ALTHOUGH THE SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR NATURAL WORLD HAS BEEN A RECENT TRENDY TOPIC OF DISCUSSION, IT IS NOTHING NEW. THE PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY OF THE WEST CONTINUES TO DELIBERATELY MAINTAIN AN EXCLUSIONARY ATTITUDE ON WHAT KNOWLEDGE IS DEEMED VALUABLE. SCHOLARS AND SCIENTISTS ARE CHALLENGED TO FIND SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION, WHILE DEVALUING THE PRE-EXISTING WISDOM OF INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS.