Course | Ecological Restoration & Environmental Justice: Earth Repair

Course Description:

Communities around the world work on ecological restoration projects to restore health and balance to damaged ecosystems. With physical and biological aspects, ecological restoration is also spiritual and cultural work, addressing the wounds inflicted on people as well as land. Students learn from restoration projects that rely on complex “ways of knowing,” where ceremony, community, and longstanding and attentive relationships with the natural world are fundamental. Topics explored are: approaches and examples of restoration work around the world; restoration work to build community and relationship with place; ceremony and ritual; commodification and monetization of nature; and ethical questions and dilemmas in restoration.

Guest speakers include Jacqui Patterson, Catherine Flowers, and Lyla June Johnston.