management-Californias/dp/0520280431
Melissa K. Nelson, ed. - Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future
amazon.com/Original-Instructions-Indigenous-Teachings-Sustainable/dp/1591430798
Ellen LaConte - Life Rules: Nature's Blueprint for Surviving Economic and Environmental Collapse
amazon.com/Life-Rules-Blueprint-Surviving-Environmental/dp/0865717265/603644473
Daniel Christian Wahl - Designing Regenerative Cultures
amazon.com/Designing-Regenerative-Cultures-Daniel-Christian/dp/1909470775
