Santa Barbara’s Chumash people blend ancient wisdom with modern innovation | CNN

Santa Barbara’s Chumash people blend ancient wisdom with modern innovation

clipped thumbnail - santa-barbara-chumash-c2e-spc - CNN ID 21161018 - 00:00:09;26

Santa Barbara's Chumash people blend ancient wisdom with modern innovation

The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians cultivate native species and share their ancient medicinal properties.

03:50 - Source: CNN

Call to Earth 16 videos

clipped thumbnail - santa-barbara-chumash-c2e-spc - CNN ID 21161018 - 00:00:09;26

Santa Barbara's Chumash people blend ancient wisdom with modern innovation

03:50

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Saving South Africa's endangered sandfish

04:02

Now playing

- Source: CNN

still_21664374_203172.834_still.jpg

Meet the blind conservationist fighting to save nature’s soundscapes

03:38

Now playing

- Source: CNN

<p>Iracambi, an environmental organization, is working with the indigenous Puri people to restore biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil, an area experiencing higher rates of deforestation than the Amazon.</p>

Guardians of the Forest Seeds: Restoring Brazil's Atlantic Forest

04:02

Now playing

- Source: CNN

RODRIGO BATS JPEG.jpg

Protecting Mexico's bats

03:59

Now playing

- Source: CNN

nigerian chimp.jpg

Protecting Nigeria's endangered primates

03:51

Now playing

- Source: CNN

CTE Stills CT 06.jpeg

Call to Earth: Searching for super coral

23:00

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Lanyon Quoit MW light Pollution Edited-1.jpg

Photographer captures the Milky Way in one of the UK's darkest places

03:31

Now playing

- Source: CNN

<p>A pioneering project in southeastern England has reintroduced the European bison to help restore its ancient woodlands.</p>

A long-lost woolly giant returns to the UK

03:57

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Saving one of the oldest living creatures on Earth

03:49

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Monitoring killer whales with AI

03:57

Now playing

- Source: CNN

SIMONS TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 29: African penguins gather at the end of the afternoon at Boulders Beach June 29,2010 in Simon's Town, South Africa. The vulnerable species live in a penguin colony in False Bay that is part of Table Mountain National Park. Since breeding two pairs in 1982, the penguin colony has grown over the years to over 3,000. Tourists in country for the World Cup have brought double the usual numbers of people visiting the famous penguin breeding ground. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

The race to save the African penguin

03:56

Now playing

- Source: CNN

Saving saiga in Kazakhstan's 'Golden Steppe'

03:55

Now playing

- Source: CNN

CTE_PKG_1_V5 CLEAN_00031723.JPG

Call to Earth: Kings of the forest

22:55

Now playing

- Source: CNN

<p>During the commercial whaling era of the 19th and early 20th centuries, humpback whale populations were reduced by an estimated 95%. An international ban on the practice has since helped the species rebound. Photographer Chris Fallows takes CNN out to sea for a firsthand look at the iconic species.</p>

The comeback of the humpbacks

04:00

Now playing

- Source: CNN

koala thumbnail 1.jpg

Hope for koalas after bushfires

04:00

Now playing

- Source: CNN