this Indigenous understanding of nature can help us rethink economics
- Written by Sam Illingworth, Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University
In the tension between ecology and economics lies an uncomfortable truth: while both words share a root in “eco” (from the Greek oikos, meaning home), our modern economies often seem to overlook the home we all share – the natural world.
In her new book The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance (published by Allen Lane),...