To find ideas for today’s problems, we uncover forgotten treasures of nature. Historical banana-leaf packaging in India could help save plastic, while ancient medicinal herbs from German forests and biblical manna from Sicily may improve modern therapies. Viking-era seaweed traditions in the Lofoten Islands offer resource‑saving solutions, and age‑old farming techniques from around the world help regenerate depleted soils. This journey across the globe reveals how much our future can benefit from the ideas of our ancestors.
