Join Wild Ones and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s Sustainability Institute for Regional Transformations and the Inter-Tribal Student Council on Tuesday, March 19 as we present: “Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” with celebrated ecologist, educator and author Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Robin Wall Kimmerer will be discussing “Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.” This talk explores the stories and experiences that shaped the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. Listeners are invited to consider what we might learn if we understood plants as our teachers, from both a scientific and an indigenous perspective.
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM CT
Location: Remote or in person at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Reeve Memorial Union, 748 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI, 54901
This will be a paid event for both in-person and remote viewing. A limited number of seats are available at the live event hosted at Reeve Memorial Union, 748 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI, 54901. Pricing for the in-person presentation is $25 for the general public and $21 for active Wild Ones members. Tickets will not be available at the door.
Virtual registrants will receive a link to watch Dr. Kimmerer’s talk live. The recording will only be available for a limited time. Pricing for the online presentation is $18 for the general public and $14 for active Wild Ones members.
This event is free for University of Wisconsin Oshkosh students, faculty and staff when you register with an active UWO email.
Thank you for your interest. Registration for this event has now closed.
This event is co-sponsored the Wild Ones Fox Valley Area Chapter, the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Indigenous Studies, Speakers Series, and Green Fund.
About the Presenter
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. In 2022 she was named a MacArthur Fellow.
As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She holds a BS in Botany from SUNY ESF, an MS and PhD in Botany from the University of Wisconsin and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. As a writer and a scientist, her interests in restoration include not only restoration of ecological communities, but restoration of our relationships to land. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.
Photo (left): Robin Wall Kimmerer, Plant Ecologist, Educator, and Writer, 2022 MacArthur Fellow, Syracuse, NY
