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  STORY EARTH
Native Voices on the Environment
       
 

STORY EARTH
Nature & Environment
224 pages
Paper, $12.95
1-56279-035-8
US and Canada

  A unique collection of previously unpublished native and non-Western wisdom from around the world on the environmental crisis, with an introduction by the Prime Minister of Norway.

“As the cycles of the seasons pass, you explain in the form of lesson stories what will happen when wrong actions are taken. Then you will remember and your children's children will remember.”
— Joseph Bruchas (Abenaki)

“Mother Earth sustain us. Father Sun keep us warm. That is the plea of the world family as eloquently expressed by the contributors to Story Earth.
— Jo Grove

Story Earth gives voice to the world's tribal cultures, collecting eighteen eloquent statements from representatives of indigenous peoples of six continents on the nature of our global environmental crisis and changes we must make in the way we view the world. These healing visions of a harmonious relationship between people and the earth offer hope and inspiration for sorely needed change.

       
       
    THE INTER PRESS SERVICE is an independent news agency with a global focus. Its editorial headquarters are in Amsterdam, with regional centers in Manila (Asia), Harare (Africa), Kingston (the Caribbean), New York (North America), San Jose (Latin America) and Amsterdam (Europe). Editing and coordination of Story Earth were directed by Pablo Piacentini and Phil Harris in Rome and Paul Robert and Hans Scholten in Amsterdam.