Find a Cultural Group
Investigate any cultural group that you choose and want to learn more about (past or present time).
Answer Focus Questions
-Describe the relationship between your cultural group, their environment, and/or belief system that provides subsistence and survival.
-Expand on the unique features of the culture that stand out regarding social structure, kinship systems, tools, adaptation, trade, etc.
-Choose one example from this list and examine your cultural group’s use of any environmental or sustainable practices:
-Are there lessons learned from industrial agriculturalists to reduce costs and adopt renewal resources through solar, wind power, biodiesel, or grey water recycling?
-Are there lessons learned from horticulturalists or agriculturalists to mitigate deforestation, habitat loss, and/or disease, use slash and burn agriculture, or rotate crops?
-Are there lessons learned from pastoralists or foragers to regenerate plant resources, save water, or regenerate the desert by moving camps or livestock?
-Explain how the cultural group’s traditional way(s) of life are becoming modernized to adapt to a changing environment, government policies, or any other reason for adapting their tradition way of life.
Submission
Write an Essay (25 sentences plus reference) – Note the name of the culture & subsistence strategy (ex: Bantu, Horticulture) at the top of the page.
