“Healing the Earth with Traditional Ecological Knowledge”

with Cristina Eisenberg

Thursday,  March 24, 2022 at 3 PM Eastern Standard Time 

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Ecologist Cristina Eisenberg, author of The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America’s Predators, says of her work, “Mother Earth holds powerful lessons about healing. As a Native American ecologist of mixed heritage, for me these lessons have to do with braiding together Western Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to find solutions to our most pressing conservation and social justice problems. TEK is based on ancient Indigenous wisdom, which is matriarchal. Today the Western scientific world is learning that this ancient wisdom is the best way to heal the damage we’ve done to the natural world. In this presentation I will share insights from my 25-year journey as an ecologist who has directed a citizen-science global research program. I will share stories about my teachers, the plants, animals, and forces of nature I study as an ecologist, and the lessons they’ve taught me, to illustrate the progress made and the work that remains as we work together to heal the Earth and ourselves.”

Dr. Cristina Eisenberg is graduate faculty at Oregon State University in the College of Forestry. An Indigenous woman scientist, she is the principal investigator on two major on-the-ground projects with First Nations (Alberta, Canada) and Native American (Montana, USA) communities to integrate Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) into plant and wildlife conservation in Western North America. The former Chief Scientist at Earthwatch Institute, she oversaw a global research program focusing on ecological restoration, social justice for Indigenous peoples, and sustainable production of natural resources. Cristina serves on the board of Society for Ecological Restoration, where she chairs the TEK Working Group. She has written two books, The Carnivore Way and The Wolf’s Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades and Biodiversity,  and is at work on two more under contract, one about climate change and wildlife and another about bison conservation.  

Save the dates for upcoming ASWM Salons this summer:

June 17 2022  3PM Eastern Standard Time
Title TBA
Lisa Levart and Vicki Noble

July 15 2022  12 NOON Eastern Standard Time
“Sacred Midwifery: Woman as the First Home”
Katsi Cook

The Salon recording will also be available to members after the event.