I think this film should be part of the core curriculum for universities that study global issues. I was raised a farmer and a hunter in the upper Midwest of the U.S. and I can truly see where these people are coming from when it comes to talking about their personal anecdotal's of the environment. There is a vast majority of people in this world who are blinded by the lights of the city. They fail to see the stars and they fail to see the environment for what it is simply because their lives are not integrated with nature to make those observations. When man's life is not worked around the elements of nature but within them, his memoirs of life and knowledge are not from the pages of the book, nor, from the shared opinions of his friend, his memoirs and his wealth of knowledge is derived from the seasons, the winds, and the time he has shared being a part of the environment. When a person can tell you the direction of the wind, the two week cold snaps, and the warm ups of each year without the aid of anything but themself, that person has gained a wealth of knowledge not known in most books or studies. I loved that this film addressed the personal knowledge of these individuals and its valuability. The film richly captured the power of common sense and the world's fallacy in not using it. althel07 [at] smumn [dot] edu
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I think this film should be part of the core curriculum for universities that study global issues. I was raised a farmer and a hunter in the upper Midwest of the U.S. and I can truly see where these people are coming from when it comes to talking about their personal anecdotal's of the environment. There is a vast majority of people in this world who are blinded by the lights of the city. They fail to see the stars and they fail to see the environment for what it is simply because their lives are not integrated with nature to make those observations. When man's life is not worked around the elements of nature but within them, his memoirs of life and knowledge are not from the pages of the book, nor, from the shared opinions of his friend, his memoirs and his wealth of knowledge is derived from the seasons, the winds, and the time he has shared being a part of the environment. When a person can tell you the direction of the wind, the two week cold snaps, and the warm ups of each year without the aid of anything but themself, that person has gained a wealth of knowledge not known in most books or studies. I loved that this film addressed the personal knowledge of these individuals and its valuability. The film richly captured the power of common sense and the world's fallacy in not using it. althel07 [at] smumn [dot] edu