Alan Ereira's _the elder brothers_ (Knopf, Random House, 1992) describes in some depth the initiative of the Kogi (or Kagaba) indians of the Columbian highlands to break their centuries-long, self-imposed isolation from the outside world in order to convey the message that we outsiders (the younger brothers to them) are destroying the earth. Ereira's account presents a powerful contrast of a non-science, but spiritually based culture whose picture of what is happening in the world today strongly converges with those of radical environmentalists. I've found the book extremely useful in waking up male science students (seniors) who don't have a clue that they are actively imposing their cultural assumptions (read culture of science and masculinism here) on everything and everybody around them. For those interested, happy reading. ps Philip T. Shepard, Professor Lyman Briggs School Michigan State University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
