ISBN:
978-1-76076-155-4
,
978-1-76076-215-5/(e-book)
Language:
English
Pages:
211 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Series Statement:
First Knowledges
Keywords:
Australien Torres Strait Islander
;
Ureinwohner, Australien
;
Landnutzung
;
Feuer
;
Wasser
;
Vegetation
;
Ökologie
;
Nachhaltigkeit
;
Wissen, lokales
;
Ackerbau
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Landschaft
;
Nahrungsmittelversorgung
Abstract:
What do you need to know to prosper as a people for at least 65,000 years? The First Knowledges series provides a deeper understanding of the expertise and ingenuity of Indigenous Australians. of understanding the natural world: one ancient, the other modern. The third book focuses on land and fire management. For millennia, Indigenous Australians harvested this continent in ways that can offer contemporary environmental and economic solutions.Bill Gammage and Bruce Pascoe demonstrate how Aboriginal people cultivated the land through manipulation of water flows, vegetation and firestick practice. Not solely hunters and gatherers, the First Australians also farmed and stored food. They employed complex seasonal fire programs that protected Country and animals alike. In doing so, they avoided the killer fires that we fear today.Country: Future Fire, Future Farming highlights the consequences of ignoring this deep history and living in unsustainable ways. It details the remarkable agricultural and land-care techniques of First Nations peoples and shows how such practices are needed now more than ever.
Description / Table of Contents:
Intro -- Title -- Dedication -- Contents -- First Knowledges: An Introduction -- 1. Personal Perspectives -- 2. Land Care -- 3. Cultivating Country -- 4. Future Farming -- 5. Country -- 6. An Ancient Alliance -- 7. Holding the Spark -- 8. Babes in the Wood -- 9. Poor Fella My Country -- 10. How We Might Love Mother Earth More -- Acknowledgements -- Image Credits -- Notes -- Further Reading -- Index -- Copyright.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 202
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