However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Give them back the aromas of their landscapes and customs, so that, through smell, they can revive the emotion of the common. Arts & Culture, Can our readers learn more about that on the Centers web site? Restoration is an important component of that reciprocity. In this incredible episode, Alex details the arc of her life and her journey to farming, stopping along the way to explore important aspects of what makes us human from our interaction with our environments to the importance of every day ritual. She When corn, beans and squash grow together, they dont become each other. Onondaga Lake has been managed primarily in an SEK/engineering sort of approach, which involves extremely objective measures of what it means for the lake to be a healthy ecosystemstandards, such as X number of parts per million of mercury in the water column.. Robin alerts us to the danger of the pronouns we use for nature. When we began doing the restoration work in a returning Mohawk community, that community was about being a place for restoration of language and community. The Onondaga Nationhas taken their traditional philosophy, which is embodied in an oral tradition known as Thanksgiving Address, and using that to arrive at different goals for the restoration of Onondaga Lake that are based on relationships. -The first important thing is to recover the optimal state of the Prat de Dall. BEE BRAVE wants to restore this cycle, even if only locally, focusing on two parts of the equation: the bees and their habitat here. We tend to respond to nature as a part of ourselves, not a stranger or alien available for exploitation. It is a formidable start tointroduce you to the olfactory world. Wednesday, March 1, 2023; 4:00 PM 5:30 PM; 40th Anniversary At the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment we have been working on creating a curriculum that makes TEK visible to our students, who are resource managers, conservation biologists, environmental planners, scientists, and biologists. Timestamps:00:01:33: Introducing Alex + A Note on Discipline00:08:42: Home of Wool00:11:53: Alex and Kate are obsessed with salt00:18:23: Alexs childhood environment and an exploration of overmedicating children00:25:49: Recreating vs re-creating; drug use and the search for connection00:32:31: Finding home in farming and being in service to land00:50:24: On ritual: from the every day, to earth based Judaism, and beyond00:59:11: Creating layers in the kitchen01:22:13: Exploring the Discipline/Pleasure Axis01:47:44: Building Skills and North Woods Farm and Skill01:55:03: Kate + Alex Share a side story about teeth and oral health journeys02:12:31: Alex closes with a beautiful wish for farmingFind Alex:Instagram: @alexandraskyee@northwoodsfarmandskillResources:Bean Tree Farm - ArizonaDiscipline is Destiny by Ryan HolidayDiscipline/Pleasure Axis GraphicWhat Good Shall I Do ConferenceCurrent Discounts for MBS listeners:15% off Farm True ghee and body care products using code: KATEKAV1520% off Home of Wool using code KATEKAVANAUGH for 10% off15% off Bon Charge blue light blocking gear using code: MINDBODYSOIL15Join the Ground Work Collective:Find a Farm: nearhome.groundworkcollective.comFind Kate: @kate_kavanaughMore: groundworkcollective.comPodcast disclaimer can be found by visiting:groundworkcollective.com/disclaimerYouTube Page, Where Do the Food Lies Begin? That would be wonderful. WebIn this brilliant book, Robin Wall Kimmerer weaves together her experiences as a scientist and as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, showing us what we can learn from plants Due to its characteristics, the Prat de Dall from Can Bec could become a perfectdonor meadow. In this episode, we unpack a lot of the stories, mythologies, narratives, and perhaps truths of what it means to be human. In all the experiences, you will have the opportunity to practice the artisan processes of harvesting and distillation of aromatic plants, elaboration of essential oils, tinctures and hydrolates, as well as some of the best kept secrets of traditional perfumery. For this reason, we have to remove the poplar trees and clean away brambles and other bushes. TED Conferences, LLC. InBraiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these ways of knowing together. In fact, their identities are strengthened through their partnership. Braiding Sweetgrass isavailable from White Whale Bookstore. http://www.humansandnature.org/robin-wall-kimmerer, http://www.startribune.com/review-braiding-sweetgrass-by-robin-wall-kimmerer/230117911/, http://moonmagazine.org/robin-wall-kimmerer-learning-grammar-animacy-2015-01-04/. Theres certainly a lot of potential. In this podcast Ted Wheat joins me to discuss Braiding Sweetgrass by author Robin Wall Kimmerer. Get curious and get ready with new episodes every Tuesday! Its safe to say that the door has opened to an interest and increasing curiosity about indigenous land management regimes and how they might support conservation efforts. In the West, as I once heard from Tom Waits, common sense is the least common of the senses. It is as if, in our individualistic society, we have already abandoned the idea that there is a meeting space, a common place in which we could all agree, without the need to argue or discuss. In this lively talk, she takes us through her art -- a telephone line connected to a melting glacier, maps of dying stars and presents her latest project: the Future Library, a forested room holding unread manuscripts from famous authors, not to be published or read until the year 2114. ROBIN WALL KIMMERER ( (1953, New York) Talks, multi-sensory installations, natural perfumery courses for business groups or team building events. InBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants,Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together through her memoir of living in the natural world and practicing heart-centered science. Truly magical. Wendy (U.S.A.), This olfactory voyage with Ernesto was a reconnection to something instinctive,an enlivening reminder to open all the senses back to nature. Bojana J. An expert in moss a bryologist she describes mosses as the coral reefs of the forest.. Another important element of the indigenous world view is in framing the research question itself. Unless we regard the rest of the world with the same respect that we give each other as human people, I do not think we will flourish. Her real passion comes out in her works of literary biology in the form of essays and books which she writes with goals of not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. Having written for theWhole Terrain, Adirondack Life, Orion and several other anthologies her influence reaches into the journalistic world. There is probably as great a diversity in that thinking among native peoples as among non-native people. If you want to collaborate financing the project ,you can buy some of the garments that we have designed for it. Being aware of that is already a first step. In fact, the Onondaga Nation held a rally and festival to gather support for resistance to fracking. This olfactory voyage with Ernesto was a reconnection to something instinctive, an enlivening reminder to open all the senses back to nature. Bojana J. Not on the prat de dall, but some 500m away (limit of the usual minimum radius of action for honey bees) , on a shrubland of aromatics, so we also give a chance to all the other pollinators to also take advantage of the prat de dalls biodiversity. One of the underlying principles of an indigenous philosophy is the notion that the world is a gift, and humans have a responsibility not only to care for that gift and not damage it, but to engage in reciprocity. But not only that, we can also capture the fragrance of a lived experience, a party, a house full of memories, of a workshop or work space. We dont have either one of them anymore. (Barcelona), Last Saturday I went to one of the Bravanariz walks and I came back inspired byso much good energy and by having been in tune with nature in such an intimate way, such as smell. It seems tremendously important that they understand these alternative world views in order to collaborate with tribes and indigenous nations, but also because these are just really good ideas. By putting the Sweetgrass back into the land, and helping the native community have access once again to that plant, that strengthens the cultural teachings of language and basket making. Come and visit our laboratory, the place where we formulate our perfumes. One of the most inspiring and remarkable olfactory experiences I have everhad. Loureno Lucena (Portugal), The experience, with Ernesto as a guide, is highly interesting, entertaining and sensitive. We have created the conditions where theyre going to flourish. We are going to create a shared forestry class, where TEK and an indigenous world view are major components in thinking about forest ecology, as well as the scientific perspective. There are also many examples of plants that have come into good balance with other native species, so much so that we refer to them as naturalized species, just like naturalized citizens. First of all, TEK is virtually invisible to most Western scientists. They maintain their strengths and identities. TED Conferences, LLC. It isa gesture of gratitude. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Phone: 412.622.8866 Another idea: the economy of the gift. Made with the most abundant plants on the estate and capturing the aroma of its deeply Mediterranean landscapes. I think its worth a try. She has taught a multitude of courses including botany, ecology, ethnobotany, indigenous environmental issues as well as a seminar in application of traditional ecological knowledge to conservation. We convinced the owner to join the project and started the cleaning work to accommodate our first organic bee hives and recover the prat de dall. There is, of course, no one answer to that. Direct publicity queries and speaking invitations to the contacts listed adjacent. Dr. The entire profit will be used to cover the expenses derived from the actions, monitoring and management of the Bee Brave project. Most of the examples you provide in your chapter are projects initiated by Native Americans. Its all in the pronouns.. Because TEK has a spiritual and moral responsibility component, it has the capacity to also offer guidance about our relationship to place. This event is free. Free shipping for many products! She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. (Osona), It has been incredible to see how an essential oil is created thanks to an, Unforgettable experience and highly recommended. As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. Warm. The day flies by. This event content is powered by Localist Event Calendar Software. What are you working on now? In the spring, I have a new book coming out called Braiding Sweetgrass (Milkweed Press, 2013). Maren Morgan and Jake Marquez are on a journey to find the truth and the root of connectedness through their film, podcast series, and future book - Death in the Garden. MEL is our first solid perfume and the result of a long collaboration with bees, our winged harvest companions. Common sense, which, within the Indigenous culture, her culture, maintains all its meaning. WebDr. But she loves to hear from readers and friends, so please leave all personal correspondence here. You contributed a chapter (Restoration and Reciprocity: The Contributions of Traditional Ecological Knowledge) to the book Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration (Island Press 2011)in which youwrote, A guiding principle that emerges from numerous tribal restoration projects is that the well-being of the land is inextricably linked to the well-being of the community and the individual.. LIVE Reviewing Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. Join me, Kate Kavanaugh, a farmer, entrepreneur, and holistic nutritionist, as I get curious about human nature, health, and consciousness as viewed through the lens of nature. We are working right now to collaboratively create a forest ecology curriculum in partnership with the College of Menominee Nation, a tribal college. Please note if you want more of the foundations of 'Eat Like a Human' and Bill's work - I've linked to a couple of interviews of his that I enjoyed on other podcasts. And this energy is present in everything she writes. Lets talk a bit more about traditional resource management practices. This is how we ensure the health and good nutrition of the ecological hives that we have installed there. She uses this story to intermingle the importance of human beings to the global ecosystem while also giving us a greater understanding of what sweetgrass is. We talk about hunting and the consumption of meat vs animal and how butchery evolves alongside humans. Every year, we create a series of olfactory experiences open to the everyone to share our personal creative process: the OLFACTORY CAPTURE. I know Im not the only one feeling this right now. In a chapter entitled A Mothers Work, Dr. Kimmerer emphasizes her theme of mother nature in a story revolving around her strides in being a good mother. Bee Brave recovers semi-natural habitats of great biodiversity and in regression in the Empord, called Prats de Dall (Mowing Meadows). We unpack Jake and Marens past and history with food, with veganism, and whether or not eating meat imbues us with more aliveness and a sense of the sacredness of relationships. All parts of our world are connected. Where are you in the process of creating that curriculum, and are non-native students involved? One story I would share is one of the things my students (Reid 2005; Shebitz and Kimmerer 2005) have been working on: the restoration of Sweetgrass (Anthoxanthum niten), an important ceremonial and material plant for a lot of Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and other peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands use it intensively. Whether you're staying put or going away, summer can be a great time to relax and try new things. Transforming a "hurricane of feeling" into images of pure, startling beauty, he proves language can penetrate deeper than human touch. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. All of this comes into play in TEK. How can that improve science? It is very important that we not think of this integration among ways of knowing as blending. We know what happens when we put two very different things in a blender. Sustainability, #mnch #stayconnectedstaycurious #commonreading. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return. So I think there is a general willingness to wait and see what we can learn from these species, rather than have a knee jerk reaction of eradication. What about the skill of indigenous people in communication, and storytelling. It is a formidable start to, introduce you to the olfactory world. Both native burning and wildfires were suppressed, historically. Robin Wall Kimmerer says, "People can't understand the world as a gift unless someone shows them how it's a gift." Kimmerer is a celebrated writer, botanist, professor and an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the acclaimed author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, a book that weaves botanical science and traditional Indigenous knowledge effortlessly together. Dr. Kimmerer will be a key note speaker at a conference May 18-21 this spring. If the tree was a him instead, maybe wed think twice. How widely appreciated are these practices among those in the fields of ecological restoration and conservation? Robin Wall Kimmerer. This is an example of what I call reciprocal restoration; in restoring the land we are restoring ourselves. A powerful reconnection to the very essence of life around us. We dive deep in this podcast to explore where the engine driving the lies in our food system might have gotten its start. Register to watchthe live stream from your own device. Starting from here, the book does not stop teaching us things, lessons that are hard to forget. We Also Talk About:GeophagyEntrepreneurship& so much moreOther Great Interviews with Bill:Bill on Peak Human pt 1Bill on Peak Human pt 2Bill on WildFedFind Bill:Eat Like a Human by Dr. Bill SchindlerBills Instagram: @drbillschindlerModern Stoneage Kitchen Instagram: @modernstoneagekitchenEastern Shore Food Lab Instagram: @esfoodlabBills WebsiteTimestamps:00:05:33: Bill Introduces Himself00:09:53: Origins of Modern Homo Sapien00:18:05: Kate has a bone to pick about Thumbs00:24:32: Other factors potentially driving evolution and culture00:31:37: How hunting changes the game00:34:48: Meat vs animal; butchery now and then00:43:05: A brief history of food safety and exploration of modern food entrepreneurship00:54:12: Fermentation and microbiomes in humans, rumens, crops, and beyond01:11:11: Geophagy01:21:21: the cultural importance of food is maybe the most important part01:29:59: Processed foodResources Mentioned:St. Catherines: An Island in Time by David Hurst ThomasThe Art of Natural Cheesemaking by David Ashera Start a Farm: Can Raw Cream Save the World? Near Agullana (Alt Emporda), almost near the French border, in the Les Salines Mountains, we found an abandoned Prat de Dall, now covered with poplar trees. It is a day of living with a group of wonderful people, learning about plants and perfumes and how they are made in Bravanariz, sharing incredible food and wines, but, above all, giving you a feeling of harmony and serenity that I greatly appreciate. Marta Sierra (Madrid), Fantastic day in the Albera, Ernesto transmits his great knowledge of thelandscape, the plant world, and perfumes in a very enthusiastic way. -Monitoring and maintenance of both lines of action: the hives (health of the bees, quantity and quality of the honey) and the prat de dall (variety of flora, mowing quality). You will learn about the plants that give the landscape its aromatic personality and you will discover a new way of relating to nature. Read free previews and reviews from booklovers. Please take some time after the podcast to review our notes on the book below:Click on this link to access our Google Doc.Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific KNowledge, and the Teaching of Plants. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. The Indigenous worldview originates from the fact that humans are slightly inferior. Kimmerer serves as a Senior Fellow for the Center for Nature and Humans. TED's editors chose to feature it for you. We also talk about intimacy with your food and connecting to death. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: At the end, if you are still curious and want to take one of our 100% natural fragrances with you, you will have a special discount on the purchase of any of our products. We design tailor-made olfactory experiences adapting to your needs. Certainly fire has achieved a great deal of attention in the last 20 years, including cultural burning. But what is most important to me is not so much cultural borrowing from indigenous people, but using indigenous relationship to place to catalyze the development of authentic relationships between settler/immigrant society and place. Whether you are a private group or a company, we will put together all our knowledge about plants and their aromas, in addition to enormous creativity, to create an unforgettable and transformative olfactory experience for you. To begin, her position with respect to nature is one of enormous and sincere humility, which dismantles all preconceptions about the usual bombast and superiority of scientific writing. To me, thats a powerful example from the plants, the people, and the symbiosis between them, of the synergy of restoring plants and culture. At its core, its the broad strokes of just how we ended up in our current paradigm. I need a vacation. A 10 out of 10! I.L.B. The plants needed to be in place in order to support this cultural teaching. It is a day of living with a group of wonderful people, learning about plants and perfumes and how they are made in Bravanariz, sharing incredible food and wines, but, above all, giving you a feeling of harmony and serenity that I greatly appreciate. Marta Sierra (Madrid), Fantastic day in the Albera, Ernesto transmits his great knowledge of the, landscape, the plant world, and perfumes in a very enthusiastic way. We are primarily training non-native scientists to understand this perspective. Login to interact with events, personalize your calendar, and get recommendations. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. The whole theme of the book is, If plants are our teachers, how do we become better students? Its all about restoring reciprocity, and it addresses the question, In return for the gifts of the Earth, what will we give?. You have a t-shirt and two different models of cap. There is certainly an appreciation among plant ecologists of the role of natural disturbance regimes . We call the tree that, and that makes it easier for us to pick up the saw and cut it down. We will have to return to the idea that all flourishing is mutual. In lecture style platforms such as TED talks, Dr. Kimmerer introduces words and phrases from her Indigenous Potawatomi language as well as scientific names of flora a fauna that is common to them. Not yet, but we are working on that! March, 25 (Saturday)-Make your Natural Cologne Workshop, May, 20 (Saturday) Celebrate World Bee Day with us. What role do you think education should play in facilitating this complimentarity in the integration of TEK & SEK? We start about 150 years ago, where we follow threads of the move from rural to urban environments and how the idea of cleanliness begins to take hold. The indigenous paradigm of if we use a plant respectfully, it will stay with us and flourish; if we ignore it or treat it disrespectfully, it will go away was exactly what we found. You explain that the indigenous view of ecological restoration extends beyond the repair of ecosystem structure and function to include the restoration of cultural services and relationships to place. But Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, took her interest in the science of complementary colors and ran with itthe scowl she wore on her college ID card advertises a skepticism of Eurocentric systems that she has turned into a remarkable career. Roman Krznaric's inspirational book traces out these steps for us. We need to learn about controlling nitrogen and phosphorous. When you're doing something, what's your brain up to? But there is no food without death and so next we unpack death and what it means to practice dying, to try to control death, to accept death, and to look at death not as an end, but as an alchemical space of transformation. This, for thousands of years, has been one of natures most beautiful feedback cycles. Need to land on a decision that works for everyone? [emailprotected], Exchange a Ten Evenings Subscription Ticket, Discounted Tickets for Educators & Students, Women's Prize for Fiction winner and Booker Prize-, Robin Wall Kimmerer The Intelligence of Plants, Speaking of Nature, Finding language that affirms our kinship with the natural world, Executive Director Stephanie Flom Announces Retirement, Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Speaking of storytelling, your recent book Gathering of Moss, was a pleasure to read. They say, The relationship we want, once again, to have with the lake is that it can feed the people. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. We often refer to ourselves as the younger brothers of creation. We are often consumers of the natural world, and we forget that we must also be givers. Thats why this notion of a holistic restoration of relationship to place is important. Not to copy or borrow from indigenous people, but to be inspired to generate an authentic relationship to place, a feeling of being indigenous to place. They dismiss it as folklore, not really understanding that TEK is the intellectual equivalent to science, but in a holistic world view which takes into account more than just the intellect. Talks, multi-sensory installations, natural perfumery courses for business groups or team building events. (Barcelona). This notion of poisoning water in order to get gas out of the ground so we can have more things to throw away is antithetical to the notion of respect and reciprocity. We also need to cover the holes from fallen trees in order to level the ground well, so that it can be mowed. But more important is the indigenous world view of reciprocity and responsibility and active participation in the well-being of the land. Speaking of reciprocitywhat about trust and reciprocity when it comes to the integration of TEK and Western science? This plays a large role in her literary work as her chapters in Braiding Sweetgrass are individual stories of both her own experiences and the historical experiences of her people. Read transcript Talk details Your support means the world! The aroma of your region, the perfume of your farm or that of the landscape that you contemplated years ago from the window of your room, in that summer house. Underpinning those conversations are questions like: what is the human role with earth? with Blair Prenoveau, Blair is a farmer, a mother, a homeschooler, a milkmaid, a renegade. My student Daniela J. Shebitz has written about this very beautifully. An important goal is to maintain and increasingly co-generate knowledge about the land through a mutally beneficial symbiosis between TEK and SEK. Author of Eat Like a Human, Bill and I dive right into a conversation about the origins of homo sapiens and how technology and morphology shaped our modern form. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings o at the best online prices at eBay! Leaf Litter Talks with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Gift of Native Wisdom At the Home of the Manhattan Project, When Restoring Ecology and Culture Are One And The Same, Human Dimensions of Ecological Restoration (Island Press 2011), Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. So we asked TED speakers to recommend podcasts, books, TV shows, movies and more that have nourished their minds, spirits and bodies (yes, you'll find a link to a recipe for olive-cheese loaf below) in recent times. When people go out to pick Sweetgrass together, there is language that is shared, there are picking songs and rituals that are shared. We capture the essence of any natural environment that you choose. I would like to capture the scents of their rituals, of the plants that are part of their culture. Perfume SON BRULL. At the SUNY CFS institute Professor Kimmerer teaches courses in Botany, Ecology, ethnobotany, indigenous environmental issues and the application of traditional ecological knowledge to conservation. A collection of talks from creative individuals striving to bring light to some of the world's most pressing issues. The main idea is to combine minimum intervention with maximum mutual benefit. Plus, as a thank you, you'll get access to special events year-round! The ability to tell the stories of a living world is an important gift, because when we have that appreciation of all of the biodiversity around us, and when we view [other species] as our relatives bearing gifts, those are messages that can generate cultural transformation.