{"id":3715,"date":"2023-05-03T17:44:24","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/?post_type=quills-posts&p=3715"},"modified":"2023-12-05T12:59:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T17:59:15","slug":"looking-inward-how-do-we-impact-the-world-around-us","status":"publish","type":"quills-posts","link":"https:\/\/elbowlakecentre.ca\/quills\/looking-inward-how-do-we-impact-the-world-around-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Inward: How Do We Impact the World Around Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Students take part in an activity that demonstrates the concepts of the Honorable Harvest. The Honorable Harvest is a mindful way of harvesting and using gifts from the land. The actions of the Honorable Harvest stem from a collection of Indigenous principles and practices of living in a good way, in reciprocity with the land (Kimmerer, 2013). Kimmerer, in her book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants, <\/em>writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “They are rules of sorts that govern our taking, shape our relationships with the natural world, and rein our tendency to consume \u2014 that the world might be as rich for the seventh generation as it is for our own. The details are highly specific to different cultures and ecosystems, but the fundamental principles are nearly universal among peoples who live close to the land. The guidelines for the Honorable Harvest are not written down, or even consistently spoken of as whole\u2014they are reinforced in small acts of daily life. But if you were to list them, they might look something like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Know the ways of the ones who take care of you, so that you may take care of them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Introduce yourself. Be accountable as the one who comes asking for life. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Ask permission before taking. Abide by the answer.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Never take the first. Never take the last. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Take only what you need.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Take only that which is given.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Never take more than half. Leave some for others. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Harvest in a way that minimizes harm.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Use it respectfully. Never waste what you have taken.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Share. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Give thanks for what you have been given.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/em>Give a gift, in reciprocity for what you have taken. <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sustain the ones who sustain you and the earth will last forever.” <\/em>(Kimmerer, 2013, p.180)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants. <\/em>Milkweed Editions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n During the first time around, the student does not take from the bowl, but can simply look at what is within it and plan what they will take next round (to symbolize that we don\u2019t take the first you find). <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of Round 2, students are to share with the class what strategies they use (to learn from each other). <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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