Wetlands are key ecosystems for our survival with unparalleled importance for biodiversity, climate, and ecosystem services—particularly water...
Published by Madhukar Swayambhu, Inventor, Water Hero, TED Speaker, Columnist, Researcher, Trainer
Wetlands are key ecosystems for our survival with unparalleled importance for biodiversity, climate, and ecosystem services—particularly water quantity and quality. But we continue to destroy and degrade them. The human-wetlands relationship is broken, and so transformative change is needed so that we will do things in a different way. https://youtu.be/fjGcBKck8ys
Kawsak Sacha, which translates to "The Living Forest," is a groundbreaking philosophical, spiritual, and legal concept proposed by the Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
At its core, it challenges the Western worldview that treats nature as a mere collection of resources to be exploited. Instead, it asserts that the forest is a living, conscious entity and a subject of rights.
The Vaidic Era Premise
The fundamental premise—that the forest is an independent living entity with its own cosmic right to exist, flourish, and be free from exploitation—was deeply embedded in Vaidic philosophy. The Vaidic worldview did not treat nature as a resource to be dominated. Instead, it functioned under a system of cosmic rights and human duties (Dharma) to protect the environmental balance.
Thus, we can conclude that in spite of being two different geographies, two different continents, cultures, traditions, philosophies, sciences – the world view for the natural resources had been very much similar in Vaidic approach and Kawsak Sacha: The Living Forest Philosophy of Kichwa people of Sarayaku in Ecuador.
Kawsak Sacha, which translates to "The Living Forest," is a groundbreaking philosophical, spiritual, and legal concept proposed by the Pueblo Originario Kichwa de Sarayaku in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
At its core, it challenges the Western worldview that treats nature as a mere collection of resources to be exploited. Instead, it asserts that the forest is a living, conscious entity and a subject of rights.
The Vaidic Era Premise
The fundamental premise—that the forest is an independent living entity with its own cosmic right to exist, flourish, and be free from exploitation—was deeply embedded in Vaidic philosophy. The Vaidic worldview did not treat nature as a resource to be dominated. Instead, it functioned under a system of cosmic rights and human duties (Dharma) to protect the environmental balance.
Thus, we can conclude that in spite of being two different geographies, two different continents, cultures, traditions, philosophies, sciences – the world view for the natural resources had been very much similar in Vaidic approach and Kawsak Sacha: The Living Forest Philosophy of Kichwa people of Sarayaku in Ecuador.