Restoring and regenerating the land and water will mean putting the words of land acknowledgments into action. It will take returning many lands and waters to the stewardship of the Indigenous peoples who have called them home for millennia, long before the destruction wrought by settler colonialism that is but one short chapter in Earth’s […]
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Biochar: An Ancient Method of Healing Modern Soils
Amazonia is the largest river basin in the world, covering an area greater than Europe. More than 3 million species live in the Amazon rainforest, making it one of the most diverse ecosystems and largest carbon sinks on earth. Some 20 billion tons of moisture are released daily through the transpiration of the teeming plant […]
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Unraveling the Secrets of Salmon: An Indigenous Exploration of Forest Ecology and Nature’s Intelligence
Teresa Ryan, also known as Smhayetsk, from the Gitlan tribe of the Tsimshian Nation, carries the wisdom of her Ganhada clan and her mother, Loa Ryan. Her career in forestry and conservation sciences intertwines scientific rigor with Indigenous knowledge, creating a bridge between ancestral wisdom and modern ecological understanding. As a lecturer at the University […]
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Keynotes That Wowed Us at Bioneers 2024
Throughout the year, we are frequently reminded that inspiration can come from myriad places: a childhood spent in nature, proximity to a community in need, and phenomenal mentors, to name just a few. Once each year, at the annual Bioneers Conference, a few thousand of us are inspired by the luminous thinkers, doers and creators […]
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Sammy Gensaw, III – The Restorative Revolution and a River of Reciprocity
Sammy Gensaw III, a dynamic young Yurok leader, shares some of his experiences working for ecological and cultural revival along the Klamath River, central to his people’s identity and livelihood. He discusses how the epic struggle to remove destructive dams required drawing deeply from ancestral wisdom, modern science, and cutting-edge activism, and how Indigenous leadership […]
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Corrina Gould – Rematriation: Indigenous Women’s Work to Recover, Remember and Heal
Returning to open the 2024 Bioneers conference, one of the leading figures in the East Bay Indigenous community and a longtime activist for First People’s rights and the protection of land and waters globally, Corrina Gould, focuses on the concept and practice of “Rematriation,” which involves reclaiming traditional land and sacred sites to help rebuild […]