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Children’s book brings Indigenous knowledge into climate education

A University of Leeds project has produced one of the first children’s books published in the endangered Jahai language while bringing Indigenous knowledge into climate education.

By The TEA Editorial Desk · 28 August 2026

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A children’s book developed through a University of Leeds project is combining climate education with work to preserve an endangered Indigenous language.

Tualang Honey tells a story connected to the Jahai Orang Asli community in Malaysia and its relationship with the rainforest. The book is one of the first children’s texts published in the Jahai language.

The project was developed through long-term collaboration with Indigenous communities and academic partners. Its wider argument is that climate education becomes richer when it includes knowledge held by communities who have lived closely with particular landscapes for generations, rather than treating that knowledge as a footnote.