What are “indigenous values,” and can indigenous value systems tell us about how to address the problem?

Topics (choose one)1) The Great Pacific Gyre2) Sea Level Rise in the Pacific3) The Loss of the Great Barrier ReefAnd a special topic for the Quarantine Era if you just can’t get enough:4) COVID-19 at the intersection of climate change and cultural (r)evolutionQuestions to address1) What behaviors and practices have created the problem? What set of cultural values do they represent?2) In what ways are these behaviors and practices different than those of Pacific Islanders and other indigenous populations? Why are they different (i.e., why do those differences exist)?3) What are some of the cultural adaptations that have evolved in the Pacific and elsewhere to keep indigenous peoples alive? Think about technology, traditional knowledge, myths and stories, the purpose and use of aloha and kuleana in Hawai’i and kapu throughout the Pacific. How do these things improve the chances of cultural/population survival?4) What are “indigenous values,” and can indigenous value systems tell us about how to address the problem? How can these values be understood, appreciated, and applied by the larger industrialized world?5) What are some examples of indigenous and industrialized adaptive strategies either currently in place or soon to be utilized to address the problem? This could include anything from shifts in local behavior, to the emergence of local activist organizations, to the rise of Indigenous Peoples in international politics (made possible by global technology), etc.