3000-year-old solutions to modern problems | Lyla June | TEDxKC 

People like her should be in charge of our agricultural and ecology departments. Not lobbyists.

Why are people surprised that she makes more sense than bureaucrats? Those people don't understand the subject matter (most of them). They are there for the money, a step on the ladder to their next promotion, or for sense of "power." There many sensibly people like her out in the world, but these people simply don't make to the halls where power lies.

I saw a Diné woman and clicked so damn fast! 🤣 I've never seen one of us up on the TED stage before, all tradish too! 💖

This is absolutely the best TedTalk I've ever seen. This woman gives a sacred gift. Those words were so clear and powerful. Earth needs us, more than ever.

This speaker has great internal power. I would like to see her granted as much external power to facilitate us living in harmony with the earth.

Such wisdom from such a young person. These are similar techniques the Aboriginals of Australia used for 40000 years. "What if I told you that the earth needs us?" - that bought tears to my 48yo eyes.

This is everything. This feels like one of the only ways forward. This is how we not just survive as a species, but thrive. I wish I could drop everything I'm doing and work towards this vision every day. Nothing seems as important.

I am also from tribe of india and believe me she is telling the actual truth of our past. In modern world what people know about us is hunting and just roaming around forests but they don't know how actually we've managed to maintain this earths beauty.

Spot on.👌 Thank you for that wisdom. "Humanity is an expression of the earth's beauty." "When we become mother earth's friend, confidant, ally, and partner in life instead of being her dominator, superior, or profiteer...we can transform dead systems into living systems. "

Grateful and hopeful in the presence of wisdom and beauty shared by our Dine sister, Lyla June. Love for our earth and each other -- it is possible to create a thriving, just world for all our relations when in right relationship with earth and her systems.

1. Tap into and align with the forces of nature. 2. Intentional habitat expansion. 3. Create non-human-centric systems. 4. Design for perpetuity.

This woman should be heard on every media available. Translated into every possible language. We can't allow this knowledge to be lost.

Raised as a traditional Hopi with a Half Blood Daughter who is Dine, I teach her many ways ov how we are connected. Im proud ov my Hopi culture just as my Dine friends are. Were all in this together

So powerful, we need more native speakers like this. As an Alaska Native Yupik women I learned so much. Thank you Lyla June!

Somebody needs to send this video to the president so he can work with her and people like her on the environment. She makes so much sense.

She is putting english words and understandings to the natural way indigenous people live. This was there way of life. They did not do these things for the future because it was the right thing to do, it was their way. She is giving the talk to get land back from a conquered people that have refused to assimilate. CRT with the Indians.

I kept looking for options to “like” this harder. One “like” is not enough for this talk. ♥️🙏

From a suburban POV, plant food trees like pecan, peach, apple etc instead of pine or magnolia or ornamental pear. Plant millet in your landscape for the birds. And try to reduce your consumption of goods with excessive waste; drink water instead of soda. And if you live near untouched wild lands like drainage areas, plant a blueberry bush that you dont have to tend.

Part of Eco-system not on top of Eco-system ! 🤝 Not being GREEDY, assisting each other, seeing the sacredness in all ! ☘️🕉 Reverence and gratitude for Gaia! 🙇🏽‍♂️ Understanding that we all are but one! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

I read an article from Cali where they tested an Adobe brick made of grasses and clay mud, they found 14 different types of grass grains unique to brick, they couldn't find it anywhere else and so it's assumed that these were cross pollinated grasses that the natives who built the brick may have cultivated. Pretty great findings right

Thank you... I've worked with native Americans from my home in Wyoming to your home in 4 corners and not only was your talk probably the most useful I've seen in a while but when you talk about healing our past I cried , I've always thought it was so wrong that your land was taken from you and I've cried about that many times in my life...thank you for your talk

These words, this woman, and her scholarly work are so powerful, brilliant, beautiful, and necessary. Thank you Lyla June for sharing this wisdom: "Hózhǫ́ is the joy of being a part of the beauty of all creation. When we understand that humanity is an expression of the Earth's beauty, we understand that we too belong. Hózhǫ́ understands that we have an ecological role. Hózhǫ́ understands that our Mother Earth needs us." It is good to see that the Novasutras term agaya has precedent in the deep wisdom of Diné language and culture. Agaya and ubuntu to all! 🙏🌏💚

What hope. When she talks in her native language, it gives me chills.

Gracias Maestra! Thank You Teacher. You made me cry because I've been restoring and rewilding for 20 years now and I understood every word you're saying. Saludos desde México.

anyone else cry the whole talk? I resonate in my core with everything she says.

"The Earth needs us." How often have I heard, or even said myself, that the Earth would be better off without humans. It is not true. We are as part of Her as are trees, snakes, eagles, grasses, clouds. Lyla June gives us the sacred message of our task. What a soul.

Many years ago an older fellow was teaching a class I was in and said "I have forgotten what you have yet to learn". We do not give our ancestors regardless of where they lived nearly enough credit. Such a wonderful talk. Please continue to share your information and educate a generation that has lost so much knowledge!

Humanity in action. We should vote for Lyla to run the country.

Wow Lyla June! Brava! I have followed you since 2016 when we were all remembering to speak up and support the Water Is Life movement at Standing Rock and other places. It has been amazing to watch you blossom into who you were able to give to this audience. You brought tears to my eyes that filled my heart with pride and admiration for you. As a woman I share an agreement with you about these values. While I have been brought up to value this world somewhat similarly I cannot say that I have more fully understood the intent of the valuing than I did from listening to your presentation. I am at least twice your age. My life has been spent in service to children and adults with cognitive and speech - language challenges. Until I heard your presentation today I have been feeling like the world would be better off without me. I thank you for sharing a most important message for us all to remember- it is the systems that need modification! It is the willingness and openness of each heart to stop making the mistaken choice that we are each here to preserve our lone survival. Congrats on your great achievement for all of the Dineh people and for us all. Many blessings to you. I can’t wait to hear more of your discoveries.

Thank you, Dr. June. We have learned so many incorrect things about Native people. It’s time for us to learn the truth and incorporate Natives into everything. It’s time.

My wish is that the President watches this TED Talk. This is wisdom that'll save mother earth and humanity..May there be healing to all.🛎🎋🌹

I have faith in humanity because I am wise enough to listen whenever I can and I would like to learn how to be a part of the growing numbers of humans that will need to know where to migrate to because I am a Minnesota born with 3 generations to go back scared human who grew up playing in the woods by a river. I will hope to meet you one day

She is truly incredible. Hmong ppl. And natives shared a lot in common.....we hmong also shared the land and spiritually give thanks to what the lands provide us when the land is repected...respected. wow! Amazing.

I loved this. I'm rather tired of seeing us fight against anything and everything, even within. When there are so many instances where unity is a real option.

I m simply simply floored by this girl's honest talk. Thank you Laila. God bless you. May your come true. Instead of flying to the moon and polluting the space, it's time we make our earth a better place to live.

A few years ago, after experiencing unity with ancient wisdom, I stated that the origin of the word “woman” is “wise one”. Nobody took me seriously. Thank you Lyla June. You validate what I know to be true. Respect and kindness 🙏🏼

Lyla June, that was an absolute spinetingling presentation. The ancient knowledge you have shared certainly filled me with hope for the future. I hope enough people hear your powerful and wise words. You are so beautiful.

"Design for perpetuity!" Now, that's a noble idea! This is a amazing! I actually listened to the whole thing...

A true woman, a leader and a healer. I am with you Lyla.

Better than any Sunday sermon could ever hope to be.

This woman is incredible, she spoke the truth in such a way that we cannot deny it. We have a gift in our Earth, we are a gift to our Earth, we should all be living and work together. This was one of the most inspirational Ted Talks I've ever watched, thank you.

Good talk Lyla June, you spoke well. “Feeding the hand that feeds us”

Can we have people like this making the decisions please

Although I am a descendent of two famous Chiefs, one Lakota and one Oneida, I am also descended from generations of wise and brilliant indigenous women. Thank you my grandmothers.

My human siblings, we need more people speaking this wisdom!

Let’s be part of this vision!

Native peoples are always the smartest and wisest people that we desperately need to listen to more. From aboriginal australia to the pre-columbian americas, these people knew how to work with absolutely everything nature gave and made with it much more abundance than modern agriculture could ever achieve in 2023.

I wish the whole would hear this over… and over … and over again. Maybe we would all listen and make that change. Thank you for your words of ancient wisdom

Layla June! What a speech. How elegantly spoke as if I were listening to spoken word poetry. THANK YOU. May Allah bless you, your nation and above all your people.

I feel so happy hearing this. We should be working a cultivators of all life on earth and not extractors of value. Amazing talk, Lyla! Such a powerful speaker.

This teaching is consistent with the Hopi prophecy. Indigenous Americans are to bring the knowledge of being caretakers of the Earth to all people. People from other parts of the world will contribute their own understanding and have teaching to share, but in this area the rest of the world will need to listen and act on what the indigenous Americans have to tell us.

I respect so much that she is asserting her native identity जैसे ये अपनी मूल पहचान को अपने साथ रख कर व उससे सीख कर दुनिया को ज्ञान दे रहीं हैं, मैं, उसकी बहुत सम्मान करता हूँ..

What she describes in those few minutes is what I have sometimes believed to be part of our purpose not to use nature but to be it’s guardian, we have a gift of being human and in my mind we have a unique position of either being able to preserve the planet for the good of everything on it, or we can take from it and be it’s doom

Having watched the first 15 minutes sacred sister is quite right...we are an integral part of this symbiotic biosphere. I have connected with land, water, spirit and the sky at different times with remarkable results. The eighth fire is within my heart...blessings Di ne.

It was lovely meeting you at Sundance Lyla... I am so glad that you were born. We, and all of our relatives, are stronger together, with you in our midst! Thank you for reminding all of us to center with the earth, and that we can be a voice through action or word, for good change... often return to the ancient, and sustainable.

Best TED talk ever. Brought tears.

What a beautiful message. We are born to be a part of this earth and we can cultivate a solution to some of our current challenges that better serves the future of the planet. Brilliant. I wish more of the billionaires of the world would put their funds toward this type of mission as apposed to attempting to colonize Mars! This is a better strategy for all.

I can't tell you how many times I've clicked on a ted talk and thought "I can totally watch this without getting emotional." only to fail miserably. This video was no exception.

A message of hope from a historically abused people. Couldn’t have come at a more opportune time. I am humbled.

Healing Earth Starts With Healing The Human Soul🌎🌏🌍

This is a very powerful woman.

Thank you Lyla June for your teachings and powerful words and acts ! I am moved so deeply by this word "Hozho"and the meanings of it that you tought me in another talk of yours which i received deep in my heart... 💚Thank you ! Blessings from France 🙏

Ms. June is 💯% correct. Happy tears while listening. To hear a TRUSTWORTHY voice speak of MOTHER EARTH'S HEALTH and the hows of improvement is such a relief, as opposed to a "profit" driven, team driven, political puppet, buddy system, or "ladder climber." And yes forgiveness is key, nobody perfect and we all here together.💯 LOVE is patient, LOVE is kind. Life is not a competition, but a gift, a responsibility. THANK U SO MUCH💓🌎🙏

I'd like to learn more from this lady. Great ideas, but like she said, this is old knowledge. It should be shared and adhered to.

Such a good energy comes from that woman❤️

Fantastic and inspiring! What Lyla June describes is at once elegant, holistic, simple, and deep. Her words, as others have said, are clear and power and I hope we can all choose to become "active agents" as part of this planet.

Lyla June for president. 1) work with nature 2) expand habitat 3) decenter humans 4) design for perpetuity

"Mother Earth can take care of all of man's needs but not of his greed..."

That was a great talk!We are tired of hearing how terrible our existence as humans is to the land.We do have a purpose but it was lost with time,we need to find a way to have land to care for it so that it would care for us the only problem is land is not like before,land is some kind of a packaged property that has restrictions and boundaries.

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 It is such a blessing and an honor to witness you standing in your power and sharing these profound teachings. I have some much to learn from you and always learn so much when I tune into your recordings - I look forward to the day I can hear you speak live. So much love to you, salamat (thank you) ❤️

Indigenous people are the true environmentalists and the creators of Democracy! Thank you!

Such a a powerful women with a powerful voice of change👏

I cried throughout almost the whole video. So true and besutiful. We are of worth and it‘s all one. Im stunned by this. Thank you so so much.

That was beautifully said 💕 it almost sounds like poetry. So why don’t we work together to create these sustainable food sources that actually benefit the planet as well as humanity?

Very interesting & wow, I had not heard about those sediment cores until this talk! I try to make my spaces better by planting a variety of berry bushes and fruit and nut trees. Some things I leave for the wildlife and don’t consume myself. This year I left 90% of the grapes for the wildlife, same with the gooseberries and aronia berries. I took about 50% of the apples, cherries, and raspberries. I didn’t tend the garden and it still produced more than I had time to harvest!

Beautiful concept, content and execution. We need this wisdom, not the greed of our current crop of corporate meatpuppets. So many similarities with Australian first nations practices. Thank you for this Lyla. Amazing.

Thank you so much, Lyla. Your words brought tears of joy to my eyes. You have confirmed my own understanding of humanity's place in the world.

Your words were like Nature was speaking itself, awakening us..👍

The fact that this beautiful, powerful talk is interrupted by ads (in this case, for a "clean" fuel cell single occupancy vehicle) says everything about the systems that Lyla June referenced as needing to go extinct.

Excellent talk. India had similar ancient systems and beliefs. Fortunately all was not destroyed by the Europeans and we are also striving to rebuild our ancient heritage.

WOW! Bless you & your people! May the 'civilized' plunderers return at least some of the stolen land!! Love & prayers from Goa, India!

Let your wonderful message spread throughout every corners of the world now. Let us spread this message of love.

That's the mentality, simple language, simple explanation that doesn't need to impress anyone. Yet the wisest solutions, because that's how this planet works.

Tears in my eyes, hope in my heart. My Ancestors are Beautifull.

It makes me happy that someone is talking about this. Thank you.

Ms. June thank you so very much for educating us on how modern humans could or should coexist with our Mother Earth. 🌎 🌍 🌏

This is the 1st time I've come across information that emphasises humans role on this Planet

What she is talking about is called 'permaculture', and more and more people are driven to learn about these techniques because they have come to realize the perpetual cost of not living in a way that can be continued perpetually. This is beautiful.

Amazing job Lyla June! You are such a shining, bright representative for your tribe and for our community of Taos, NM! Great talk, so pertinent and eloquent. Congratulations!

Such a well spoken person, notice she doesn't have to resort to yelling and theatrics because she speaks the truth. We need more people like her making decisions for our planet.

Absolutely beautiful. As a European-American, I've always been confused as to why we work the land on this continent like my ancestors worked the land in Europe. The generations of people who lived here before my great-something grandfather came on the Mayflower KNEW what they were doing. I live in one of these desert states that she mentioned, and I want to see it transformed into the ancient gardens that she talked about. We need to move funds towards Native history preservation so we can implement their proven techniques and save this country that, because of the actions of our ancestors, we now involuntarily call home. America is not my homeland, but it IS my home, and I want it to be beautiful.

Thank you Mother 🌏 🫑🥬🌽 ✨️

This touched me on a spiritual level on how to run my business. Thank you will never be enough.

This moved me. Thank you Lyla, so very much. I shared this to everyone I could. Blessings and success for you, your family and people, and this message. Thank you

one of the best ted talks, my grandfather was Pueblo claiming he was Anasazi before he died but pretended to be Mexican for fear of the government in his time torturing him or trying to imprison him

That was the absolute best explanation of finding solutions to live with a goal to protect what we were given. We should all be onboard, solve what was wrong, a new direction to a healthy planet. Thank you, run for congress,you have my vote!

What can I add to what others already have reflected on this gifted woman? I have become a strong believer in ancient shamanic wisdom and she underscored the importance Of that notion and for me to pursue more rigorously that new found seed of wisdom. Thank you so much!

It’s such a serene feeling to listen to her speech. And her motive exceptionally heart warming.

We are called to be caretakers of the earth…not commercial exploitative consumers of it. Thank you Dr. June for being who you were created to be:)

Moved to tears, she said with the word and conviction and sensitivity what my heart has known since childhood. She is so brave and focused!