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How water is made
This blog post discusses the Māori belief in descent from the stars, contrasting it with Western ideas of human origins. It explores the formation of water from cosmic elements, highlighting the loss of this cosmic understanding in the West. Pasha Clothier emphasizes the need to reconnect with the universe.
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Decolonising knowledge 1
If we ask ourselves, how do we decolonise, a good place to start is to decolonise knowledge. Essentially, over the last five hundred years, it has been Western academics that constructed the history of ideas.
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Decolonising knowledge 2
The Pacific Ocean became known to Polynesians by exploration. They were not forced to travel due to competition for resources, and didn’t just island hop. There is a sequence that occurs long before settlement, which includes finding an island, sharing knowledge of its location and intergenerational knowledge transfer.
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Why we must decolonise
As a species we live with a potential of two outcomes regarding the climate crisis: either we will collectively work our way through the issues, or we may make a planet unsuitable for human habitation.
WEAVING WATER 