Abstract
This paper discussed the importance of cultural practices toward climate change. In Nigeria, many communities engage in different cultural practices which have over the years protected the ecosystem. The environment and its associated resources both living and non-living things are culturally accorded values, guide the usability of such environmental resources and protect the ecosystem. But toady these cultural practices have been lately replaced with modern ways of life with its associated science and technology and climate change. to mitigate or reduce the impact of climate change need a turn around to some traditional ways of utilizing the ecosystem which the culture of tree planting is one them. The culture of tree planting skill is a necessity for the safety of our environment from climate change impact because one tree planted can purify polluted air due to climate change, absorbs tons of carbon and creates several kilogrammes of oxygen. Keywords: Culture, Cultural Practices, Cultural Literacy, Climate Change, Climate Change Mitigation DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-36-07 Publication date: December 31 st 2021
Highlights
Culture and environment are inseparable, every society has its own culture related patterns which represent their traditional ways of sustaining the environment
In some traditional Nigeria society, culture shape the way in which community members carry out their socio-economic/developmental activities, it is through culture that most of the activities that contribute to climate change today are termed due the values and spiritual attachment to these environmental resources
Traditional cultural practices that has in one way or the other contributed to activities which protect the environmental resources, checkmate consumption pattern and promoted rational usage of environmental resources have been replaced with modern ways that have expose the ecosystem to different greenhouse gas emission resulting to climate change
Summary
Culture and environment are inseparable, every society has its own culture related patterns which represent their traditional ways of sustaining the environment. In most Africa society, culture of reference to different environmental resources, mostly plant and animal is part of our traditional ways of sustaining the ecosystem. All these practices are inherent in culture of the community members and are traditional environmental conservation practices which were helping to sustain the environment.
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