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Is this guy the Greenest Person on Earth? Maybe someone in his tribe? There is an estimated 400 million indigenous people spread throughout 70 countries world-wide. Is there someone in the "civilized" world who is the greenest person?

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 home and have a truck pull up with their energy star windows, geothermal heating system, and organic mattresses.

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

All the above sounds 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. Watch the video below and if you find the greenest person on earth, upload the video to us: http://www.greenenergytv.com/Upload.aspx - Stay Green