BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Seminar DESCRIPTION:Cornell University is thrilled to welcome Robin Wall Kimmerer t o campus on November 1st. Robin is a mother\, scientist\, decorated profess or\, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the autho r of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom\, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants\, and has addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on the topic of "Healing Our Relationship with Nature."\n\nAll even ts are open to the public. Seating is limited\, livestreaming is encouraged .\n\n \n\n12:20pm-1:10pm | Warren Hall 401 and Zoom\n\nLand Justice: Engagi ng Indigenous Knowledge For Land Care\nDistinguished Speaker in Global Deve lopment and American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program (AIISP) Seminar\n\ nWhat might Land Justice look like? Dr. Kimmerer will explore Indigenous pe rspectives on land conservation\, from biocultural restoration to Land Back . This discussion invites listeners to consider how engaging Traditional Ec ological Knowledge contributes to justice for land and people.\n\nLimited s eats available in-person\, registration is not required.\nRegistration is r equired for Zoom attendance.\n\n \n\n3:30pm-4:45pm | Warren Hall 401 and Zo om\n\nRestoration and Reciprocity: Healing Relationships With The Natural W orld\nProfessional Development Session\n\nEcological restoration can be und erstood as an act of reciprocity\, in return for the gifts of the earth. Th is session explores the ecological and ethical imperatives of healing the d amage we have inflicted on our land and waters. We trace the evolution of r estoration philosophy and practice and consider how integration of indigeno us knowledge can expand our understanding of restoration from the biophysic al to the biocultural. Reciprocal restoration includes not only healing the land\, but our relationship to land. In healing the land\, we are healing ourselves.\n\nLimited seats available in-person\, registration is not requi red.\nRegistration is required for Zoom attendance.\n\n \n\n7:15pm-8:15pm | Bethe House Common Room\n\nBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom\, Scient ific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants \nBook Talk\n\nThis conversation will explore the dominant themes of Braiding Sweetgrass which include the cultivation of a reciprocal relationship with the living world. Attendees a re invited to consider what we might learn if we understood plants as our t eachers\, from both a scientific and an indigenous perspective. This open d iscussion includes a look at the stories and experiences that shaped the au thor. Questions are encouraged. \n\nRegistration is required for in-person attendance. \n\n \n\nInterested in reading Braiding Sweetgrass?\n\nJoin the Sustainable Cornell virtual book club in October and begin reading Braidin g Sweetgrass before Robin's visit on Wednesday\, Nov 1st. Limited free copi es of the book are available. You can also access the e-book for free throu gh Cornell Library. \n\n \n\nAbout the speaker: \n\nRobin Wall Kimmerer is a mother\, scientist\, decorated professor\, and enrolled member of the Cit izen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenou s Wisdom\, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants\, which has ear ned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book\, Gathering Moss: A Natural and C ultural History of Mosses\, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outsta nding nature writing\, and her other work has appeared in Orion\, Whole Ter rain\, and numerous scientific journals. In 2022\, Braiding Sweetgrass was adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith. This new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth’s old est teachers: the plants around us.\n\nRobin tours widely and has been feat ured on NPR’s On Being with Krista Tippett and in 2015 addressed the genera l assembly of the United Nations on the topic of “Healing Our Relationship with Nature.” Kimmerer is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Enviro nmental Biology\, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peo ples and the Environment\, whose mission is to create programs which draw o n the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goa ls of sustainability. In 2022 she was named a MacArthur Fellow.\n\nAs a wri ter and a scientist\, her interests in restoration include not only restora tion of ecological communities\, but restoration of our relationships to la nd. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF\, an MS and PhD in Botany from t he University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology\, bryophyte ecology\, traditional knowledge and restoratio n ecology. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York\, tending gardens b oth cultivated and wild.\n\n \n\nCo-sponsors: \n\nCampus Sustainability Off iceCornell Environmental Collaborative (ECO)Department of Global Developmen tAmerican Indian & Indigenous Studies ProgramCornell Botanic GardensEinhorn Center for Community EngagementNative American Indigenous Students at Corn ellCornell Atkinson Center for SustainabilityEngagement and Land Grant Affa irsDepartment of AnthropologyNorth Campus Faculty ProgramsMasters of Public Health ProgramWest Campus HousesDepartment of Natural Resources & the Envi ronmentHousing & Residential Life DTEND:20231102T001500Z DTSTAMP:20260510T173447Z DTSTART:20231101T162000Z LOCATION:Cornell University SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Robin Wall Kimmerer Visits Cornell UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44445349253794 URL:https://events.cornell.edu/event/robin_wall_kimmerer_visits_cornell END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR