The circle of life : the evolution of the dominant human relationship with the Earth, what this means for environmental education, human development, and the human condition.
Abstract: The paper explains the Environmental Movement as evidence of a need for a healthier relationship with the Earth. Aspects of Indigenous epistemologies and their similarities to early Neolithic cultures bring forth the idea that the primacy of ancestral knowledge in the lives of people living on traditional territories is the distinguishing characteristic that creates the healthiest relationship with the Earth. It details research that supports that Indigenous people have deep spiritual and emotional connections to the Earth where one's growth into adulthood and becoming fully human means truly knowing the nature of the spirit in relation to the environment. The paper explains that there may be connections between incomplete psychological developments of individuals due to the ever increasing disconnection with the natural world and that this condition is the consequence of being educated.
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