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114: Can Ancient Farming Wisdom Solve our Modern Water Crisis?

114: Can Ancient Farming Wisdom Solve our Modern Water Crisis?

Update: 2025-07-30
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Is Community Wisdom More Powerful Than a Degree?

In this special conversation, Cameroonian environmentalist Farmer Tantoh explores how indigenous knowledge is not only relevant but vital to solving today’s water and sustainability challenges.


Through stories of clean water access for tens of thousands and grassroots education, he reminds us that environmental learning can thrive outside the classroom.

Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction
01:44 – The State of Water Conservation Today
02:37 – Are We Teaching Water Issues Effectively?
03:33 – Rethinking Environmental Education
04:56 – Reviving Tradition in Modern Communities
06:01 – What School Missed About Sustainability
07:34 – Teaching Water Wisdom to the Next Generation
10:02 – Passing Down Traditional Farming Knowledge
12:27 – Blending Ancestral Wisdom with Modern Science


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114: Can Ancient Farming Wisdom Solve our Modern Water Crisis?

114: Can Ancient Farming Wisdom Solve our Modern Water Crisis?

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