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Six months ago I did a post about the Greenest Person on Earth and I put this person's photo up and asked if this is the greenest person on earth?

I know there are many people who claim to be the greenest person on earth, but I have to venture a guess that he or someone in his tribe is the greenest one of all and here's why...

There are about 400 million indigenous people spread throughout 70 countries world-wide. Is there someone in the "civilized" world who can claim they are greener than this guy?

We talk about people and companies going green, which I applaud the efforts of course and think its great!  But, "civilized" people who would be considered "green" may eat organic natural foods, use eco friendly products, use solar energy, chemical free cleaning to rid their home of household toxins, wind turbines, green building, etc.

As I said, this is great stuff, but most indigenous people do not use chemical toxins in their everyday lives or build a leed homes and have a truck pull up with their energy star windows, geothermal heating system, wind power technology, organic mattresses, and solar panels so they can live "off the grid".

I believe we can look to them for answers on tips for living green and eco friendly living. They are intelligent human beings that have a close relationship to mother earth and we are not that different, even though we live in different ways.
For example, a United Nations report shows that the top concerns of indigenous people are:

• land and resources
• human rights
• internal colonization
• self-government
• self-development
• environment
• discrimination
• health
• education
• language
• cultural survival
• social and economic conditions

Sound familiar? Another interesting fact is that drug companies make $43 billion every year from drugs that are derived from medicinal plants that were discovered, developed and passed from generation to generation by indigenous peoples. We have a lot to learn from indigenous people. 

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