Week 7: Advancing Environmental Sustainability and Global Stewardship: The Role of Local and Traditional Environmental Knowledge, Part 2

Introduction

This two-week topic represents a shift from studying past and current problems to examining advancements and potential solutions. This topic will engage students in exploration and dialogue about the environmental philosophies, traditions and practices of the world’s Indigenous Peoples (IP). In this second part, Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) and Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) will be introduced as an advancement in environmental sustainability practices.

This Week, You Will be Expected to:

  • Further explore TEK
  • Read a case study of a partnership between the University of Windsor and the Walpole Island First Nation
  • Integrate an exploration of LEK with what you have learned thus far in the course, with a focus on environment sustainability
  • Consider the role local citizens could play in the advancement of environmental sustainability and global stewardship
  • Update your glossary of terms and submit it to your supervisor for evaluation

Questions to Consider Throughout this Week:

  1. What is the difference between TEK and LEK?
  2. How can LEK be useful to the goal of global sustainability?

Readings and Content

  1. Picking up Where Part 1 Left Off: 

How Are IP Organizing/Working to Solve Environmental Issues and Challenges?

 

TEK and Higher Education Partnership

2. Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK)

Defining LEK 

LEK in Forestry, Agriculture, Environmental Sustainability 

    • Joa, B., Winkel, G., & Primmer, E. (2018). The unknown known–A review of local ecological knowledge in relation to forest biodiversity conservation.Land Use Policy, 79, 520-530. 

Additional Resources You May Find Useful

 

 

 

 

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Global EdD (taught doctorate) in Remote Pedagogy and Stewardship Copyright © by Kara Ghobhainn Smith; David D. Plain; Frank Rennie, Gareth Davies, UHI, Thu Le; Clinton Beckford, Loretta Sbrocca; and ShiJing Xu, Chenkai Chi, Yuhan Deng, University of Windsor, Canada is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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