Rooted in Indigenous wisdom and a four-element framework, this book invites readers to rediscover and re-embody the truth that Global knowledge, personal stories, and natural science for repairing environmental harm, restoring biodiversity, and rekindling cultural-ecological bonds--for readers of Maceo Carrillo Martinet, PhD, builds on the work of Indigenous scholars like Robin Wall Kimmerer and Jessica Hernandez to share how not only are climate solutions still possible, Water: How ancient Indigenous water-harvesting technologies, like the Pueblo peoples’ arid-garden systems, Peru’s siembra y cosecha de agua, and women-led practices, are vital for sustaining water, land, and community--and are essential for climate resilience Earth: How successful community land stewardship--like Mexico’s ejidos, Maghrebian agdal, and Southeast Asian rotational farming--continue to support ecological health and human life in spite of colonial desecration Fire: How “Indigenous fire”--frequent, low-intensity burns rooted in deep cultural relationship--functions as a crucial medicine for restoring forest health, preventing wildfires, and sustaining cultural and environmental resilience Air: The profound connection between linguistic diversity and biodiversity--and how language can be weaponized to colonize and erase or nurtured to heal and awaken Combining the four elements: How enduring human and ecological systems are built upon the interconnectedness of collective action, cultural appreciation, and diverse, restorative relationships with the natural world Martinet anchors his survey of Indigenous Earth-based practices in the foundational nature of Indigenous science, sharing how they represent sophisticated systems of engineering, science, and philosophy actively destroyed and suppressed by colonial powers. These restoration efforts invite readers not only to learn but to participate--to< re-member<, practice, and defend the Indigenous ways of knowing, sustaining, and resisting that are vital to our collective future....

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Dr. MACEO CARRILLO MARTINET is an awared-winning restoration ecologist been involved in co-creating, implementing, and collaborating on community-based restoration and education projects for the past two decades. Since 2008, Dr. Martinet has worked with the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program which is dedicated to assisting private landowners, Tribes, Cities, and Counties ways to enhance and restore ecological health and biodiversity. His work as a restoration ecologist and planner has taken him across the U.S. southwest and overseas. He has been invited to serve on various advisory boards and study groups on water conservation, environmental education, and teaches a university class on watershed and community restoration.