A climate solution? The wisdom passed down through generations | Louise Mabulo

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🗓️ 27 April 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Louise Mabulo grew up on seemingly strange farming tips from her parents and grandparents — like planting crops during a full moon or burying a rock beneath them. Now a farmer and climate activist herself, she sees how these practical nuggets of wisdom actually have scientific merit. Learn how she's merging traditional knowledge with modern science to help farmers (and the world) adapt to a changing climate.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	You're listening to Ted Talks Daily.
0:10.0	I'm your host, Elise Hugh.
0:13.3	What practical nuggets of wisdom have been passed down to you and your family?
0:18.1	For instance, I measure how much water
0:19.8	to put in my rice cooker by hand,
0:21.8	just as my grandmother, and then my mom taught me.
0:25.3	For farmer Louise Mabulu, she learned hacks for growing food, not just cooking it, from the
0:30.1	wisdom of her family.
0:32.2	And in her 2023 talk from the Ted Countdown Summit,
0:34.8	she calls on us to dig into the shared wisdom from our families as a way to be
0:39.9	better stewards of the planet after the break.
0:45.2	Okay, don't skip ahead.
0:46.5	I'm going to talk to you about climate change.
0:48.9	And I know it can get depressing or infuriating,
0:51.5	but our show takes a different approach.
0:54.0	It's Laura Lynch and I'm the host of what on Earth, and we're all about solutions and hope.
1:00.0	And I promise, no matter how overwhelming climate change might feel, we're with you on the journey to fix this mess.
1:07.0	So listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. When I was a little girl, my parents would take me outside and show me all the incredible ways
1:20.0	that they would take care of our land to produce good food.
1:24.7	And I would begrudgingly follow them out
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