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The Inconvenient Truth of Smokey Bear

Season 2 Episode 2 | 10m 23s

This episode explores the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), cultural burns and traditional land stewardship in combating climate change and why Indigenous knowledge was for too long overlooked.

Aired: 01/16/24
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