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The archipelago of hope : wisdom and resilience from the edge of climate change / Gleb Raygorodetsky.

by Raĭgorodets͡kiĭ, Gleb, 1965-

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Pegasus Books, 2017.

Traditional ecological knowledge.

Indigenous peoples -- Ecology.

Global environmental change.

Nature -- Effect of human beings on.

First Pegasus Books edition.

xx, 297 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-289).

The inextricable links between Indigenous cultures and their lands, and how it can form the foundation for climate change resilience around the world. One cannot turn on the news today without a report on an extreme weather event or the latest update on Antarctica. While our politicians argue, climate change is already here. Nobody knows this better than Indigenous peoples who, having developed an intimate relationship with ecosystems over generations, have observed these changes for decades. For them, climate change is not an abstract concept or policy issue, but the reality of daily life. After two decades of working with indigenous communities, Gleb Raygorodetsky shows how these communities are actually islands of biological and cultural diversity in the ever-rising sea of development and urbanization. They are an "archipelago of hope" as we enter the Anthropocene, for here lies humankind's best chance to remember our roots and how to take care of the Earth. These communities are implementing creative solutions to meet these modern challenges. Solutions that are relevant to the rest of us. Gleb Raygorodetsky is a Research Affiliate with the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance at the University of Victoria.

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