The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in NatureInspiring and uplifting, David Suzuki explains our biological needs, which include dependence on air, water, soil, and the sun's energy--and a fifth vital need, the diversity of life itself. Suzuki shows how these elements connect us to each other and to the Earth and how human beings have a genetically programmed need to live with other species. THE SACRED BALANCE offers the seeds of a new direction for us all. Illustrated. |
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... land : these terms embrace ideas of extraordinary complexity . Hidden within them is our sense of our origins , our place , our dependence on the soil beneath our feet ; when we unearth the truth , we find pay dirt . In medieval times ...
... land : these terms embrace ideas of extraordinary complexity . Hidden within them is our sense of our origins , our place , our dependence on the soil beneath our feet ; when we unearth the truth , we find pay dirt . In medieval times ...
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... land as " our super- market and our drugstore . " For most of human existence , we were nomadic hunter - gatherers who constantly moved as we foraged , so the concept of land ownership was an alien notion . Those ancient wanderers ...
... land as " our super- market and our drugstore . " For most of human existence , we were nomadic hunter - gatherers who constantly moved as we foraged , so the concept of land ownership was an alien notion . Those ancient wanderers ...
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... land , a being who has an eternal , intimate con- nection with the land . He or she is an incarnate spirit of the land , living temporarily in human shape and form . " To know that person's true identity , Aborigines have to discover ...
... land , a being who has an eternal , intimate con- nection with the land . He or she is an incarnate spirit of the land , living temporarily in human shape and form . " To know that person's true identity , Aborigines have to discover ...
Contents
Born of the Earth | 9 |
Chapter Two The Breath of All Green Things | 29 |
Chapter Three The Oceans Flowing through Our Veins | 52 |
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