Braiding sweetgrass
Entered Title: Braiding Sweetgrass
Description: (book) research, instructors - individual chapters & sections adaptable to all ages & for high school report
Contents: “Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings--asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass--offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.”
Source: borrow from Library or purchase - https://shelburnefarms.org/about/news-and-stories/braiding-sweetgrass-book-review
Photo Credit: Book cover
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/Education - Indigenous knowledge, Marginalized People groups & food systems; Library Resources/ Healthy Plants - Topics, Plant intelligence
Braiding Sweetgrass
Description: (book) research, instructors - individual chapters & sections adaptable to all ages & for high school report
Contents: “Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings--asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass--offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.”
Source: borrow from Library or purchase - https://shelburnefarms.org/about/news-and-stories/braiding-sweetgrass-book-review
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/Education - Indigenous knowledge, Marginalized People groups & food systems; Library Resources/ Healthy Plants - Topics, Plant intelligence
Can gene editing save Christmas trees from climate change?
Entered Title: (Region - North America) Can gene editing save Christmas trees from climate change?
Description: (article) research, instructors - high school
Contents: growers…collaborating with researchers across the U.S. and Canada to help the billion-dollar industry adapt to climate change and compete with artificial trees; challenges - rising temperatures, increased pests and pathogens; GMO concerns
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Entrepreneurs, Regenerative Agriculture - Issues; Library Resources/ Plants - Trees
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Can gene editing save Christmas trees from climate change?
Description: (article) research, instructors - high school
Contents: growers…collaborating with researchers across the U.S. and Canada to help the billion-dollar industry adapt to climate change and compete with artificial trees; challenges - rising temperatures, increased pests and pathogens; GMO concerns
Source: ambrook/research https://ambrook.com/research/sustainability/gmo-christmas-trees-climate-adaptation?utm_source=Ambrook+Research+Newsletter&utm_campaign=dc8627736a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_06_26_02_47_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d85bfec4c4-1433916538
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Entrepreneurs, Regenerative Agriculture - Issues; Library Resources/ Plants - Trees
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The English Farmers who harvest rhubarb by candlelight
Entered Title: (Region - England) The English farmers who harvest rhubarb by candlelight
Description: (article) Instructors - adaptable for all ages
Contents: background, how it works - forcing process, rhubarb on the rise
Source: Smithsonian magazine
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Cultural considerations - England & Indigenous knowledge; Library Resources / Plants - Specific plants
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The English farmers who harvest rhubarb by candlelight
Description: (article) Instructors - adaptable for all ages
Contents: background, how it works - forcing process, rhubarb on the rise
Source: Smithsonian magazine
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Cultural considerations - Region, England & Indigenous knowledge; Library Resources / Plants - Specific plants
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6 reasons to add raw papaya to the diet
6 Reasons to (add) raw papaya salad to the diet
Description: (article, recipe) Instructors - adaptable to all ages
Contents: description of uses & cultural context, health advantages
Source: indiatimes.com/lifestyle/food-news https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/6-reasons-to-add-raw-papaya-salad-to-the-diet/articleshow/114457776.cms
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Cultural considerations - Region, India; Healthy People - Human gut science, Food as medicine & Recipes; Library Resources/Plants - Trees
6 Reasons to (add) raw papaya salad to the diet
Description: (article, recipe) Instructors - adaptable to all ages
Contents: description of uses & cultural context, health advantages
Source: indiatimes.com/lifestyle/food-news https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/food-news/6-reasons-to-add-raw-papaya-salad-to-the-diet/articleshow/114457776.cms
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Health & Nutrition - Human gut science, Food as medicine & Recipes; Library Resources/ Plants - Specific Plants, Trees
In Svalbard, the global seed vault banks biodiversity & sprouts controversy
In Svalbard, the global seed vault banks biodiversity & sprouts controversy
Description: (article) research, Instructors - high school
Contents: Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet, and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of thousands of crop varieties around the world. This biodiversity protected agriculture from crop losses caused by plant diseases and climate change. Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties that could be essential resources under future growing conditions. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway supports them all. It is the world’s most famous backup site for seeds that are more precious than data; background info, controversies, indigenous biocultural heritage notes
Source: atlasobscura.com https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/svalbard-global-seed-vault-purpose?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20newsletter%2012%2F9%2F2024&_kx=hg_0yVQLccu5UwSuT4i9EujiUMiu5nBKktRbzhUFoW0.UUnqkC
Crossposted: Library Resources/ Healthy Plants - Seeds, Issues; Library Toolkit: Marginalized Peoples & Food Systems, Biospheres
In Svalbard, the global seed vault banks biodiversity & sprouts controversy
Description: (article) research, Instructors - high school
Contents: Two-thirds of the world’s food comes today from just nine plants: sugar cane, maize (corn), rice, wheat, potatoes, soybeans, oil-palm fruit, sugar beet, and cassava. In the past, farmers grew tens of thousands of crop varieties around the world. This biodiversity protected agriculture from crop losses caused by plant diseases and climate change. Today, seed banks around the world are doing much of the work of saving crop varieties that could be essential resources under future growing conditions. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway supports them all. It is the world’s most famous backup site for seeds that are more precious than data; background info, controversies, indigenous biocultural heritage notes
Source: atlasobscura.com https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/svalbard-global-seed-vault-purpose?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20newsletter%2012%2F9%2F2024&_kx=hg_0yVQLccu5UwSuT4i9EujiUMiu5nBKktRbzhUFoW0.UUnqkC
Crossposted: Library Resources/ Healthy Plants - Seeds, Issues; Library Toolkit: Marginalized Peoples & Food Systems, Biospheres
Garden Adjective Adventure
Garden Adjective Adventure
Description: (complete lesson which can be made into a Unit) Instructors - all ages
Contents: “A garden space is full of things (both living and nonliving) that engage the senses. In this lesson, students use the garden as a muse for growing their descriptive writing skills.”
Source: kidsgardening.org https://kidsgardening.org/resources/lesson-plan-garden-adjective-adventure/
Crossposted: Library Resources/ Plants, Seeds, Compost - Lessons section in each
Garden Adjective Adventure
Description: (complete lesson which can be made into a Unit) Instructors - all ages
Contents: “A garden space is full of things (both living and nonliving) that engage the senses. In this lesson, students use the garden as a muse for growing their descriptive writing skills.”
Source: kidsgardening.org https://kidsgardening.org/resources/lesson-plan-garden-adjective-adventure/
Crossposted: Library Resources/ Plants, Seeds, Compost - Lessons section in each