Holthaus, Gary: Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach us About Subsistence, Sustainability and Spirituality

Johnston, Lucas F.

doi:10.1007/s10806-009-9175-4

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“…Part of the image of the noble savage portrays a people at one with the earth, living in harmony with nature in a way industrialized countries have never known. The assumption is often made that we can learn from these nonindustrialized cultures because they were somehow different or special (cf., Bender, 2003;Holthaus, 2008;Jacobs, 2009). Yet, a closer examination reveals there is a problem with this arbitrary assumption when viewed through the lens of an evolutionary-biological model.…”

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confidence: 99%

The intersection of evolutionary principles, human behavior and environmental sustainability

2011

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Some environmentalist writers suggest that to achieve environmental sustainability people will need to reframe their value judgments about nature in nondualist terms. Nondualist ideals hold that there is no separation or distinction between 'man and nature'. In opposition to evolutionary psychology principles, these writers also subscribe either implicitly or explicitly to the noble savage philosophical view as well as Lockean blank slate assumptions about the mind and behavior. Thus, they submit to the denial of basic human nature. In this paper, we argue that changing people's values and attitudes about nature and our place in it will be difficult because they are necessarily economic rather than aesthetic or emotional connections to the land. In contrast, an evolutionary approach to understanding human consumptive behavior is congruent with climate-change and earth sciences evidence as well as being an empirically informed approach to consumer education in the future. Also missing from environmentalist writers' understanding is that our Pleistocene brain was adapted for a different time and place. The reality is there were neither 6.8 billion competing consumers nor the culture of technology that today accelerates the destruction and depletion of finite natural resources.

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Section: Evolution and Sustainabilitymentioning

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The intersection of evolutionary principles, human behavior and environmental sustainability

2011

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“…The premise is redistributing material shares through structural and institutional reforms (Pöyhönen & Anssi, 2004). Furthermore, Lucas J (2009) states that spirituality is paramount in positive change for our world. Intellectual Capital in creating value should be the result of human Work that is blessed by God, which distributes to parties inside and outside the company, in the form of profit sharing for shareholders, as well as supporting the poor, orphans, people stricken by hunger, raising nature and serving God (Qardhawi, 2016).…”

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How should intellectual capital development? An islamic religious perspective

Prakoso¹,

Triyuwono²,

Purwanti³

et al. 2023

J. Professional Business Review

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Purpose: The objective of this study was to reconstruct Intellectual Capital to fill gap between Humans, Corporations and God. Theoretical framework: Intellectual Capital in its form and development as part of intangible assets in the business world, both from commercial and non-commercial measurements, is part of accounting, considered a modern business perspective and a product of entity theory. This definition of Intellectual Capital shows the masculine side, the Value of Entity theory. The antithesis of this is Sharia Entity Theory which emphasizes responsibility toward the sole creator of the company's nature, specifically God. Spirituality or religion fills the gap behind critical accounting studies based on secular thinking. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses the Islamic spirituality perspective paradigm, which is at heart and related to the organizational, social, and human environment in reconstructing Intellectual Capital. Findings: The results of this study obtained that the construction of human Capital is positioning employees to have honesty, trustworthiness, ridho, demanding knowledge, shodaqoh, zakat, and ukhuwah Islamiyah. Second, structural Capital is a blessed business, not arbitrary to employees, welfare, business commitment to trustworthiness, sadaqah for business, the principle of ridho in the organization, and giving employee rights. Third, customer capital is a promise, doing good/service, honesty to customers, responsibility, ukhuwah Islamiyah, sadaqah for CSR, trustworthiness, and setting prices like for like. Research, Practical & Social implications: First, management in developing the company can change the company's philosophy through intellectual capital which is based on God's will. Second, it is important to treat human resources, organizational structure and relational capital by aligning the soul, nature and God as a manifestation of added value. Originality/value: An important finding in this research is that spirituality is the most important thing in positive change for the world in which we live. Intellectual Capital in creating value should be the result of human work that is blessed by God.

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“…"The real root of these [sustainability] issues, both cause and cure, lies not in our science or technology but in our own spiritual and intellectual poverty or more hopefully, in our own spiritual and intellectual resources". [1] (p. 3)…”

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Ritual + Sustainability Science? A Portal into the Science of Aloha

Kealiikanakaoleohaililani¹,

Kurashima

Francisco

et al. 2018

Sustainability

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In this paper, we propose that spiritual approaches rooted in the practice of Hawai‘i ritual provide a powerful portal to revealing, supporting, and enhancing our collective aloha (love, fondness, reciprocity, as with a family member) for and dedication to the places and processes that we steward. We provide a case study from Hawai‘i, where we, a group of conservation professionals known as Hālau ‘Ōhi’a, have begun to foster a collective resurgence of sacred commitment to the places and processes we steward through remembering and manifesting genealogical relationships to our landscapes through Indigenous Hawaiian ritual expression. We discuss how a ritual approach to our lands and seas makes us better stewards of our places, better members of our families and communities, and more fulfilled individuals. We assert that foundations of the spiritual and the sacred are required for effectively advancing the science of sustainability, the management of natural resources, and the conservation of nature.

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Holthaus, Gary: Learning Native Wisdom: What Traditional Cultures Teach us About Subsistence, Sustainability and Spirituality

Cited by 3 publications

References 3 publications

The intersection of evolutionary principles, human behavior and environmental sustainability

The intersection of evolutionary principles, human behavior and environmental sustainability

How should intellectual capital development? An islamic religious perspective

Ritual + Sustainability Science? A Portal into the Science of Aloha

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