Climate and Culture Combo (Pack of 2) (12 to 16 years)

Climate
and environmental issues affect all of usbut often the most affected are the
voices least heard. This beautifully illustrated pair of books acknowledges
the key role that ecology plays in the lives of India’s indigenous
peoplesand honours the pivotal role their way of life has long
played in safeguarding the delicate balance of nature in India, as well
as what we call ‘Indian art and culture’.

The traditional lessons of these forest- and wildlife-adjacent
cultures are what global experts are trying to teach us now… But they have
known the right way to co-exist with the natural world all along, for
centuries.   

1. Tree
Matters:
The Bhil people of Central India are amongst the
countrys oldest indigenous communities. To them, the natural world is not €˜a
thing apart, but exists in a seamless relationship to their home and the
everyday. Gangu Bai, a Bhil artist, explores this relationship through her
memories and paintings of food, work, festivals, illness, medicine€¦ Her
tales centres around trees, and so each of her memories has a tree as its
focus. Illustrated in vivid and cheerful colours, the paintings in this book
foreground a universe of brightly coloured dots, lines and shapes that
encompasses all living beings, big and small and wise and
wonderful. Written by Gangu Bai, ISBN
9789383145232, 44 pp.

2.
Water: “Did
we take more than our due?€ Weaving his tale around a Gond fable about
water, artist Subash Vyam muses on the history of our relationship to this
most primeval of elements. A migrant to the city, he recalls growing up in a
village where water was always scarce and human ingenuity was welcomed. In
contrast to the village, the needs of the city are monstrous and there is a
great danger that we will run this resource completely dry. In the end, there
is only one way forward: all communities need to make a pact with Nature in
order to survive  or in our mindless
push to harness her powers, we might lose our own place in this universe.
Written by Subhash
Vyam, ISBN 9789383145614, 40 pp.

Contains: 2
books

Format: Paperback