Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future

Bioneers is aware of and sensitive to the national and international controversy and debate on the commodification of the sacred and on the intellectual and cultural property rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Its instructions seem so simple: to be grateful—to practice reverence for community and creation—and to enjoy life.

Kenny cofounded Seeds of Change, a leading national biodiversity organic seed company that received widespread recognition for its innovative market partnership with backyard gardeners to create backyard biodiversity as a conservation strategy.

People who refused to close their hearts even when they were up against unimaginable suffering, loss, and disrespect. In spite of all this, their instructions are to be thankful, to be kind, to love and take care of one another.

Nanabozhoo is the Anishinaabeg culture hero and trickster figure who uses primal fire to ignite the Sun.

from separation to connection, from fear to hope, from destruction to restoration.

The Bioneers’ framework of interdependence brings together all the parts—and diverse voices—to build connections among many communities across boundaries of gender, race, culture, class, and age.

It’s precisely what humanity most needs now to slip through this epochal keyhole of history where the stakes are the very survival of our species and countless other beings in the web of life.

His miss takes show us what not to do.