Water Wisdom, Sacred Legacy: How Oral History and Tradition Can Inform the Future

Sharing access to the gifts of water binds family and community groups together. An Elder from Burkina Faso, Dr. Somé recounts the profound pro-social impacts of bonding through water, connecting the water of the earth back to the amniotic fluid of the womb that nurtures all new life. Although water works to bind communities together, misuse and abuse of water resources endangers the most basic values of society, with potentially profound negative consequences.

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