Name and Country |
In your opinion what is the most important thing our Western society could learn from Aboriginal people? |
| Adam from Australia |
The traditional wisdom of the land and connecting to our ancestry. Understanding the simple way of life in nature and the importance of community. |
| Anonymous |
The culture of the aborigines |
| Andrew Kaufman from USA |
Hunting and gathering |
| Andy from United Kingdom |
Learn to live together without any prejudices against each other and to help each other when needed |
| Andy Locky from Canada |
How to respect the earth. |
| Angel from USA |
Western society can learn about the Aboriginal people's understanding of how the world was created and how that has guided Aboriginal thinking to this day. |
| Anonymous from Finland |
Live with nature. |
| Aphia from USA |
We can see that not everyone in the world has been brainwashed by culture and media into thinking they have to live an artificial image obsessed lifestyle to find happiness. |
| Ava Perry from USA |
How they lived. |
| Anonymous from Netherlands |
The great handmade art. |
| Anonymous |
Togetherness dreamtime |
| Anonymous |
Their hard working ethics |
| Bob from Canada |
Don't let foreigners take over your country it did not work out too well for them or other native peoples |
| Bob from USA |
How to take better care of the planet. |
| Byron Mcallister from USA |
How to avoid "spoiling one's own front yard." |
| Charles Smith from USA |
How to live off the land |
| Chris Bittner from USA |
Value of simplicity |
| Chris Horvath from USA |
The most important thing for western society to learn from the Aboriginal people would be that life doesn't need to be about materialism. Also conserving and living with nature is how we all should live. One should read the book Mutant Message Down Under it does a good job of representing the Aboriginal people (so I should think). |
| Chris Humphrey from USA |
Stewardship of natural resources |
| Christian Robert from France |
The relationship they have or had with the earth. |
| Chuck from USA |
Dream time life before machines contact with another reality |
| Cindi Clinton from USA |
That you live longer and healthier if you stay true to your roots in terms of diet & activities. |
| Claudia from Romania |
Respect for nature and resources emotional balance play the didj |
| Collin Malleck from USA |
The respect of nature as well as a more simple lifestyle. |
| Dale from USA |
How to live with the earth not on it |
| Daniel from USA |
A sense of values; what is really important for happiness not just pleasure. |
| Dave Estes from USA |
How to be in awareness on a constant level of how we are connected to all things all the time and the ensuing responsibility to use the power that this gives all of us |
| Dave Snyder from USA |
Living softly on the land. (And of course playing didgeridoo!!) |
| David from USA |
Maintaining physical and spiritual connections to the natural world. |
| David from USA |
How to treat each other and the world we live in |
| David Mackinnon from USA |
1) Their way of life - how they look at nature and how they survive in the desert extremes. 2) How to treat one another. |
| David from Canada |
How to live off and respect nature. |
| Anonymous |
How to live off the land |
| Douglas from USA |
How they were able to stay alive under horrible circumstances. |
| Drew from Australia |
The natural respect for fellow people & their land. |
| Anonymous from USA |
To appreciate the simplistic beauty of their way of life. |
| Eleanor Hjemmet from USA |
That healing traditions of ancient cultures have AS MUCH validity (and often more) than what is considered as a scientific modern day medical model. |
| Elizabeth from USA |
How to rediscover the wilderness around us and how we are all inter-connected. |
| Enrique Martinez Balarezo from Peru |
Conocer la raiz de la cultura aprender a respetarla y aconocer su lado espiritual |
| Forest from USA |
To be in harmony with the natural world. |
| Francis from USA |
Becoming less materialistic. |
| Gabe from Canada |
Respect for life. we have only taught them to throw it away on things like liquor. |
| Geoffrey from Australia |
The value of family and community. |
| Anonymous |
Longevity of a culture in a harsh environment. |
| Giuseppe from Italy |
The Aboriginal people have a very strong relationship with nature! They can understand if a tree could be a good or a bad didj talking with it! They have an enormous culture so they must be protected. |
| Anonymous from United Kingdom |
Connection and reverence for the natural environment |
| Iain from United Kingdom |
How to connect with the land / environment; sustainable living |
| Anonymous from Hungary |
To keep the traditions even if they are not making you rich or famous. |
| Ivan from Canada |
Learn to live with nature |
| Jan from USA |
The value and power of ancestry. |
| Jason Hilliard from USA |
It's important to learn how native arts and crafts are created and marketed without outside influence. |
| Anonymous |
The importance for us all and the world of having a balance of "being" and "doing" - in the West we're too caught up in doing... |
| Jeannie from USA |
Western society could learn how to be better connected to each other and to the earth we live on |
| Jeff from Australia |
To live in harmony with the planet |
| Anonymous |
Value systems |
| Jeremy from USA |
How to better live in harmony with the land. |
| Jeremy from USA |
The culture and heritage that has been passed down through generations |
| Anonymous |
Their caring for the land instead of despoiling it. |
| Jimmy Mahuron from USA |
How to live with nature. |
| Anonymous |
Value of traditions and family |
| John Armstrong from USA |
How to simplify our lives and reduce possessions. |
| John Carroll from USA |
Ecological awareness how to treat nature with respect and to make sure it is a renewable resource and not decimated for financial gain. |
| John Heusler from USA |
The more patient and calm you are the more you will gain from any challenge |
| Anonymous |
How to become one with nature and everything it has to offer. |
| Johnena Kennedy from Canada |
Their culture their dreams and where they want to go |
| Jon Larue from USA |
History and culture |
| Jonny Monument from United Kingdom |
It's about living with the land and its resources. Not permanently being a "consumer" which is what we're all told day and night we are. We shouldn't be and it would seem that the Aboriginal peoples had it about right. Those who survive whatever environmental/war/other catastrophe will have to learn what they already know overnight. We should start learning it now. |
| José Diogo from Portugal |
Our Western society should learn the values of the Aboriginal people and get more in contact with the mother Nature and respect it. We should get more linked to the spiritual side in each one of us and try to give life a meaning and a purpose. |
| Jose Luis from Spain |
It's total integration and harmony with their environment |
| Anonymous |
Don't know |
| Anonymous |
I don't think I know what the most important thing would be that Westerners could learn from Aboriginal people. It depends on the person I think -- how to live well and how to avoid otherwise is a lesson each person learns on one's own. |
| Judy Echols from USA |
The most important thing is to be laid back and play didj. |
| Julia Passamonti from USA |
They could come to understand that Aboriginal people are some of the most spiritually advanced people on the planet. |
| Anonymous |
I think what we can learn from the aboriginal people goes much deeper than their art and music they are some of the few cultures left that are so in tune with nature most people have strayed away from nature to hide in the comforts of society if our planet is to survive we should look to these people to relearn to live in harmony with this planet |
| Kathy from USA |
Maintaining your ethnic and cultural identities is key to happiness. |
| Kev English from United Kingdom |
How to accept change. Love of nature. Peace. |
| Kim from USA |
Connection with the environment |
| Larry from USA |
Cultural ways |
| Leslie Thurston from Canada |
Living in harmony with mother earth |
| Anonymous |
Less consumption. |
| Anonymous from France |
Nature's respect |
| Marcus Comét from Sweden |
Sharing Caring And Respecting One Another. Joy in participation communion and traditions. |
| Anonymous |
Aboriginal people know how to live a simple life without the clutter of the Western world. We should pay more attention to how these people live. |
| Mark from USA |
To respect our environment more |
| Anonymous |
Care for the Environment |
| Anonymous |
Slow down |
| Martin from USA |
Simplicity of life. |
| Mary from Australia |
Family Ties |
| Matt from USA |
To many to list. mainly balance!!! |
| Michael Griffith from USA |
Less is more... |
| Michael Spring from USA |
Living as part of the environment not as separate |
| Anonymous from Us Minor Outlying Islands |
How to cherish the earth that we reside upon |
| Neil Wakeling from United Kingdom |
Environmental awareness - how to live with nature |
| Ossi from Finland |
Well the cultures change and vary. But the human condition stays the same as it has for thousands of years. What can be learnt from other (perhaps older) cultures such as that of Aboriginals is different perspective on what it means to be a human being. And this very website is an example of what can be learnt via seemingly such a little thing as an old instrument. With didgeridoo many people seem to be able to connect to some stream running deep within themselves so to speak. |
| Patty from Canada |
Culture History |
| Peg from USA |
Be true to yourself. |
| Peggylynn from USA |
To be one with mother earth to live more naturally to live simply and to respect each other and the earth |
| Pep from Spain |
I don't know |
| Anonymous from New Zealand |
To be in tune with nature & oneness |
| Randall from USA |
I think we can learn how to work more harmoniously with nature and be more appreciative of what the Earth provides to us. |
| Rian Mcgonigal from USA |
Respect and connection with the planet |
| Anonymous |
How to see life |
| Anonymous |
The circle of life life in nature |
| Rob Carter from Canada |
Back to basics and respect for nature |
| Robbin from USA |
How to be caretakers of the Earth and have a sustainable life style and culture |
| Robert from USA |
That we are custodians of this planet not rulers. |
| Anonymous |
To be more familiar with their surroundings and local fauna and flora. |
| Roland from Canada |
How to cook bugs |
| Ross from Australia |
The importance of the land to protect it as it is part of us and we are part of it. The belief that we as humans are part of nature and if that nature is destroyed so are we. |
| Roxann from USA |
Aborigines have a special connection with everything natural. Aborigines see themselves as part of nature. Their sense of tradition. |
| Anonymous from United Kingdom |
Culture |
| Russell Chappell from USA |
To live at peace with everyone |
| Russell Toohey from Australia |
Natural healing methods |
| Anonymous |
The care of nature and a sustainable use of the environment |
| Anonymous from USA |
Being yourself |
| Anonymous |
Presence |
| Anonymous from Canada |
To respect the earth and use in a way that future generations can also benefit. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Their traditional view of the world/universe and humans' relationship in/with it. |
| Stacey Mcgaughey from New Zealand |
How to live within the environment rather than living off it. |
| Steav W from USA |
Listen and learn more about the non-first-world view of life. |
| Steve Bolton from USA |
To take as little from the earth as possible so we don't owe much back when we leave. only what we need |
| Anonymous from United Kingdom |
How to live close with nature and respect the spirit in all things. |
| Suzanne from Canada |
How to survive in the wilderness |
| Terry Freeman from USA |
We need to learn to be closer to the land that ultimately created us all. |
| Anonymous from Canada |
How to get along |
| Tiago from Portugal |
How to respect differences. Seeing someone with a different culture language habits etc as someone to learn from and share what you know with. |
| Anonymous |
Respect for nature people and art |
| Anonymous |
How to live off the land and be one with nature |
| Anonymous |
Respect for life |
| Anonymous |
How they live and how the know the earth better than we all think we do.how to track?. |
| Anonymous |
Connection with earth |
| Anonymous from USA |
Interaction with the nature. |
| William from USA |
Their intimate knowledge of nature and the ways that they survived for so long relying entirely upon themselves. |
| Anonymous |
Their way of perceiving the world: the surprising contrast between a relatively low material culture and an extremely complex mythology and kinship organisation is a prime example of an advance culture which defies the Western perception that only technologically advanced societies are 'advanced'. |
| Willibrord Arts from Netherlands |
Slow down a bit and take care for our environment |
