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Welcome to the web site of Arthur
Haines and the Delta Institute of Natural History, a source for New England plant taxonomy and
nomenclature, wild food and medicine instruction, primitive
living skills mentoring, and natural history lessons. A
schedule of classes and speaking engagements is available on the
Learn page. To arrange for an event, use the
Contact page. A major focus of the Delta Institute of Natural History is developing self-reliance that promotes awareness and eco-conscientiousness. This necessitates drawing on technologies that were first perfected many millennia ago, in some cases, prior to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a species. These technologies, often referred to as primitive skills or ancestral life ways, are the only technologies that have demonstrated they are sustainable. Further, they nourished and healed the body, produced a healthy and vital next generation, and promoted connection to the landscape (rather than distinction from). These outcomes were accomplished through an education system that fostered the development of important human characteristics, beginning with the perfection of nature-based skills, and progressing to thoughtful practices, ceremony, and, ultimately, service beyond self. Connect with the Delta Institute to understand how these skills are effective, timely, and rejuvenative. |
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Upcoming Events • Springtime Foraging for Edible Plants, 5 May 2012, a field walk and gathering foray, Lisbon Falls, ME (visit the Learn page to enroll, scroll down the page to read the description). • The Delta Institute short-sleeve shirt is now available. It features organic cotton fabric and earth-friendly inks. Click the image below to view shirt and order.
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>Sweet Peas Podcast: Human Domestication (part one), Episode 119 >Sweet Peas Podcast: Human Domestication (part two), Episode 120 (coming soon) |
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Deep Nutrition! You may or may not be aware that the total health care costs in the United States in 2010 were 2.6 trillion dollars (that is: $2,600,000,000,000). If you listen to discussions on this topic, you will hear experts discuss the reasons for this astronomical figure, including rising administrative costs, increasing prices for diagnostic tests and prescription drugs, and increased frequency in unneeded procedures. When you realize that 75 cents of every dollar spent for health care went toward chronic disease, the real answer becomes very obvious. No amount of cost control measures will ever do anything to curb health care spending. We are simply less healthy because we are disconnected from health-giving practices. The term "chronic" is simply another way of saying "preventable". Observations of isolated people consuming their traditional diets revealed healthy people who were virtually immune to cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, various inflammatory illnesses, periodontal disease, cancers of all kinds, and neurovascular diseases. They enjoyed this vital health even though they lacked modern healthcare. The reasons are simple: they understood how to procure nutrient-dense food AND they understood that our body needs more than just food to nourish it. Through combining the most nutrient-dense food on the planet (i.e., wild food) and exposure to the elements, they proved their lifestyle was health-giving in the most important way: they produced healthy children! Rewild you life, take back your health, and live up to your true potential. |
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 The Delta Institute of Natural History cooperates with several schools, associations, and individuals for classes. The Maine Primitive Skills School is one of those important partners. |
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