A ‘forest generation’ living in harmony with nature

A ‘forest generation’ living in harmony with nature

23 October 2020 | By TED Countdown

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We need to care for and live in harmony with the environment, says climate and gender activist Ernestine Leikeki Sevidzem. The best way to do that? Nurture a forest generation: one that learns to protect nature. Sevidzem shares how she’s educating both children and adults in her native Cameroon on what it means to love and preserve the Earth — and calls for all of us to foster generations that will inherit a mindset that works with nature, not against it.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference.

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