Why Indigenous Wisdom Is an Antidote to the Climate Crisis

This seems to be a fluff piece based on a vague notion of the superiority of tribal wisdom over the scientific method with no real arguments. It reads like an article touting the benefits of "alternative" "medicine".

> '3,500 year rainwater harvesting techniques in India'

Although this would work in monsoon areas, it would not work in all parts of USA. There is law passed that rain water collection is "forbidden" (should be limited in some areas) as, as people collect water on the north, there is even less water on the South - increasing droughts and draining rivers.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/states-wher...

The whole wisdom of preserving biodiversity can be summarized as "Leave Nature Alone".

There are no Indigenous People with fancy believes systems taking care of Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and the area is doing better than ever in terms of biodiversity despite nuclear disaster. The whole "magic" was to get civilization out of there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_the_Chernobyl_disas...

Yeah the piece is a bit fluffy but one cool example of this is a forest garden in northwest America that was abandoned >100 years ago but still produces food and is more biodiverse than the surrounding forest:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/fores...

I also really liked the book "Braiding Sweetgrass: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants" by an academic ecologist/poet and Native American woman.

I respect the knowledge and capabilities of the First Nations. I believe their is truth to their methods based on experience.

That being said, I’m skeptical of the capability of their wisdom to combat industrial scale climate change and modern population density. Managing a forest isn’t going to compensate for the world’s industrial processes and millions of people living in a small space. Industrial scale problems require industrial scale solutions.

This article does little to make its point, but I highly recommend seeking whatever indigenous wisdom you may have access to, wherever you find yourself

For one lens into those worlds, see the For The Wild podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-wild/id9428099...

'Indigenous' is a political term that has no clear meaning.