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How to Live With Fire | Oral McGuire | TED

Uncontrolled fire threatens nature — but the right kind of fire can maintain the health and balance of the land, says fire management expert Oral McGuire. As a leader in the Nyungar community of southwestern Australia and a former firefighter, he connects traditional wisdom with modern techniques to wield fire in a way that promotes…

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Uncontrolled fire threatens nature — but the right kind of fire can maintain the health and balance of the land, says fire management expert Oral McGuire. As a leader in the Nyungar community of southwestern Australia and a former firefighter, he connects traditional wisdom with modern techniques to wield fire in a way that promotes biodiversity and heals the spirit of the land at the same time.

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  1. @huaineimusic7557

    April 28, 2024 at 7:03 am

    ????

  2. @VRS_FR5

    April 28, 2024 at 7:06 am

    أنا محبقه جدا في موضوع انك تدعم القمامه????????????????????️‍????????????‍☠️????????️????
    أنا لا أحبها بل اكرهها 2:09

  3. @aisha_mahomud

    April 28, 2024 at 7:06 am

    أنا محبقه جدا في موضوع انك تدعم القمامه????????????????????️‍????????????‍☠️????????️????
    أنا لا أحبها بل اكرهها 2:09

  4. @annabellekmk3703

    April 28, 2024 at 7:50 am

    Fire is so beneficial for land, thank you for educating me on your knowledge of fire and your culture

  5. @tamgilmore1089

    April 28, 2024 at 8:50 am

    Knowledge is awesome ❤

  6. @oOCentralSunOo

    April 28, 2024 at 9:20 am

    Amazing and beautiful! Regenerative practices are so healing for the land and spirit.

  7. @samuelzev4076

    April 28, 2024 at 9:24 am

    There’s actually a name for this type of control burning, it’s called back burning i believe and the practice is quite Ancient

  8. @skytiger859

    April 28, 2024 at 2:41 pm

    How to live with fire:
    A speech by Oral McGuire.
    If his speech gets any drier,
    He will surely draw my ire
    Cause he’s preaching to the choir
    Which includes a nun and friar

  9. @ireneiliashevich5548

    April 28, 2024 at 4:49 pm

    This is a surprising practice for me. I live in the northern climate and I remember my biology teacher saying that “controlled fires” are bad for the land as they destroy insects’ houses and seeds and natural organic fertilizers ???? Although I know there are some southern species of trees that can’t open the seeds and multiply without high temperatures of wildfires…
    This is always so complicated and interconnected and it’s hard to choose what to trust – ancestors’ experience or new scientific researches.

  10. @micro8106

    April 28, 2024 at 6:45 pm

    This video change my stereotype, I originally think the fire is threaten for human. Because it is easily burn all of the article. But as a speaker mentioned it, these fire can give us the positive impact when we exploit for the right things and right control. Fire can regenerate and refresh our ground. Sometime it looks like a destructive manifestation but also be a beneficial strategy for environment.

  11. @DSVcavs

    April 28, 2024 at 9:41 pm

    You like to stop fuel? Sell the electric car same as fuel car price tag..byou only drama..

  12. @MrJames_1

    April 28, 2024 at 11:06 pm

    Continues to amaze me that even today where we know for a fact that Australian First Nations people have ~65,000 years of continuous knowledge to work from that so-called ‘modern’ officials ignore it and blindly fee they know better. I know that this is a generalisation, so apologies to those officials who are genuinely trying to learn proven ways. Wonderful video ????????

  13. @mariaantoniettamontella9173

    April 29, 2024 at 4:57 am

    wonderful impact

  14. @InstavidDocs

    April 29, 2024 at 9:27 am

    To live with fire is to embrace its warmth and power, yet respect its potential danger. Balance passion with caution, harnessing its energy to illuminate paths without letting it consume.

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