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Common Ground and Local Distinctiveness
The example of Maasi Weather Forecasting in Tanzania in The Traditional Knowledge Case Studies reminded me of one of my favourite environmental groups: Common Ground.
Common Ground's work is varied but can be based back to its tenant of "celebrate local distinctiveness". If we don't discover, care, and nurture about what makes a place unique, we will end up living in what has taken over most of North America: Generica.
Common Ground's magnum opus is a work called England in Particular and it contains some of the nature-based forecasting that's related to the entry on the Maasi weather knowledge.
Common Ground's work is varied but can be based back to its tenant of "celebrate local distinctiveness". If we don't discover, care, and nurture about what makes a place unique, we will end up living in what has taken over most of North America: Generica.
Common Ground's magnum opus is a work called England in Particular and it contains some of the nature-based forecasting that's related to the entry on the Maasi weather knowledge.
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Tags: CommonGround, LEARN8, LocalDistinctiveness, Maasi
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 30, 2010 at 1:39am -
mita , you never cease to surprise me! great knowldge share
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Comment by Iyamuremye Jean de Dieu on May 4, 2010 at 12:17am -
Excellent!
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