A PLEDGE FROM THE EDGE: Now, more than ever, we need wisdom to guide us through these uncertain times of converging and escalating crises. We must commit to: - Learning from Indigenous knowledge holders and to affirm their knowledge, rights and relationships wherever and whenever possible. - Advancing approaches that value multiple ways of knowing in decision-making, in particular based on traditional knowledge, for the benefit of all living beings. - Acknowledging that human beings are an integral part of an indivisible, self-regulating, living community of inextricably linked and interdependent beings—our Earth Community, or Gaia, or Mother Earth, as she is known to many Indigenous peoples of the Americas. - Honouring Mother Earth and act responsibly to ensure that the pursuit of personal and humankind’s goals contributes to, and not subtracts from, the well-being of the future generations of all beings in living, nonliving and spirit realms, that form our Earth Community. - Practicing fundamental principles of resilience—restraint, respect, reciprocity, and reverence—when facing challenges and other beings whom we might, or might not, fully understand. - Avoiding perpetuating past injustices and commit to building respectful, beneficial, long-term relationships that support genuine partnerships and collaborations with Indigenous peoples around the globe. Sign the pledge here - https://ift.tt/2xKWxQv https://ift.tt/2UbTMz5