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
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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Urban gardening in early medieval Europe
Urban gardening in early medieval Italy
Description: (seminar abstract & video) Instructors - high school
Contents: Food-growing gardens first appeared in early medieval cities during a period of major social, economic, and political change in the Italian peninsula, and they quickly took on a critical role in city life. Food-producing gardens were essential from an economic point of view but they also played important cultural, religious, and political roles, especially within cities.
Source: medievalists.net https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/urban-gardening-in-early-medieval-italy/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Value, Cultural considerations, Historic & Region - Europe, Italy; Indigenous knowledge
Urban gardening in early medieval Italy
Description: (seminar abstract & video) Instructors - high school
Contents: Food-growing gardens first appeared in early medieval cities during a period of major social, economic, and political change in the Italian peninsula, and they quickly took on a critical role in city life. Food-producing gardens were essential from an economic point of view but they also played important cultural, religious, and political roles, especially within cities.
Source: medievalists.net https://www.medievalists.net/2024/11/urban-gardening-in-early-medieval-italy/
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Cultural considerations, Region - Europe &
Native American Heritage: celebrating food, tradition & health
Native American heritage: celebrating food, tradition & health
Description: (article, events, resources) Instructors - all ages
Contents: Celebrate Native American Heritage month each November: discover indigenous cuisines & nutrition, explore Native American agriculture heritage, access curated resources for curated communities
Source: USDA National Agricultural Library
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAARS/bulletins/3b94253
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - indigenous knowledge, Cultural considerations - Historic, Region (North America)
Native American heritage: celebrating food, tradition & health
Description: (article, events, resources) Instructors - all ages
Contents: Celebrate Native American Heritage month each November: discover indigenous cuisines & nutrition, explore Native American agriculture heritage, access curated resources for curated communities
Source: USDA National Agricultural Library
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAARS/bulletins/3b94253
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - indigenous knowledge, Cultural considerations - Region (North America)
Chilling historical photo captures the deadly impact of humans
(Historic) Chilling historical photo captures the deadly impact of humans
Description: (article, video link) Instructors - high school
Contents: We are living through a period of unprecedented species extinction due to human-induced changes to the planet's ecosystems. This is not the first time human activities radically changed relationships between land and life: the iconic image (a mountain of bison skulls) - background, impact, issues, multi-species relationships, looking ahead
Source: sciencealert.com https://www.sciencealert.com/chilling-historical-photo-captures-the-deadly-impact-of-humans
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Indigenous knowledge, Biospheres
Chilling historical photo captures the deadly impact of humans
Description: (article, video link) Instructors - high school
Contents: We are living through a period of unprecedented species extinction due to human-induced changes to the planet's ecosystems. This is not the first time human activities radically changed relationships between land and life: the iconic image (a mountain of bison skulls) - background, impact, issues, multi-species relationships, looking ahead
Source: sciencealert.com https://www.sciencealert.com/chilling-historical-photo-captures-the-deadly-impact-of-humans
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - Indigenous knowledge, Biospheres
National Agricultural Library (sample article)
Description: (sample article, events, resources) Instructors - all ages
Contents: “Celebrate Native American Heritage month each November: discover indigenous cuisines & nutrition, explore Native American agriculture heritage, access curated resources for curated communities.”
Source: USDA National Agricultural Library
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAARS/bulletins/3b94253
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - indigenous knowledge, Marginalized People groups & food systems, Cultural considerations
Description: (articles, events, resources) Instructors - all ages
Contents: “Celebrate Native American Heritage month each November: discover indigenous cuisines & nutrition, explore Native American agriculture heritage, access curated resources for curated communities.”
Source: USDA National Agricultural Library
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAARS/bulletins/3b94253
Crossposted: Library Toolkit/ Education - indigenous knowledge, Marginalized People groups & food systems; Cultural considerations