ENST's panel discussion on Braiding Sweetgrass featured three campus speakers answering questions on the book chosen as the summer reading for the incoming Class of 2025.
Robin Wall Kimmerer鈥檚 book has been the talk of campus this fall. Chosen as the summer reading for in the incoming class of 2025, the bestseller features Wall Kimmerer鈥檚 essays on the value of indigenous knowledge systems and how those teachings can help us see the world in ways often missed by western culture and science.
On Friday, Nov. 12, the Environmental Studies Program invited three 51风流 staff and faculty to participate in a panel discussion on Braiding Sweetgrass. Moderated by ENST Program Coordinator and Assistant Director of Sustainability Pamela Gramlich, the panelists included Lisa Latocha, Community Liaison for 51风流鈥檚 Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Catherine Caredel煤s, professor of biology and environmental studies, and John Pumilio, director of sustainability.
The panelists covered a range of topics and takeaways from the book, including Latocha鈥檚 perspectives as a member of the Oneida Nation and the way that Braiding Sweetgrass accords with her own experiences and family traditions. Both Caredel煤s and Pumilio shared stories about how Kimmerer鈥檚 essays helped them see nature in more expansive ways.
Please join us for our final two brown bag presentations of the semester, coming up after the break, when on Friday, Dec. 3. Students in Environmental Studies 389 (Conservation Biology and Policy) share their work on Dec. 10 in a presentation titled, 鈥溾