After performing multiple searches for the phrase i finally found it listed in “the oxford dictionary of proverbs” (2009) which simply stated that it was a “native american saying”. In the article when the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money, quote investigator states that greenpeace placed a paraphrased approximation on a banner in 1981, which has been widely propagated as a cree prophesy or cree saying and alternately attributed. Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money. The posted version does not accurately convey the true meaning This version comes a lot closer Indians did not have money.
When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money published on by oxford university press. A statement attributed to indigenous wisdom, often rendered as, only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, and the last river poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money, serves as a poignant reminder of humanity's dependence on the natural world It encapsulates the idea that economic prosperity, symbolized by money, is ultimately unsustainable without a healthy.
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