We Are the Land: The Compact of Kinship
Most Americans agree that the environment must be protected. But what do we mean when we say "environment?" Native peoples say that our sense of connection to the land, expressed in our good wishes to protect the environment, needs to go deeper. Restoring that connection to salmon, elk, rivers and the land are Native American ecologists and educators Dennis Martinez, Jeannette Armstrong and Enrique Salmón. They know in their bones that we're all relatives.
Frame or Get Framed:
When Stories Change, the World Changes
Estate Tax or Death Tax? Living Wage or Right to Work? Debates are not decided on the virtue of the facts or the science. These days someone is always framing the issue. Author, broadcaster and psychotherapist Thom Hartmann says we cannot overestimate the double-edged importance of stories in our lives.
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