The Ecological Citizen: Confronting human supremacy
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The elusive feeling of the real
The Ecological Citizen Vol 9 No 1 2026: 30–7 [epub-148]
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Abstract
The kinds of social consciousness intended by the term 'Indigenous', as it is widely understood today, traditionally arise from collective forms of livelihood, or economic praxis, based on deeply synergic modes of collaboration with local ecosystems. This suggests that any attempt to attain a 're-Indigenized' outlook in present-day industrialized mass societies would require a wholesale overhaul of modern economies along such eco-synergistic lines. If this is the case, it seems that Indigenous-type consciousness must remain inaccessible to modern individuals for the foreseeable future. I argue here however that there may also exist purely personal possibilities of individual collaboration with local landscapes that could offer, for those who chose to pursue them, first-hand glimpses into aspects of Indigenous cosmology and consciousness. Based on my own experience, I describe one such practice.
Keywords
Ecological living, Indigenous culture, Values, Worldviews
