Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom: A Guide for Understanding and Shaping Alaskan Social-Ecological Change

摘要: Alaska is warming twice as fast the global average. These environmental changes interact with social and economic have particularly strong impacts on rural indigenous communities that depend their biophysical environment for food, access to land sea, sense of identity. Many observations hunters, gatherers, elders are consistent those western science, providing a foundation understanding adapting ongoing changes. However, commonly expressed worldview many Natives differs from perspectives common in science. This recognizes people integral components ecosystems they inhabit, connected by both spiritual ties motivated respect natural its human, non-human, residents. ethic reciprocity dictates responsibility foster long-term well-being all Earth’s paradigm stewardship seeks shape trajectories change ways ecological resilience human well being. We suggest worldviews offer can contribute substantially efforts sustainability.