Co-existence : Human and environment | Kara Dentice | TEDxPapeete

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hakuna matata got pork potassium iodine

hakuna matata got pork potassium iodine Ida Karthik economy heat or taking out

Ida Karthik economy heat or taking out

Ida Karthik economy heat or taking out refinery opacity una mochila Kapoor the

refinery opacity una mochila Kapoor the

refinery opacity una mochila Kapoor the moananui a kiwa did not go to cut poor

moananui a kiwa did not go to cut poor

moananui a kiwa did not go to cut poor Joey everyone my name is cutter dentists

Joey everyone my name is cutter dentists

Joey everyone my name is cutter dentists and I come from the from altair Dora a

and I come from the from altair Dora a

and I come from the from altair Dora a big little island in the South Pacific

big little island in the South Pacific

big little island in the South Pacific and I have come here to talk about

and I have come here to talk about

and I have come here to talk about coexistence man in the environment now

coexistence man in the environment now

coexistence man in the environment now coming up with the the title for this

coming up with the the title for this

coming up with the the title for this talk I didn’t really know what to call

talk I didn’t really know what to call

talk I didn’t really know what to call it what to say I thought maybe I should

it what to say I thought maybe I should

it what to say I thought maybe I should put in coexistence a journey the man in

put in coexistence a journey the man in

put in coexistence a journey the man in the environment but I just lifted

the environment but I just lifted

the environment but I just lifted coexistence men in the environment and

coexistence men in the environment and

coexistence men in the environment and the key reason for that is because

the key reason for that is because

the key reason for that is because within a Maori worldview when you were

within a Maori worldview when you were

within a Maori worldview when you were born you’re born to coexist with your

born you’re born to coexist with your

born you’re born to coexist with your environment so when a child is born the

environment so when a child is born the

environment so when a child is born the placenta of that child is buried into

placenta of that child is buried into

placenta of that child is buried into the finger and the Maori word for

the finger and the Maori word for

the finger and the Maori word for placenta is also fear so from that

placenta is also fear so from that

placenta is also fear so from that moment and time when you’re thinner is

moment and time when you’re thinner is

moment and time when you’re thinner is put into the FINRA you are cemented your

put into the FINRA you are cemented your

put into the FINRA you are cemented your relationship with the earth with Papa to

relationship with the earth with Papa to

relationship with the earth with Papa to occur and you coexist with her and

occur and you coexist with her and

occur and you coexist with her and around her but along the way in this

around her but along the way in this

around her but along the way in this journey of coexistence you kind of lose

journey of coexistence you kind of lose

journey of coexistence you kind of lose your way and you get caught up and all

your way and you get caught up and all

your way and you get caught up and all sorts of other things you get caught up

sorts of other things you get caught up

sorts of other things you get caught up in and no buying your house and buying a

in and no buying your house and buying a

in and no buying your house and buying a car and doing all sorts of crazy things

car and doing all sorts of crazy things

car and doing all sorts of crazy things and you forget the impact of your

and you forget the impact of your

and you forget the impact of your relationship with your mother with your

relationship with your mother with your

relationship with your mother with your mother earth and for me it was a journey

mother earth and for me it was a journey

mother earth and for me it was a journey of Revelation and I always wanted to be

of Revelation and I always wanted to be

of Revelation and I always wanted to be close to my own fire

close to my own fire

close to my own fire and so I went to university and I did a

and so I went to university and I did a

and so I went to university and I did a history degree I did a geography degree

history degree I did a geography degree

history degree I did a geography degree and I even did a masters of resource

and I even did a masters of resource

and I even did a masters of resource management and planning crazy I know and

management and planning crazy I know and

management and planning crazy I know and then I spent four years doing policy

then I spent four years doing policy

then I spent four years doing policy around the environment and what I found

around the environment and what I found

around the environment and what I found out through that however long that was

out through that however long that was

out through that however long that was eight years nine years was that the

eight years nine years was that the

eight years nine years was that the thing called resource management or this

thing called resource management or this

thing called resource management or this thing called managing our environment

thing called managing our environment

thing called managing our environment managing our ecosystem managing our

managing our ecosystem managing our

managing our ecosystem managing our rivers managing our land is kind of a

rivers managing our land is kind of a

rivers managing our land is kind of a lie it’s not actually about managing

lie it’s not actually about managing

lie it’s not actually about managing your environment until your or your land

your environment until your or your land

your environment until your or your land or your water it’s actually about

or your water it’s actually about

or your water it’s actually about managing your relationship with those

managing your relationship with those

managing your relationship with those things because it’s us who puts the

things because it’s us who puts the

things because it’s us who puts the negative impact on those places on those

negative impact on those places on those

negative impact on those places on those things so it’s about managing us and

things so it’s about managing us and

things so it’s about managing us and coexisting with our environment so

coexisting with our environment so

coexisting with our environment so that’s why I framed my talk today around

that’s why I framed my talk today around

that’s why I framed my talk today around the word coexistence it’s also a quite a

the word coexistence it’s also a quite a

the word coexistence it’s also a quite a nice utopian idea that we might be able

nice utopian idea that we might be able

nice utopian idea that we might be able to coexist with our environment and and

to coexist with our environment and and

to coexist with our environment and and move away from this extractive

move away from this extractive

move away from this extractive destructive relationship that we

destructive relationship that we

destructive relationship that we currently have where we think that we

currently have where we think that we

currently have where we think that we own things all of a sudden I’ve got a

own things all of a sudden I’ve got a

own things all of a sudden I’ve got a piece of paper now I own this land and I

piece of paper now I own this land and I

piece of paper now I own this land and I can do whatever I want with this land to

can do whatever I want with this land to

can do whatever I want with this land to the detriment of everything else around

the detriment of everything else around

the detriment of everything else around it and not recognizing the symbiotic

it and not recognizing the symbiotic

it and not recognizing the symbiotic relationship that that piece of land or

relationship that that piece of land or

relationship that that piece of land or that stream with that River has with

that stream with that River has with

that stream with that River has with everything else we see things in

everything else we see things in

everything else we see things in isolation and so we’ve been caught up in

isolation and so we’ve been caught up in

isolation and so we’ve been caught up in this world where we have a piece of

this world where we have a piece of

this world where we have a piece of paper and we have a right to do

paper and we have a right to do

paper and we have a right to do something we have a piece of paper we

something we have a piece of paper we

something we have a piece of paper we have Dominion and control over something

have Dominion and control over something

have Dominion and control over something I want to change that paradigm I want to

I want to change that paradigm I want to

I want to change that paradigm I want to change their thinking I want us to think

change their thinking I want us to think

change their thinking I want us to think differently about our environment and

differently about our environment and

differently about our environment and how we interact with it so I’ve proposed

how we interact with it so I’ve proposed

how we interact with it so I’ve proposed well I’ve looked debt people who have

well I’ve looked debt people who have

well I’ve looked debt people who have been able to shift

been able to shift

been able to shift thinking from resource management

thinking from resource management

thinking from resource management environmental management or ownership

environmental management or ownership

environmental management or ownership rights Dominion to something else

rights Dominion to something else

rights Dominion to something else something different and I’ve come up

something different and I’ve come up

something different and I’ve come up with three points well there’s probably

with three points well there’s probably

with three points well there’s probably way more than three let’s be honest and

way more than three let’s be honest and

way more than three let’s be honest and there’s probably at least a hundred but

there’s probably at least a hundred but

there’s probably at least a hundred but I’ve come up with three points and the

I’ve come up with three points and the

I’ve come up with three points and the first point is that in order to lead

first point is that in order to lead

first point is that in order to lead change to change the paradigm to change

change to change the paradigm to change

change to change the paradigm to change thinking you’ve got to be disruptive and

thinking you’ve got to be disruptive and

thinking you’ve got to be disruptive and you’ve got to be the protagonist you’ve

you’ve got to be the protagonist you’ve

you’ve got to be the protagonist you’ve got to be the positive deviant that

got to be the positive deviant that

got to be the positive deviant that predicts new ideas that sees the

predicts new ideas that sees the

predicts new ideas that sees the impossible as possible that in the and

impossible as possible that in the and

impossible as possible that in the and the echoes of laughter you still move

the echoes of laughter you still move

the echoes of laughter you still move forward with your idea with your crazy

forward with your idea with your crazy

forward with your idea with your crazy thought and so I’m gonna talk about

thought and so I’m gonna talk about

thought and so I’m gonna talk about peridot era which is one of my home

peridot era which is one of my home

peridot era which is one of my home lands back in New Zealand and for those

lands back in New Zealand and for those

lands back in New Zealand and for those of you who don’t know video weather is a

of you who don’t know video weather is a

of you who don’t know video weather is a block of land that’s pretty big I don’t

block of land that’s pretty big I don’t

block of land that’s pretty big I don’t know how big specifically but it’s

know how big specifically but it’s

know how big specifically but it’s pretty big and it’s the home of my

pretty big and it’s the home of my

pretty big and it’s the home of my people Knights you who the tribal people

people Knights you who the tribal people

people Knights you who the tribal people of to Wayne and this land used to be a

of to Wayne and this land used to be a

of to Wayne and this land used to be a national park which was owned by the

national park which was owned by the

national park which was owned by the government by the crown I use government

government by the crown I use government

government by the crown I use government crown they’re both the same but today in

crown they’re both the same but today in

crown they’re both the same but today in 2017 this land owns itself it’s its own

2017 this land owns itself it’s its own

2017 this land owns itself it’s its own legal personality its own legal identity

legal personality its own legal identity

legal personality its own legal identity crazy right

crazy right

crazy right how can a piece of land with some

how can a piece of land with some

how can a piece of land with some strains in a river and a and a lake or

strains in a river and a and a lake or

strains in a river and a and a lake or to own itself and it’s these crazy ideas

to own itself and it’s these crazy ideas

to own itself and it’s these crazy ideas that move us forward and project and new

that move us forward and project and new

that move us forward and project and new possibilities and new futures new

possibilities and new futures new

possibilities and new futures new opportunities they read a letter the

opportunities they read a letter the

opportunities they read a letter the second point is the journey from Peru

second point is the journey from Peru

second point is the journey from Peru the way they’re being controlled and

the way they’re being controlled and

the way they’re being controlled and governed

governed

governed by the government to owning itself

by the government to owning itself

by the government to owning itself required patience resilience time

required patience resilience time

required patience resilience time perseverance a whole lot of things

perseverance a whole lot of things

perseverance a whole lot of things because the journey started in 1840 when

because the journey started in 1840 when

because the journey started in 1840 when New Zealand was colonized from that

New Zealand was colonized from that

New Zealand was colonized from that point in time our relationship with our

point in time our relationship with our

point in time our relationship with our environment has changed

environment has changed

environment has changed we had been dispossessed of our

we had been dispossessed of our

we had been dispossessed of our relationship with our mother without

relationship with our mother without

relationship with our mother without earth with our River with our streams

earth with our River with our streams

earth with our River with our streams and so from that period we’ve been

and so from that period we’ve been

and so from that period we’ve been trying to get back that relationship get

trying to get back that relationship get

trying to get back that relationship get back that intimate relationship that we

back that intimate relationship that we

back that intimate relationship that we had

had

had without earth with our mother with our

without earth with our mother with our

without earth with our mother with our failure and in 2014

failure and in 2014

failure and in 2014 leaders from within my tribe of my two

leaders from within my tribe of my two

leaders from within my tribe of my two who were able to do that they were able

who were able to do that they were able

who were able to do that they were able to present this idea that maybe because

to present this idea that maybe because

to present this idea that maybe because originally how people actually sought to

originally how people actually sought to

originally how people actually sought to own the land they didn’t want to own it

own the land they didn’t want to own it

own the land they didn’t want to own it and that in terms of a Western sense of

and that in terms of a Western sense of

and that in terms of a Western sense of ownership with exclusion of all others

ownership with exclusion of all others

ownership with exclusion of all others they just saw that that the only legal

they just saw that that the only legal

they just saw that that the only legal mechanism that was available to them at

mechanism that was available to them at

mechanism that was available to them at their time was to actually own it and

their time was to actually own it and

their time was to actually own it and then from that they will be able to

then from that they will be able to

then from that they will be able to reforge the relationship that they lost

reforge the relationship that they lost

reforge the relationship that they lost but the crown the government been the

but the crown the government been the

but the crown the government been the government they don’t like giving over

government they don’t like giving over

government they don’t like giving over power control Dominion all these sorts

power control Dominion all these sorts

power control Dominion all these sorts of things said no there is no way that

of things said no there is no way that

of things said no there is no way that we’re going to give you ownership so

we’re going to give you ownership so

we’re going to give you ownership so they went back and they talked and they

they went back and they talked and they

they went back and they talked and they had conversations and research and

had conversations and research and

had conversations and research and explored and other options for how this

explored and other options for how this

explored and other options for how this might work how we might be able to

might work how we might be able to

might work how we might be able to reforge our relationship with our lands

reforge our relationship with our lands

reforge our relationship with our lands and they decided let’s remove the word

and they decided let’s remove the word

and they decided let’s remove the word ownership from the conversation let’s

ownership from the conversation let’s

ownership from the conversation let’s say that no one owns this piece of land

say that no one owns this piece of land

say that no one owns this piece of land and then the conversation changed and

and then the conversation changed and

and then the conversation changed and then we created they would a Witter

then we created they would a Witter

then we created they would a Witter a forest on our hilly our provider our

a forest on our hilly our provider our

a forest on our hilly our provider our mother Alma died and that sustains us in

mother Alma died and that sustains us in

mother Alma died and that sustains us in his own it is his own legal person the

his own it is his own legal person the

his own it is his own legal person the third point is that in order to create a

third point is that in order to create a

third point is that in order to create a paradigm shift a change in thinking

paradigm shift a change in thinking

paradigm shift a change in thinking we’ve got to go from challenging the

we’ve got to go from challenging the

we’ve got to go from challenging the status quo being disruptive to working

status quo being disruptive to working

status quo being disruptive to working hard being resilient and moving through

hard being resilient and moving through

hard being resilient and moving through the motions of time and then we’ve got

the motions of time and then we’ve got

the motions of time and then we’ve got to get to a point where we create

to get to a point where we create

to get to a point where we create something which is fair and just because

something which is fair and just because

something which is fair and just because if it’s not fair and just then how do

if it’s not fair and just then how do

if it’s not fair and just then how do people associate with it how are people

people associate with it how are people

people associate with it how are people going to buy into it so the creation of

going to buy into it so the creation of

going to buy into it so the creation of their route or whether this thing that

their route or whether this thing that

their route or whether this thing that used to be a national park into a legal

used to be a national park into a legal

used to be a national park into a legal person was purely but the legalization

person was purely but the legalization

person was purely but the legalization or utilizing a legal tool to make a

or utilizing a legal tool to make a

or utilizing a legal tool to make a tradition that we’ve been that we’ve

tradition that we’ve been that we’ve

tradition that we’ve been that we’ve known for centuries to be true legal

known for centuries to be true legal

known for centuries to be true legal we’ve always known that this land is our

we’ve always known that this land is our

we’ve always known that this land is our mother well we all we needed to do was

mother well we all we needed to do was

mother well we all we needed to do was just get a piece of paper to say that

just get a piece of paper to say that

just get a piece of paper to say that and we know that to be innately true and

and we know that to be innately true and

and we know that to be innately true and it’s something which drives our

it’s something which drives our

it’s something which drives our principles our values as human beings it

principles our values as human beings it

principles our values as human beings it doesn’t matter if you’re Marty Pacific

doesn’t matter if you’re Marty Pacific

doesn’t matter if you’re Marty Pacific Islander from anywhere you understand

Islander from anywhere you understand

Islander from anywhere you understand that relationship in that connection so

that relationship in that connection so

that relationship in that connection so you can you can get it so it was crucial

you can you can get it so it was crucial

you can you can get it so it was crucial that what was ever what was created was

that what was ever what was created was

that what was ever what was created was understood by all now 2017 three years

understood by all now 2017 three years

understood by all now 2017 three years on and we’re still on this journey

on and we’re still on this journey

on and we’re still on this journey because we’ve been dispossessed as

because we’ve been dispossessed as

because we’ve been dispossessed as associated with coexistence for such a

associated with coexistence for such a

associated with coexistence for such a long time that we’ve got to kind of

long time that we’ve got to kind of

long time that we’ve got to kind of recreate it and sort of move through the

recreate it and sort of move through the

recreate it and sort of move through the notions of understanding what it looks

notions of understanding what it looks

notions of understanding what it looks like and what it feels like and what it

like and what it feels like and what it

like and what it feels like and what it is to co-exist and this

is to co-exist and this

is to co-exist and this and some respects as a physical

and some respects as a physical

and some respects as a physical representation of them this is a living

representation of them this is a living

representation of them this is a living building and in 2000 and I think it was

building and in 2000 and I think it was

building and in 2000 and I think it was in 2012 this building was constructed

in 2012 this building was constructed

in 2012 this building was constructed and it’s the only living building in New

and it’s the only living building in New

and it’s the only living building in New Zealand currently and it’s right in the

Zealand currently and it’s right in the

Zealand currently and it’s right in the heart

heart

heart well depends where you’re from with

well depends where you’re from with

well depends where you’re from with Intuit or Witter but it’s in the heart

Intuit or Witter but it’s in the heart

Intuit or Witter but it’s in the heart of Peru the Widder and this building is

of Peru the Widder and this building is

of Peru the Widder and this building is you know self-sufficient it’s solar

you know self-sufficient it’s solar

you know self-sufficient it’s solar heating it deals with its own storm

heating it deals with its own storm

heating it deals with its own storm water rain water everything but the key

water rain water everything but the key

water rain water everything but the key element of it is that it’s a living

element of it is that it’s a living

element of it is that it’s a living building it sucks in life and gives our

building it sucks in life and gives our

building it sucks in life and gives our life so in sort of in some respects

life so in sort of in some respects

life so in sort of in some respects that’s what coexistence is about is

that’s what coexistence is about is

that’s what coexistence is about is bringing taking an absorbing life and

bringing taking an absorbing life and

bringing taking an absorbing life and then giving it out begin as well it’s

then giving it out begin as well it’s

then giving it out begin as well it’s not some stagnant building that just

not some stagnant building that just

not some stagnant building that just stands there and does nothing and looks

stands there and does nothing and looks

stands there and does nothing and looks pretty it gives life

pretty it gives life

pretty it gives life it gives being it has a modey modey

it gives being it has a modey modey

it gives being it has a modey modey within Marty it means a life force then

within Marty it means a life force then

within Marty it means a life force then its simplest form in its most complex

its simplest form in its most complex

its simplest form in its most complex form

form

form everything has a Modi and Modi is

everything has a Modi and Modi is

everything has a Modi and Modi is everything and so this is what that is

everything and so this is what that is

everything and so this is what that is so I guess I’ll just go back to my last

so I guess I’ll just go back to my last

so I guess I’ll just go back to my last three points is that it’s about changing

three points is that it’s about changing

three points is that it’s about changing the paradigm requires disruption second

the paradigm requires disruption second

the paradigm requires disruption second point good work hard your lead

point good work hard your lead

point good work hard your lead perseverant 177 years it took for this

perseverant 177 years it took for this

perseverant 177 years it took for this to happen and you’ve got to create

to happen and you’ve got to create

to happen and you’ve got to create something which is fear and just so I

something which is fear and just so I

something which is fear and just so I know data and I’m here : about your

know data and I’m here : about your

know data and I’m here : about your quarter I put in now cope in our code

quarter I put in now cope in our code

quarter I put in now cope in our code though you’re a might I thought about

though you’re a might I thought about

though you’re a might I thought about what Missy

what Missy

what Missy [Applause]