Value Change for Survival
The Testimony of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)
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10m
Global warming, melting glaciers, unstoppable beetles. The message is simple: you cannot negotiate with nature. The Haudenosaunee call for a shift in values — away from profit and toward survival, balance, and responsibility to the seventh generation.
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