"Systemic inequality reduces sustainability and resilience.”
The content of this piece comes from Tyson Yunkaporta’s book Sand Talk. He invites us to see the world from the indigenous perspective rather than looking from our own perspective into the indigenous.
The aboriginal elders want this shared with the world.
Use the hand to remember the five minds. The little finger is the kinship mind. Nothing exists except in a relationship. The ring finger is the story mind because we all hold knowledge, and sharing is how we increase knowledge. The middle finger is a turnaround mind, from the abstract to the concrete, in an ever-revolving force linked by metaphor. The pointer finger is the ancestor mind, present when anything is done with deep engagement and intense concentration. The thumb is a pattern mind. This is systems thinking, contextual, holistic, and relational. Pause and look at the world through this lens.
Richard Heinberg quote: “Resilience and sustainability require justice. Therefore much of the leadership for resilience-building efforts must come from communities on the frontlines of ecological disruption.”
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