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14 pages in length. The !Kung San of Namibia have endured a lifetime of struggle and strife, much of which has been at the hands of colonization. After being forced to abandon their traditional way of life and become dependent upon government handouts, Bushmen – whose practice of hunting and gathering has long been an important part of the ecosystem for thousands of years – have yet another catastrophic issue to deal with that threatens their very survival: environmental degradation. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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and become dependent upon government handouts, Bushmen - whose practice of hunting and gathering has long been "an integral part of the ecosystem" (Hoffman PG) for thousands of years -
have yet another catastrophic issue to deal with that threatens their very survival: environmental degradation. II. PROBLEM The global environment has been
in trouble for a long time. Decades and decades of misuse, exploitation and degradation have placed a tremendous burden upon the land to the point where humanity is having
to scramble to preserve what is left. Re-establishing what has already been destroyed, as well as protecting what still exists, is what environmentalists are working feverishly to achieve.
Unquestionably, every essence of life revolves around the health and stability of the environment: business, economy, wildlife, personal and global. "...The development of environmental education has taken different forms
and is found in different phases in individual countries. Cultural influences as well as political systems have been acting to influence the implementation and progress of environmental education" (Leal
Filho et al PG). Continuing forth in the devastating manner in which humanity has treated the environment throughout the past decades is sure
to spell grave disaster in the twenty-first century. "More and more problems need to be examined in a global rather than a local context and, as we do so,
we need to remember that we are all of us, in Buckminster Fullers great phrase, the crew of Spaceship Earth;" (Checkland 75). How does this relate to the !Kung
San of Namibia? One only needs to understand the nature and history of Namibias indigenous peoples to understand how detrimental this issue is to their very survival. Inasmuch
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