Book
The Archipelago of Hope : Wisdom and Resilience from the Edge of Climate Change / Gleb Raygorodetsky.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781681775326 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: xx, 297 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Global environmental change. Indigenous peoples > Ecology. Nature > Effects of human beings on. Traditional ecological knowledge. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Cookstown Branch | 304.2 Rai | 31681010079143 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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A University of Victoria ecological and cultural researcher draws on two decades of work with indigenous communities to reveal the inextricable links between indigenous cultures and their lands, citing the biological and cultural diversity that underlie climate change resilience. - WW Norton
One cannot turn on the news today without a report on an extreme weather event or the latest update on Antarctica. But while our politicians argue, the truth is that climate change is already here. Nobody knows this better than Indigenous peoples who, having developed an intimate relationship with ecosystems over generations, have observed these changes for decades. For them, climate change is not an abstract concept or policy issue, but the reality of daily life.After two decades of working with indigenous communities, Gleb Raygorodetsky shows how these communities are actually islands of biological and cultural diversity in the ever-rising sea of development and urbanization. They are an âarchipelago of hopeâ as we enter the Anthropocene, for here lies humankindâs best chance to remember our roots and how to take care of the Earth. These communities are implementing creative solutions to meet these modern challenges. Solutions that are relevant to the rest of us.We meet the Skolt Sami of Finland, the Nenets and Altai of Russia, the Sapara of Ecuador, the Karen of Myanmar, and the Tla-o-qui-aht of Canada. Intimate portraits of these men and women, youth and elders, emerge against the backdrop of their traditional practices on land and water. Though there are brutal realties?pollution, corruption, forced assimilationâRaygorodetsky's prose resonates with the positive, the adaptive, the spiritualâand hope. - WW Norton
An enlightening global journey reveals theinextricable links between Indigenous cultures and their landsâand how it canform the foundation for climate change resilience around the world.
