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The Plant Initiative

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The Plant Initiative works to increase respect and appreciation for plants through public education, building understanding, and collaborative partnerships.

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Action alert from Center for Biological Diversity Speak Up to Save 1,000-Year-Old Redwoods "A majestic grove of 1,000-year-old redwoods in Northern California is facing an imminent threat — and it needs your help." act.biologicaldiversity.org/Qkh_mgZaeUOq5V…

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Action alert from Dogwood Alliance The US Must Cut Pollution, Not Forests "Support the Forest Biomass Emissions Act" dogwoodalliance.org/actions/cut-po…

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Action alert from Ekō Swiss Re: stop insuring deforestation "European mega insurers like Swiss Re are covering agribusinesses linked to illegal deforestation in Brazil - and contributing to climate change" action.eko.org/a/swiss-re-sto…

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Action alert from Environmental Action Help Save Southern Plains Bumblebees "Call on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect these bees today" environmental-action.org/take-action/ca…

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The Spiritual Wisdom of Trees: Insights from Our Elders - 6-week guided online program begins Oct 10, 2024, Or join the self-guided program & start anytime. Guided: $145, Self-guided: $95. From the Center for Spirituality in Nature. centerforspiritualityinnature.org/spiritualwisdo…

The Spiritual Wisdom of Trees: Insights from Our Elders - 6-week guided online program begins Oct 10, 2024, Or join the self-guided program & start anytime. Guided: $145, Self-guided: $95. From the Center for Spirituality in Nature. centerforspiritualityinnature.org/spiritualwisdo…
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New book - Our Green Heart: The Soul and Science of Forests by Diana Beresford-Kroeger. "Her influential message is to pay rapt attention to trees, because they are the green heart of the living world." penguinrandomhouse.com/books/741017/o…

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New book from Onomatopee coming out Sep 20, 2024 - A Tree: A Reader on Arboreal Kinship "A Tree, is about vegetal agency, plant knowledge, and the interaction between plants and people, with a specific focus on trees." Ed. Marjolein van der Loo. €15. onomatopee.net/exhibition/a-t…

New book from <a href="/onomatopeenet/">Onomatopee</a> coming out Sep 20, 2024 - A Tree: A Reader on Arboreal Kinship "A Tree, is about vegetal agency, plant knowledge, and the interaction between plants and people, with a specific focus on trees." Ed. Marjolein van der Loo. €15.
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Free webinar from SERestoration An ecosystem approach to restoration: examples of embracing Traditional Ecological Knowledge in ecosystem restoration from across the Americas. Sep 25, 2024. 12pm CT. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Free webinar from <a href="/SERestoration/">SERestoration</a> An ecosystem approach to restoration: examples of embracing Traditional Ecological Knowledge in ecosystem restoration from across the Americas. Sep 25, 2024. 12pm CT.
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The Autumn 2024 issue of Orion Magazine has the theme Seeing Green: Immersions in an Endangered Color and includes many articles related to the human-plant connection. orionmagazine.org/issue/autumn-2…

The Autumn 2024 issue of <a href="/Orion_Magazine/">Orion Magazine</a> has the theme Seeing Green: Immersions in an Endangered Color and includes many articles related to the human-plant connection. orionmagazine.org/issue/autumn-2…
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Free in-person event in New York City, Sep 24, 2024, 6-8pm ET at NYU Law. "Join us for an exploration of the Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) Initiative and how the sciences have and can support efforts like this to safeguard Indigenous rights and the more-than-human world"

Free in-person event in New York City, Sep 24, 2024, 6-8pm ET at NYU Law. "Join us for an exploration of the Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) Initiative and how the sciences have and can support efforts like this to safeguard Indigenous rights and the more-than-human world"
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Action alert by Oct 7, 2024 from Environmental Action Protect the eastern regal fritillary butterfly from extinction "In order to save the eastern regal fritillary, we need to protect and expand its habitat" environmental-action.org/take-action/pr…

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Virtual Seed School from Seed Savers Exchange "Learn seed-saving fundamentals and be in community with aspiring seed savers everywhere." $90-110. Zoom webinars will be presented live each Mon @ 6pm CT from Oct 7-Nov 11, 2024. shop.seedsavers.org/Virtual-Seed-S…

Virtual Seed School from <a href="/Seedsaversx/">Seed Savers Exchange</a> "Learn seed-saving fundamentals and be in community with aspiring seed savers everywhere." $90-110. Zoom webinars will be presented live each Mon @ 6pm CT from Oct 7-Nov 11, 2024. shop.seedsavers.org/Virtual-Seed-S…
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Article from Eos by Skyler Ware - Microbes in Tree Bark Absorb Millions of Tons of Methane Each Year "Microbes that live on trees take up between 25 million and 50 million metric tons of methane each year, according to a study published in Nature" eos.org/articles/micro…

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New from Center for Humans & Nature Elementals "a 5-volume collection of essays, poetry, & stories that illuminate the dynamic relationships between people & place, human & nonhuman life, mind & the material world, & the living energies that make all life possible" humansandnature.org/elementals/

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First Call for Participation for the next International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology (SHE) Human Ecology Politics, and Justice: Working Towards the Pluriverse" to be held Jun 16 – 19, 2025 in Mons, Belgium (form is on website) societyforhumanecology.org

First Call for Participation for the next International Conference of the Society for Human Ecology (SHE) <a href="/HumanEcology/">Human Ecology</a> Politics, and Justice: Working Towards the Pluriverse" to be held Jun 16 – 19, 2025 in Mons, Belgium (form is on website) societyforhumanecology.org
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Here's a link to the video recording of "A Call to Council - A conversation with Maria Thereza Alves and Giovanni Aloi" from a The Plant Initiative program held Sep 11, 2024. youtu.be/-PbYnG4IECY