Restoration of Our Relationships to Land by Robin Kimmerer, Ph.D.

Dr. Robin Kimmerer is a mother, plant ecologist, writer and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. She serves as the founding Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability.

She addressed the attendees at the Center for Humans and Nature's 2014 Forum on Ethics & Nature held at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The theme for the conference was "A Cascade of Loss, An Ethics of Recovery." The Forum explored the topic of extinction, balancing information with ethical reflection about the possibilities of biodiversity and biocultural recovery. For more video visit here. Published on Aug 6, 2014