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Wisdom From A Rainforest
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Author : Stuart A. Schlegel
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2015-03-15
Wisdom From A Rainforest written by Stuart A. Schlegel and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-15 with Social Science categories.
In the early sixties, Stuart Schlegel went into a remote rainforest on the Philippine island of Mindanao as an anthropologist in search of material. What he found was a group of people whose tolerant, gentle way of life would transform his own values and beliefs profoundly. Wisdom from a Rainforest is Schlegel's testament to his experience and to the Teduray people of Figel, from whom he learned such vital, lasting lessons. Schlegel's lively ethnography of the Teduray portrays how their behavior and traditions revolved around kindness and compassion for humans, animals, and the spirits sharing their worlds. Schlegel describes the Teduray's remarkable legal system and their strong story-telling tradition, their elaborate cosmology, and their ritual celebrations. At the same time, Schlegel recounts his own transformation—how his worldview as a member of an advanced, civilized society was shaken to the core by a so-called primitive people. He begins to realize how culturally determined his own values are and to see with great clarity how much the Teduray can teach him about gender equality, tolerance for difference, generosity, and cooperation. By turns funny, tender, and gripping, Wisdom from a Rainforest honors the Teduray's legacy and helps us see how much we can learn from a way of life so different from our own.
Wisdom From A Rainforest
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Author : Stuart A. Schlegel
language : en
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Release Date : 2003
Wisdom From A Rainforest written by Stuart A. Schlegel and has been published by University of Georgia Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Social Science categories.
In the early sixties, Stuart Schlegel went into a remote rainforest on the Philippine island of Mindanao as an anthropologist in search of material. What he found was a group of people whose tolerant, gentle way of life would transform his own values and beliefs profoundly. Wisdom from a Rainforest is Schlegel's testament to his experience and to the Teduray people of Figel, from whom he learned such vital, lasting lessons. Schlegel's lively ethnography of the Teduray portrays how their behavior and traditions revolved around kindness and compassion for humans, animals, and the spirits sharing their worlds. Schlegel describes the Teduray's remarkable legal system and their strong story-telling tradition, their elaborate cosmology, and their ritual celebrations. At the same time, Schlegel recounts his own transformation--how his worldview as a member of an advanced, civilized society was shaken to the core by a so-called primitive people. He begins to realize how culturally determined his own values are and to see with great clarity how much the Teduray can teach him about gender equality, tolerance for difference, generosity, and cooperation. By turns funny, tender, and gripping, Wisdom from a Rainforest honors the Teduray's legacy and helps us see how much we can learn from a way of life so different from our own.
A Leaf Of Honey And The Proverbs Of The Rainforest
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Author : Joseph Sheppherd
language : en
Publisher: Baha'i Pub. Trust
Release Date : 1988
A Leaf Of Honey And The Proverbs Of The Rainforest written by Joseph Sheppherd and has been published by Baha'i Pub. Trust this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Religion categories.
"In this sensitive presentation of Cameroonian Ntumu village life, Joseph Sheppherd affirms the tribesmen's right to maintain their distinctiveness and their own values. During his years in the jungle, he discovered that these tribesmen have something unique to offer the rest of mankind.... A Leaf of Honey is both a voyage of self-discovery and a journey into another society, a different reality, where daily life is informed by the wisdom of tradition and by the proverbs of the rain forest."--Survival International (Cover).
To Speak For The Trees
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Author : Diana Beresford-Kroeger
language : en
Publisher: Random House Canada
Release Date : 2019-09-24
To Speak For The Trees written by Diana Beresford-Kroeger and has been published by Random House Canada this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-24 with Nature categories.
Canadian botanist, biochemist and visionary Diana Beresford-Kroeger's startling insights into the hidden life of trees have already sparked a quiet revolution in how we understand our relationship to forests. Now, in a captivating account of how her life led her to these illuminating and crucial ideas, she shows us how forests can not only heal us but save the planet. When Diana Beresford-Kroeger--whose father was a member of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy and whose mother was an O'Donoghue, one of the stronghold families who carried on the ancient Celtic traditions--was orphaned as a child, she could have been sent to the Magdalene Laundries. Instead, the O'Donoghue elders, most of them scholars and freehold farmers in the Lisheens valley in County Cork, took her under their wing. Diana became the last ward under the Brehon Law. Over the course of three summers, she was taught the ways of the Celtic triad of mind, body and soul. This included the philosophy of healing, the laws of the trees, Brehon wisdom and the Ogham alphabet, all of it rooted in a vision of nature that saw trees and forests as fundamental to human survival and spirituality. Already a precociously gifted scholar, Diana found that her grounding in the ancient ways led her to fresh scientific concepts. Out of that huge and holistic vision have come the observations that put her at the forefront of her field: the discovery of mother trees at the heart of a forest; the fact that trees are a living library, have a chemical language and communicate in a quantum world; the major idea that trees heal living creatures through the aerosols they release and that they carry a great wealth of natural antibiotics and other healing substances; and, perhaps most significantly, that planting trees can actively regulate the atmosphere and the oceans, and even stabilize our climate. This book is not only the story of a remarkable scientist and her ideas, it harvests all of her powerful knowledge about why trees matter, and why trees are a viable, achievable solution to climate change. Diana eloquently shows us that if we can understand the intricate ways in which the health and welfare of every living creature is connected to the global forest, and strengthen those connections, we will still have time to mend the self-destructive ways that are leading to drastic fires, droughts and floods.
Rainforest Medicine
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Author : Jonathon Miller Weisberger
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2013-09-17
Rainforest Medicine written by Jonathon Miller Weisberger and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-17 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
Chronicling the practices, legends, and wisdom of the vanishing traditions of the upper Amazon, this book reveals the area's indigenous peoples' approach to living in harmony with the natural world. Rainforest Medicine features in-depth essays on plant-based medicine and indigenous science from four distinct Amazonian societies: deep forest and urban, lowland rainforest and mountain. The book is illustrated with unique botanical and cultural drawings by Secoya elder and traditional healer Agustin Payaguaje and horticulturalist Thomas Y. Wang as well as by the author himself. Payaguaje shares his sincere imaginal view into the spiritual life of the Secoya; plates of petroglyphs from the sacred valley of Cotundo relate to an ancient language, and other illustrations show traditional Secoya ayahuasca symbols and indigenous origin myths. Two color sections showcase photos of the plants and people of the region, and include plates of previously unpublished full-color paintings by Pablo Cesar Amaringo (1938-2009), an acclaimed Peruvian artist renowned for his intricate, colorful depictions of his visions from drinking the entheogenic plant brew, ayahuasca ("vine of the soul" in Quechua languages). Today the once-dense mysterious rainforest realms are under assault as the indiscriminate colonial frontier of resource extraction moves across the region; as the forest disappears, the traditional human legacy of sustainable utilization of this rich ecosystem is also being buried under modern realities. With over 20 years experience of ground-level environmental and cultural conservation, author Jonathon Miller Weisberger's commitment to preserving the fascinating, unfathomably precious relics of the indigenous legacy shines through. Chief among these treasures is the "shimmering" "golden" plant-medicine science of ayahuasca or yajé, a rainforest vine that was popularized in the 1950s by Western travelers such as William Burroughs and Alan Ginsberg. It has been sampled, reviled, and celebrated by outsiders ever since. Currently sought after by many in the industrialized West for its powerful psychotropic and life-transforming effects, this sacred brew is often imbibed by visitors to the upper Amazon and curious seekers in faraway venues, sometimes with little to no working knowledge of its principles and precepts. Perceiving that there is an evident need for in-depth information on ayahuasca if it is to be used beyond its traditional context for healing and spiritual illumination in the future, Miller Weisberger focuses on the fundamental knowledge and practices that guide the use of ayahuasca in indigenous cultures. Weaving first-person narrative with anthropological and ethnobotanical information, Rainforest Medicine aims to preserve both the record and ongoing reality of ayahuasca's unique tradition and, of course, the priceless forest that gave birth to these sacred vines. Featuring words from Amazonian shamans--the living torchbearers of these sophisticated spiritual practices--the book stands as testimony to this sacred plant medicine's power in shaping and healing individuals, communities, and nature alike.
Islands In The Rainforest
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Author : Stéphen Rostain
language : en
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Islands In The Rainforest written by Stéphen Rostain and has been published by Left Coast Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with History categories.
Covers the area between the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, the Cassiquiare Canal, and the Atlantic Ocean (Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, parts of Brazil, parts of Venezuela).
What We Learned In The Rainforest
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Author : Tachi Kiuchi
language : en
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Release Date : 2002-01-11
What We Learned In The Rainforest written by Tachi Kiuchi and has been published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-11 with Business & Economics categories.
With clear, direct language and dozens of real-world examples, the authors show how a company can become, like nature, a complex living system that doesn't merely balance competing interests but truly integrates them.
Rainforest Strategy
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Author : Michael Pink
language : en
Publisher: Charisma Media
Release Date : 2012-10-08
Rainforest Strategy written by Michael Pink and has been published by Charisma Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-08 with Business & Economics categories.
DIVLocked away in the world's rainforests are the most productive and fruitful ecosystems in the world. How they transform scarcity into abundance is what every entrepreneur and businessperson needs to know./div
Nowhere Else On Earth
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Author : Caitlyn Vernon
language : en
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Release Date : 2011-10-01
Nowhere Else On Earth written by Caitlyn Vernon and has been published by Orca Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
You don't have to live in the Great Bear Rainforest to benefit from its existence, but after you read Nowhere Else on Earth you might want to visit this magnificent part of the planet. Environmental activist Caitlyn Vernon guides young readers through a forest of information, sharing her personal stories, her knowledge and her concern for this beautiful place. Full of breathtaking photographs and suggestions for ways to preserve this unique ecosystem, Nowhere Else on Earth is a timely and inspiring reminder that we need to stand up for our wild places before they are gone. Visit http://www.greatbearrainforest.ca to find teacher and student resources, view the online photo gallery, or read a sample chapter from the book. To access the free teacher's guide for Nowhere Else on Earth, click here:http://orcabook.com/nowhereelseonearth/guides/teachersguide.pdf.
The Learning Rainforest
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Author : Tom Sherrington
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-02-10
The Learning Rainforest written by Tom Sherrington and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-10 with Education categories.
The Learning Rainforest is a guide to making teaching both effective and manageable. Tom Sherrington provides an accessible summary of key contemporary evidence-based ideas for the classroom and the debates that all teachers should be engaging in, buoyed by his 30 years as a teacher and school leader.