Restoring the Land and Ourselves: Wisdom from Indigenous Peoples

This talk is a contribution to World Environment Day on the 5th June.

 

Indigenous people from all over the world remind us of the deep relationship we have with the land.  We have forgotten and abused this relationship.

 

How do we restore and regenerate the richness of the land so it can continue to sustain us? Can we apply the same wisdom to restoring healthy, positive relationships with our bodies and with our true selves?

 

Dr David Fletcher has been a social justice educator and advocate for over 35 years.  He trained as a cultural anthropologist and has studied and worked with indigenous peoples in Africa and North America. He is deeply committed to revitalising a harmonious relationship with the natural world and all other living beings on this planet. His current research interests are in indigenous knowledge, community resilience and food sovereignty. David has been practising Raja Yoga meditation for over 20 years.