| ISBN |
9781741159646 (electronic bk.) |
| Author |
Sveiby, Karl Erik |
| Title |
Treading lightly : the hidden wisdom of the world's oldest people / Karl-Erik Sveiby and Tex Skuthorpe. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2006. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 262 p., [16] p. of plates) : illustrations (some colour) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 In the Beginning ...; 2 The Country is a Story; 3 The Knowledge is in the Story; 4 Learning the Story: the Education System; 5 Knowledge Economy; 6 Leadership: All Have a Role; 7 The Fourth Level; 8 The Spirit of Death Arrives ...; 9 The Nhunggabarra 'Recipe' for Sustainability; 10 Sustain out World!; Yuwaalayaay/Yuwaalaraay Glossary. |
| Conditions of access |
Available to Museum Staff only. |
| Summary |
Australian Aboriginals taught themselves thousands of years ago how to build a sustainable society in our fragile landscape. In a unique collaboration, a Swedish knowledge management professor finds out from an Aboriginal cultural custodian how they did it, and what we can learn from them. |
| Subjects |
Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs |
| Traditional ecological knowledge -- Australia |
| Sustainable development -- Australia |
| Human ecology -- Australia |
| Business economics -- Development -- Sustainable Development |
| Business economics -- Environmental Economics |
| Australia -- Social life and customs |
| Australia -- Environmental conditions |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Skuthorpe, Tex |
| Available as |
Sveiby, Karl Erik.
Treading lightly. |
| Call number |
Electronic book - Ebsco |
| Internet Site |
Access to full text via EBSCOhost (one user at a time) |
