"For decades, First Nations people in British Columbia knew their ancestral homes were great places to forage for traditional foods like hazelnuts, crabapples, cranberries, and hawthorn.
A 2021 study revealed that isolated patches of fruit trees and berry bushes in the region's hemlock and cedar forests were deliberately planted by Indigenous peoples in and around their settlements."

https://scim.ag/4bZ1Zhw

#InternationalDayOfForests #IndigenousKnowledge

Can the #Martu help to save the #quoll

“There are elders in the Martu community who speak English as a second or even a third language. Having the summary in Martu allowed them to fully grasp what was trying to be achieved..., if there is the opportunity to include Indigenous languages into a study like this,.. it should always be taken

#Indigenousknowledge #conservation

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/indigenous-knowledge-helps-guide-conservation-of-australias-endangered-northern-quoll/

Indigenous scholar Tyson Yunkaporta says the stories societies tell shape how people treat land and each other.

On the #Mongabay Newscast, he explains how “wrong stories” fuel exploitation, and how Indigenous knowledge and “right story” thinking could guide a more sustainable future.

https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/03/how-the-wrong-story-ends-up-harming-nature-and-how-we-can-change-it/

#Podcast #News #IndigenousKnowledge

Indigenous peoples are critical to protecting nature, yet their voices remain underrepresented.

Mongabay is launching an Indigenous Desk to center these perspectives in global journalism.

"Bringing forward Indigenous voices helps drive underreported stories and improve transparency," says Senior Editor Latoya Abulu.

Learn more about #Mongabay Indigenous Desk!

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/mongabay-launches-new-desk-reporting-on-with-and-for-indigenous-communities/

#Indigenousrights #IndigenousKnowledge #News

Arizona State University: New architecture program teaches students how to design with Indigenous principles in mind. “Imagine a Tempe Town Lake free of concrete, its banks lush with native creosote and wildflowers, with winding dirt paths. That visualization was created by a student who applied Indigenous principles to a design problem. Noor Alzuhairi is in the first cohort of the Indigenous […]

The cost of dirt and the soil beneath our feet

" Land prices do not reflect the cost of dirt. They reflect the cost of making land ready for housing." The Australian 'dirt' has grown by more than 500 per cent since 2000. >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/land-prices-blocking-new-housing-report-finds/106349190

" What listening to the soil can tell us about our relationship with the land. Before European colonization, Indigenous communities had long histories of stewarding the land and living reciprocally with the soil...The next time you are walking on a sidewalk, a well-used trail in an urban park or your backyard, take a moment to think about the land and soil." >>
https://theconversation.com/what-listening-to-the-soil-can-tell-us-about-our-relationship-with-the-land-205457
#soil #land #biodiversity #settlersociety #EuropeanColonisation #dirt #housing #sprawl #regulation #IndigenousKnowledge

Image: Great Piece of Turf, Albrecht Dürer, 1503

How do Indigenous traditions fit into a Just Transition? Join our webinar tomorrow at 10 AM PT, the second in our From Extraction to Regeneration: Lessons and Next Steps after the People’s Summit Towards COP30 series.

We will look at how Indigenous Mesoamerican knowledge can inform our work for a radical transition, which is urgently needed and must move beyond colonial paradigms of land and production.

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/1017711299541/WN_r8OqVzkXR9uwORRpZU-Aag

#JustTransition #IndigenousKnowledge #ClimateAction #Decolonize

Evolving Web: Designing a digital archive in partnership with an Indigenous community. “At Evolving Web, we recently collaborated with the University of Denver on the Our Stories, Our Medicine Archive (OSOMA), a community-owned digital archive that centres traditional Indigenous knowledge related to health, wellness, culture, and identity. Built in close collaboration with community partners, […]