The Rusty Anvil
Bio
The Rusty Anvil is an educational org reconnecting marginalized communities to their place within themselves & the natural world through mindful wilderness trips & place-based skills while serving as a platform for cultural transformation.
Stories (2/0)
Nature Connection as Medicine
Environmental discourse refers to the framework of ideas, concepts, language, and practices that our society relies on to relate to the world around us. For centuries human beings have held an environmental discourse that encourages division from our environment. We have validated not only a division from the natural world, but a disconnect from our relationship to place within our man-made environment, and our relationships with each other. Through a discourse of based in capitalism and economic growth we have validated practices that place marginalized communities into toxic environments, while offering respite to the more affluent. We have chosen to view the land as a resource rather than a partner, an obstacle rather than a resting place, and a fearsome wilderness rather than the source of all creation. Through generations of discourse manipulated for the benefit technological growth, we have validated a lifestyle and identity separate from nature, and have chosen to take advantage of both the land and other human beings. Our lack of connection to place within ourselves, our communities, and the natural world is perhaps one of the greatest threats to future generations.
By The Rusty Anvil4 years ago in Longevity
Indigenous Sustainability
Indigenous Sustainability is a soulcentric and earth based practice founded by The Rusty Anvil. This practice calls on the human species to reevaluate our place on the planet. This is a calling to shift our mentality from a world full of commodities to a world full of gifts. This gift based mindset creates a relationship of reciprocity among all life on earth. One way we can begin to understand this reciprocal relationship is by practicing ancestral skills and learning indigenous wisdom. The gift of learning how to thrive with the land instills an awareness of interconnectedness and interdependence. When we become aware of the many gifts that the Earth provides, we want to nurture, protect, and honor her rather than destroy and take advantage of her. In an indigenous world, reciprocity is in constant motion. Now more than ever, we need to shift away from an industrial growth mindset and closer to an intimate and reciprocal relationship with all life. Indigenous sustainability is a practice of ecocentric beliefs, ancestral skills, and reciprocity.
By The Rusty Anvil6 years ago in Futurism