How can EE:

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Indigenous Knowledge and Practices - Key points,
themes and ideas
A Worldview based upon values of
interconnectedness EE doesnt add meaning to
our lives it is our lives something we live,
all learning is EE need to view the environment
as the entire world, everything around us,
everything we are, forms out identity Humans as
an embedded part of the natural world deep
ecology, web of life Human activity social,
economic, political as part of the environment
No hierarchy of knowledge Every living thing is
both physical and spiritual Indigenous knowledge
reawakens memories within each of us of a time
when our own people lived in harmony with the
earth Kawagley

How can EE Add meaning to our lives?
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Indigenous Knowledge and Practices - Key points,
themes and ideas
ManyWays of Knowing, Teaching and
Learning Two-eyed Seeing - Integrative
thinking Recognize and support self identity in
EE Importance of place and a sense of
place Cross cultural education, building of
dialogue between identities Learning to see
from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous
knowledges and ways of knowing, and from the
other eye with the strengths of Western (or
Eurocentric or mainstream) knowledges and ways of
knowing and using both these eyes together, for
the benefits of all. Elder Albert Marshall,
Eskasoni Community Mikmaq Nation  
How can EE Contribute to social innovation?
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Indigenous Knowledge and Practices - Key points,
themes and ideas
Reciprocity, Respectful, Relationality
partnership and collaboration towards policy
change and concrete action How to Share
Knowledge Protocols needed for each cultural
group and many aspects are sacred (not all for
public consumption) Decolonization and
Cultural Revitalization for Indigenous and
Non-Indigenous Peoples circular
relationships Knowledge embedded in Language
Multiple Voices within the Indigenous
Population polylogue

How can EE Contribute to political innovation
and influence public policies?