African countries are by no means exempt from the deleterious consequences of environmental issues. The multiplication of public and academic conversation on the precarious state of the environment has highlighted the weight of the problem and the urgency behind tackling it sustainably. Attempt to implement standardize global mitigation and adaptation strategies foisted on local communities by the scientific community is somewhat challenging. Generally, top-down strategies present unhelpful scenario as they often fail to align with the peculiarities in the specific regions. The central aim of this study is to demonstrate the usefulness of ethnographic methods in bridging the gap between Emic and Etic perspectives in order to localize solutions to environmental issues. The study was grounded on functionalism. A combination of ethnographic methods including observation, in-depth interview and participatory rural appraisal was adopted for the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select study participants. Thematic analysis was adopted to analyze data. Findings of the study revealed that high-impact solutions which are context-specific and best fit for peculiar problems are obtainable by applying methods which pay increasing attention to the lived experiences of oft-overlooked actors.