Julani Varsity

"The world produces about 400 million metric tons of plastic waste every year, according to the United Nations Environment Programme. That's about the sum total of how much every human on the planet weighs." https://lnkd.in/gsC_WZFw

"As the Sioux Chef, Sean Sherman is out to prove that an Indigenous approach to growing and cooking food can better serve people and planet. From his restaurant on the banks of the Mississippi, he is creating a blueprint for how it can be done – earning him a place on Time’s top 100 list of most influential people." https://lnkd.in/g2_BW6k8

'Knowledge is not a commodity that can be possessed or controlled by educational institutions, but is a living process to be absorbed and understood.' https://lnkd.in/gMfCjicM

"I believe ideas can be generated from anyone, from anywhere... Without a mechanism for ideas to come forward from any position, organizational innovation may be limited to those in power because it excludes other voices from being heard." #ideas #ideasmatter #creativity #innovation https://lnkd.in/gqvv4_5G

"With knowledge, also comes power*. I learnt through observation that those who were educated – in the Western education system – were highly regarded. They became doctors and lawyers, earning wealth and power over those that did not. They ‘knew’ and therefore their words and perspectives mattered more; they themselves mattered more. I watched and experienced how this dynamic eroded confidence and fuelled a fear of questioning." https://lnkd.in/gqvv4_5G Indigenous Climate Hub Indigenous Network for Investment, Trade and Export Indigenous Resource Opportunities Conference

“We've learned that culture is prevention. So the more that youth specifically — but anybody — is exposed to their culture, the more that they are less likely to have the higher statistical suicide rates." UNESCO Culture @culture https://lnkd.in/ggHTRZEh

"Being from a colonized people means you often question your identity. This is, of course, by design because as the colonizers settle Indigenous lands, they slowly (in some cases, not so slowly) begin to supplant their culture, values, and customs." #indigenous #indigenouswomen #indigenouspeople #IndigenousArt #indigenousartists https://lnkd.in/g2_DsECa

“The Earth does not expect you to save her, she expects you to respect her. And we, as Indigenous peoples, expect the same.” - @nemonte.nenquimo #environment #sustainability #actionablegoals Post by the fantastic @earthrise.studio⁠

Plants release phytoncides, natural compounds known to combat diseases. Inhaling phytoncides can elevate the levels of immune-boosting white blood cells in your body. #treeplanting #nature #indigenousknowledge

Traditional medicine is broad and widespread around the world. It is the system of medicine that communities used exclusively before the advent of conventional, western-origin medicine. This video explains the concept of traditional medicine in more detail. https://lnkd.in/gA2C7a2j #indigenousknowledge #worldearthday #traditioalmedicine