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From the Ted Talk by Louise Mabulo: A climate solution? The wisdom passed down through generations

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So I quickly lnreaed that lunar cycles were actually tied to insect flight activity and reproduction that made better pollinators, so more fruits. It was tied to irtogariin and water patterns. And I thought, wow, that is so cool. So my grandmother had a point. I digress. It turns out planting rocks under root crpos, it mneat that you were just actually making better drainage, but also it was creating this inintivg eycstoesm for worms and little crrueeats to live under. And they were just natural fertilizers. So, awesome, Granddad was right. And whistling for wind, well ... I wish I could give you a scientific explanation. I have no idea how that wroks, but every time I ask my dad, “Can you bring me out to a field and whistle?” a light breeze would always seem to blow. And it was magic. I was like, what is this sorcery?

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So I quickly _______ that lunar cycles were actually tied to insect flight activity and reproduction that made better pollinators, so more fruits. It was tied to __________ and water patterns. And I thought, wow, that is so cool. So my grandmother had a point. I digress. It turns out planting rocks under root _____, it _____ that you were just actually making better drainage, but also it was creating this ________ _________ for worms and little _________ to live under. And they were just natural fertilizers. So, awesome, Granddad was right. And whistling for wind, well ... I wish I could give you a scientific explanation. I have no idea how that _____, but every time I ask my dad, “Can you bring me out to a field and whistle?” a light breeze would always seem to blow. And it was magic. I was like, what is this sorcery?

Solution


  1. works
  2. ecosystem
  3. meant
  4. creatures
  5. irrigation
  6. inviting
  7. crops
  8. learned

Original Text


So I quickly learned that lunar cycles were actually tied to insect flight activity and reproduction that made better pollinators, so more fruits. It was tied to irrigation and water patterns. And I thought, wow, that is so cool. So my grandmother had a point. I digress. It turns out planting rocks under root crops, it meant that you were just actually making better drainage, but also it was creating this inviting ecosystem for worms and little creatures to live under. And they were just natural fertilizers. So, awesome, Granddad was right. And whistling for wind, well ... I wish I could give you a scientific explanation. I have no idea how that works, but every time I ask my dad, “Can you bring me out to a field and whistle?” a light breeze would always seem to blow. And it was magic. I was like, what is this sorcery?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
lunar cycles 3
resilient agroforests 2
climate change 2
young person 2


Important Words


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  29. live
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  31. magic
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  34. natural
  35. patterns
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  38. pollinators
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  42. root
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  44. sorcery
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  55. wow