THE KNOWLEDGE

Indigenous knowledge must lead us out of the emergency of climate change and species extinction Buy this book David Suzuki Catastrophic wildfires have overwhelmed countries around the world from Australia Canada and the United States to Greece and Brazil Despite our growing climate crisis changes to Western environmental approaches have been scant and many land management practices continue to destroy the land It s time for a new way of thinking The solutions lie in the cultures of First Peoples if only we re willing to listen As a Tagalaka man from Australia Victor Steffensen spends his days educating people around the world about Aboriginal fire and land management knowledge Applying the practices passed onto him by his mentors Victor is on a mission to teach others the value of this knowledge In The Knowledge Victor shares the simple yet core belief underlying Indigenous knowledge systems that humans are part of the natural world The land is not something to be dominated and exploited Rather we are nature and the way forward is to realign ourselves with the Earth recognising our responsibility to care for the planet environmentally and socially Filled with stories of Victor s work applying Indigenous solutions The Knowledge will transfo