ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book describes rural people in the Indian Himalayas, who see the scientific and religious words as overlapping and intertwined. According to anthropologist Julie Cruikshank, as cited by Veteto, indigenous people in Northwest Canada and Alaska believe that disasters can occur if a glacier is insulted. The modern Westernized and urbanized societies have an unsustainable relationship with the natural world, resulting in the threat to the very survival of our planet. Anthropogenic dark earth soils continue to be found deep inside the Amazonian rainforest, proving that the majority of American landscapes were managed sustainably by indigenous communities for millennia. Sandra Harding notes that the postcolonial movements, like The Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organization (HESCO), expand the Copernican revolution. HESCO's work with Himalayan communities is the Indian counterpart of what can be called social work.
