Caption: John Mohawk, Credit: Doug Mason
Image by: Doug Mason 
John Mohawk 

Surviving Climate Change: Plants, People and Place

Series: Bioneers Radio Series 6-Revolution from the Heart of Nature
From: Aaron Leventman
Length: 00:28:28

How secure are a far-flung global economy - and our food supply - in a time of climate change? Read the full description.

Mohawk2_by_doug_mason_small Native American historian John Mohawk explores how civilizations have coped with previous Earth changes, or have collapsed. Seedsman and author Gary Paul Nabhan expresses the power of restoring reciprocal relationships with the foods we eat. Both present compelling perspectives for conserving our collective knowledge of our relationship to plants, and looking to the local.

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Piece Description

Native American historian John Mohawk explores how civilizations have coped with previous Earth changes, or have collapsed. Seedsman and author Gary Paul Nabhan expresses the power of restoring reciprocal relationships with the foods we eat. Both present compelling perspectives for conserving our collective knowledge of our relationship to plants, and looking to the local.

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