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The Story is in Our Bones
Origin Stories to Remake Our World
From: The Story is in Our Bones
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In this chapter, Lake describes how Western cultures contribute to our alienation from nature through the promotion of patriarchy, supremacy over nature, and separation from our intuitive knowledge the natural world. Prescribing reconnection with the traditional knowledge and storytelling practices of Indigenous cultures, Lake presents alliances between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples as a necessary step towards ecological protection.
Contributors
Osprey Orielle Lake
Osprey Orielle Lake is the founder and executive director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN), where she works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a just transition to a decentralized, democratized clean-energy future. She sits on the executive committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and on the steering committee for the Fossil Free Non-Proliferation Treaty. Osprey’s writing about climate justice, relationships with nature, women in leadership, and other topics has been featured in The Guardian, Common Dreams, Earth Island Journal, The Ecologist, and many other publications. She is the author of the award-winning book Uprisings for the Earth: Reconnecting Culture with Nature. Osprey holds an MA in Culture and Environmental Studies from Holy Names University in Oakland and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area on Coast Miwok lands.
