Canadians have been shaken to the core by the scorching temperatures of recent weeks and the destruction by fire of the small town of Lytton, British Columbia. People are talking in a whole new way about climate change – about how quickly things can change.
And, overwhelming as this news is, I wanted to talk about solutions – both in terms of how we manage fire, and in terms of how we manage the land and water cycle. And for that, it means looking at aboriginal fire management strategies from northern Australia, and water retention landscapes from the Tamera peace research centre in Portugal.
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