How do tribes protect the environment?
Depends what tribe you are talking about, but in most cases the lifestyle they hold doesn’t allow for large population densities. If tribal populations where larger they would end up doing more damage to the environment than we do with intensified organic farming. Imagine if the whole of england started hunting for their living, there would be no animals left in a very short time. Because of their lifestyle they are closer to the environment (both spiritually and geographically), they are better able to see the warning signs when things are going wrong than us who forage between the supermarket shelves. There is also less waste produced as there is no need for transporting food long distances and to forage the same ammount of food more energy is needed so wasting any of it is more of a crime. So there are things we can learn from tribal lifestyles, but in our densely populated countries it is not a lifestyle option for the masses.
