Life as some of us know it, the post-industrial way of life, is therefore brand spanking new. Much change has occurred very fast, even measured in comparison to typical rates of ecological change.
This is a collection of notes which I hope will form a kind of guide, to us from the living and ancient sapiens (wise people), of words traditional, local and transcultural about living and dying as a human spirit and body on earth.
(illustration from Living on Earth, by Alicia Bay Laurel, after which this page is titled)