[nativestudies-l] Nov. 7-8: Conversations on the Land: Indigenous and Scientific Principles for Sustainable Communities

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

>>>>   
>>>> Dear Colleagues,
>>>>  
>>>> *Save the Date!* SUNY faculty, students and staff are warmly 
>>>> invited to participate in ?Conversations on the Land: Indigenous 
>>>> and Scientific Principles for Sustainable Communities? on November 
>>>> 7-8, 2008. This small conference is hosted by the Center for Native 
>>>> Peoples and the Environment at SUNY College of Environmental 
>>>> Science and Forestry in Syracuse, with a grant from SUNY 
>>>> Conversations in the Disciplines. SUNY Cortland, Syracuse 
>>>> University and the Central New York Native American Consortium are 
>>>> valued collaborators.
>>>>  
>>>> This gathering will bring together academic scholars, indigenous 
>>>> thinkers and leaders from throughout New York State to think and 
>>>> work together on one of our most pressing issues. Community members 
>>>> and students are encouraged to attend. Together we will explore how 
>>>> we might bring to bear the power of two great intellectual 
>>>> traditions, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and scientific 
>>>> ecological knowledge (SEK) for our shared concerns of ecological 
>>>> sustainability.
>>>>  
>>>> The two day program features plenary speakers, panel discussions 
>>>> and workshops designed for a lively exchange of ideas and to 
>>>> provide a foundation for ongoing collaboration. The conference 
>>>> includes an evening poster session in which you are invited to 
>>>> share a poster highlighting your work.
>>>>  
>>>> We hope that you?ll be able to join us. Full conference details, 
>>>> registration and program will be available after September 1 on the 
>>>> SUNY ESF Outreach website. We wanted to alert you well in advance 
>>>> to save the date for what we anticipate will be a richly rewarding 
>>>> conversation.
>>>>  
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>>  
>>>> Robin Kimmerer
>>>> Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
>>>> Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology
>>>> */On the web: 
>>>> http://www.esf.edu/outreach/pd/2008/conversations/default.htm
>>>>  /*
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