Water is life.
Water is life.
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60% of humanity is water.
10% of humanity lack access to basic drinking water.
25% of humanity cannot access safe drinking water from home.
Water shortages loom around the globe - capitals and cities in Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, UK, and US face water stress.
Water is privilege.
(Right: dugout, or water reservoir, for a village of 500+ during the rainy season.)
(other) Systems of Knowledge
(other) Systems of Knowledge
Science is less than 500 years old.
Other knowledge systems, such as those of China and India, date back more than 4,000 years.
Cultural knowledge systems hold more than 10,000 years of wisdom. In America, Native American artifacts date as far back as 13,000 years.
Each system acquires and stores different kinds of knowledge.
Each system holds unique keys to solving problems of humanity.
How can we learn from, understand, and integrate other systems of knowledge?
References
- The 11 cities most likely to run out of drinking water - like Cape Town. (2018, February 11). BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-42982959
- 10 Cities Most At Risk of Running Out of Water. (2019, June 21). US News. https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/slideshows/10-cities-most-at-risk-of-running-out-of-water?slide=12
- Global water crisis: Facts, FAQs, and how to help. (2020, March 19). World Vision. https://www.worldvision.org/clean-water-news-stories/global-water-crisis-facts
- Oldest Burial Yields DNA Evidence of First Americans (2014, February 12). National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/2/140212-anzik-skeleton-dna-montana-clovis-culture-first-americans/
- Geography of the Native North Americans (2016). Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures (Third Ed.).
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