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PublisherAllen & Unwin

ISBN-10174114874X

ISBN-139781741148749

eBay Product ID (ePID)7038566324

Product Key Features

Number of Pages288 Pages

Publication NameTreading Lightly : the Hidden Wisdom of the World's Oldest People

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Indigenous Studies, Australia & New Zealand

Publication Year2007

TypeTextbook

AuthorKarl-Erik Sveiby, Tex Skuthorpe

Subject AreaSocial Science, Science, History

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight13.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2006-389233

ReviewsThis book may prove a tipping point' for many people...this is one of the most thought-provoking books I have read in the last few years.' Brian Henshall, Emeritus Professor of Management, University of Auckland.''The book becomes a fascinating cross-cultural dialogue...a bold attempt to show the intelligence of Aboriginal culture and values and to also show how much the world's oldest living culture can teach us about the world we inhabit today'National Indigenous Times

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal305.89915

Table Of ContentNhunggabarra Stories Paintings by Tex Skuthorpe Acknowledgments Tex's Story Introduction Ch 1: In the Beginning Ch 2: The Country is a Story Ch 3: The Knowledge is in the Story Ch 4: Learning the Story: the Education System Ch 5: Knowledge Economy Ch 6: Leadership: All Have a Role Ch 7: The Fourth Level Ch 8: The Spirit of Death Arrives Ch 9: The Nhunggabarra Recipe' for Sustainability Ch 10: Sustain our World! Yuwaalayaay/Yuwaalaraay Glossary Further Reading and Research Notes References and Sources Index

SynopsisAustralian Aboriginals taught themselves thousands of years ago how to build a sustainable society in our fragile landscape. In a unique collaboration, a Swedish knowledge management professor finds out from an Aboriginal cultural custodian how they did it, and what we can learn from them. We are consuming more than our earth can provide. In Australia, cities and towns struggle to maintain a reliable water supply, climate change triggers droughts which devastate farmland, and fish stocks are running low. It is increasingly clear that we are heading towards collapse if we don't change direction. Aboriginal people taught themselves thousands of years ago how to live sustainably in Australia's fragile landscape. A Scandinavian knowledge management professor meets an Aboriginal cultural custodian and dares to ask the simple but vital question: what can we learn from the traditional Aboriginal lifestyle to create a sustainable society in modern Australia? Karl-Erik Sveiby and Tex Skuthorpe show how traditional Aboriginal stories and paintings were used to convey knowledge from one generation to the next, about the environment, law and relationships. They reveal the hidden art of four-level storytelling, and discuss how the stories, and the way they were used, formed the basis for a sustainable society. They also explain ecological farming methods, and how the Aboriginal style of leadership created resilient societies. Treading Lightly takes us on a unique journey into traditional Aboriginal life and culture, and offers a powerful and original model for building sustainable organisations, communities and ecologies. It is a compelling message for today's world. www.treadinglightly.sveiby.com, In this unique journey into traditional Aboriginal life and culture, a European business-management professor and an Aboriginal eldercollaborate to create a powerful and original model that western societies can use tobuildenvironmentally sustainableorganizations, communities, and ecologies based uponthe same Aboriginal traditions that allowed theAborigines tocreatesustainable societies in very fragile landscapes.", We are consuming more than our earth can provide. In Australia, cities and towns struggle to maintain a reliable water supply, climate change triggers droughts which devastate farmland, and fish stocks are running low. It is increasingly clear that we are heading towards collapse if we don't change direction.Aboriginal people taught themselves thousands of years ago how to live sustainably in Australia's fragile landscape. A Scandinavian knowledge management professor meets an Aboriginal cultural custodian and dares to ask the simple but vital question: what can we learn from the traditional Aboriginal lifestyle to create a sustainable society in modern Australia? Karl-Erik Sveiby and Tex Skuthorpe show how traditional Aboriginal stories and paintings were used to convey knowledge from one generation to the next, about the environment, law and relationships. They reveal the hidden art of four-level storytelling, and discuss how the stories, and the way they were used, formed the basis for a sustainable society. They also explain ecological farming methods, and how the Aboriginal style of leadership created resilient societies.Treading Lightly takes us on a unique journey into traditional Aboriginal life and culture, and offers a powerful and original model for building sustainable organisations, communities and ecologies. It is a compelling message for today's world.www.treadinglightly.sveiby.com, Australian Aboriginals taught themselves thousands of years ago how to build a sustainable society in our fragile landscape. In a unique collaboration, a Swedish knowledge management professor finds out from an Aboriginal cultural custodian how they did it, and what we can learn from them.

LC Classification NumberDU124.S64