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The European conception of weather and seasons is typically that of spring summer fall and winter, and while this may be accurate in some parts of the world, it isnt for the whole planet.
In Australia we are blessed to have access to some truly ancient and well-tested wisdom about both human nature and the country - the most ancient in the world in fact. Nowhere else comes close to 40k+ years of knowledge.
Across Australia different aboriginal cultures had different seasons according to their country. You can explore some of them here (linked system is for the Melbourne area): http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/calendars/gariwerd.shtml
Youll find that, for the locality, these ways of describing the seasons is far more accurate than the European way, which is used everywhere without really much consideration as to its accuracy. Im from the other side of the planet but I feel more affinity for this way of thinking about the environment in a very localized way far more amenable to really grokking my surroundings.
Can we get an Aboriginal flag emoticon?
Edit: typo
In Australia we are blessed to have access to some truly ancient and well-tested wisdom about both human nature and the country - the most ancient in the world in fact. Nowhere else comes close to 40k+ years of knowledge.
Across Australia different aboriginal cultures had different seasons according to their country. You can explore some of them here (linked system is for the Melbourne area): http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/calendars/gariwerd.shtml
Youll find that, for the locality, these ways of describing the seasons is far more accurate than the European way, which is used everywhere without really much consideration as to its accuracy. Im from the other side of the planet but I feel more affinity for this way of thinking about the environment in a very localized way far more amenable to really grokking my surroundings.
Can we get an Aboriginal flag emoticon?
Edit: typo