Environmental Problems & Solutions
| Ritual estate | Real estate |
| We belong to the Earth. | The Earth belongs to us. |
| Animate (living relatives). | Inanimate (lifeless resources). |
| Land is life (user rights). | Landlords (owners). |
| Ceremony (celebration, acknowledgment). | Transactional (buying and selling). |
1
It’s complicated…
Nature isn’t always hospitable to humans.
One must kill and eat to live.
Humans have influenced the landscape for millennia (e.g. use of fire, domestication of animals).
Indigenous people haven’t always got it right.
Ennobling ideals: striving to achieve.