This open access book highlights the importance of visions of alternative futures in music teacher education in a time of increasing societal complexity due to increased diversity. There are policies at every level to counter prejudice, increase opportunities, reduce inequalities, stimulate change in educational systems, and prevent and counter polarization.

This study shows that new roots that grow throughout the tree’s life must be pruned or manipulated to strengthen the bridge. Without active care, many bridges have decayed or grown wild, becoming unusable. Root bridges have also been observed in the Indian state of Nagaland.

This program has been initiated to study the atmospheric and meteorological parameters at a high altitude sub Himalayan location (Shillong25.58°N, 91.89°E), Shillong, Meghalaya to understand their interaction and bearing on the local climate.

Dan is an Indigenous Educator from Washington on the Colville Indian Reservation. Through his work,Dan hopes to encourage schools to offer “more accurate Native American culture into their curriculum." Dan's deep connection to his stories and performance will move us all to think about the native land we now call our home.

The study provides an overview of the evidence of indigenous knowledge for adaptation across regions and categorises relevant concepts related to indigenous knowledge and their contexts in the climate change literature across disciplines.

The book's chapters incorporate both policies and practical aspects and serve as baseline information for future adaption plans in BRICS nations. Users will find detailed important information that is ideal for policymakers, water management specialists, BRICS nation undergraduate or university students, teachers and researchers.

A study was conducted in Meghalaya state on 2 traditional occupations, blacksmithy and manufacturing of bows and arrows. A representative sample of 15 families in blacksmithy and 10 families involved in the manufacture of bows and arrows were chosen.

The book shows how other living beings - asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass - offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.

The paper is about traditional knowledge and methods of preparing various rice preparations in Assam.

In this talk, Ms Stephanie Pangowish, shares how the Indigenous community uses humor to survive colonization and continues to use it as a tool for healing.