Posts in Grassroots Herbalism
ANN ARMBRECHT on Sacredness in Supply Chains /333
ANN ARMBRECHT on Sacredness in Supply Chains /333

Ann shares her extensive knowledge on how we might come into right relationship with the plant world. Ann reminds us just how important connection and intention in sourcing are when working with herbal medicine.

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Colonial Violence, Deep Ecology, Globalization, Grassroots Herbalism, More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, The Cost of CapitalismFor The Wild333, For The Wild, Ann Armbrecht, Ann Armbrecht For the Wild, Ann Armbrecht phd, Ann Armbrecht The Business of Botanicals, Ann Armbrecht Numen, Numen documentary, The Business of Botanicals Book, Ann Armbrecht herbalism, The American Botanical Council, Sustainable Herbs Program, Ethical Herbs, American Botanical Council Sustainable Herbs Program, Ann, ArmbrechtComment
ROSEMARY GLADSTAR on Thriving Where Planted /325
ROSEMARY GLADSTAR on Thriving Where Planted /325

Rosemary and Ayana contemplate the ways plants shape us and make us into companions when we work with them, and consider the ways paying deep attention to the world invites us to a place of radical grief and love. How do we acknowledge change, and choose to love in spite of harsh circumstances? 

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Conservation Restoration, Deep Ecology, For The Forests, Grassroots Herbalism, More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, Spirituality Theology, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom KeepersFor The Wild325, Rosemary Gladstar, For The Wild, Rosemary Gladstar Books, Rosemary Gladstar Fire Cider, Rosemary Gladstar Recipes, The Science and Art of Herbalism, United Plant Savers, Sage Mountain, Medicinal Herbs; a Beginners Guide, Herbal Healing for Women, Rosemary Gladstar’s Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Well Being and Herbal Healing for Men, Herbalism, Rosemary Gladstar quotes, herbalism courses, rosemary, gladstar Comment
DORI MIDNIGHT on Spinning Webs of Support /310
DORI MIDNIGHT on Spinning Webs of Support /310

Dori discusses magical and liberatory practices, ancestral Jewish healing traditions, and the necessity of reclaiming Judaism from Zionism in the name of collective liberation. She shares sweet stories of garlic and cedar, the generosity of belonging, and the blessing of our collective and intricate work.

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Activism Allyship, Cultural Strategy, Grassroots Herbalism, Spirituality TheologyFor The WildDori Midnight, ancestral jewish traditions, plant medicine, ancestral work, Judaism, garlic, cedar, community care work, queer magic, diasporic Judaism, settler colonialism, Dori, dori, midnight, Midnight, queer, magic Comment
TUSHA YAKOVLEVA on the Invitation of Invasive Plants /307
TUSHA YAKOVLEVA on the Invitation of Invasive Plants /307

We are challenged to think about our capacity, or willingness, to know invasive plants - Tusha queries listeners, “Do we know their reasons for making home in unfamiliar soils? Or what gifts and responsibilities they carry?” We are left with much to think about in the realm of curiosity and acceptance.

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Climate Change, Climate Solutions, Deep Ecology, Food Sovereignty, Grassroots Herbalism, More Than Human Kin, Multispecies Justice, Plant IntelligenceFor The WildWeeds, invasive plants, ethnobotany, wild food, food sovereignty, Edible Weeds on Farms, wild edible plants, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Japanese knotweed, Phragmites, botany, Tusha, Yakovleva, tusha Comments
ANTONIA ESTELA PÉREZ on Uncovering Plant-Human Intimacy /305
ANTONIA ESTELA PÉREZ on Uncovering Plant-Human Intimacy /305

Antonia dives into the tension that exists in living in and caring for lands that have been violently colonized, calling listeners to understand plants both in the ways that colonization has affected their legacies, and within anti-colonial structures that suggest there are other ways to engage with the plants around us.

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Plant Intelligence, More Than Human Kin, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom Keepers, Grassroots HerbalismFor The WildAntonia Estela Perez, Antonia Perez, Antonia Perez Herbalism, Antonia Perez Herban Cura, New York Herbalists, Chilean Herbalists, Plant Intelligence, Plant Worlds, Native Plants, Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants, Antonia, Perez, PLants, herbalismComment
LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic [ENCORE] /293
LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic [ENCORE] /293

Ayana and Linda discuss what will be left in the wake of COVID-19, how will we tend to the wounds of disposability? What systems will endure? What must we dismantle and what will we grow? How can we deepen our actions so that they are not just a response to fear, but are rooted in the promise of collective wellbeing?

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Plant Intelligence, The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Grassroots Herbalism, Indigenous Sovereignty, Transition TransformationFor The WildCOVID19, novel coronavirus, coronavirus, pandemic, food sovereignty, food security, traditional medicine, traditional foods, plant medicine, herbs, healing, restoration ecology, prairie grasslands, Linda Black Elk, victory gardens, decolonization gardens, sacred medicine, ethnobotany, United Tribes Technical College, Right Relationship, Black Elk, Linda, Covid, Pandemic, Indigenous food sovereigntyComment
LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic /171
LINDA BLACK ELK on What Endures After Pandemic /171

Ayana and Linda discuss what will be left in the wake of COVID-19, how will we tend to the wounds of disposability? What systems will endure? What must we dismantle and what will we grow? How can we deepen our actions so that they are not just a response to fear, but are rooted in the promise of collective wellbeing?

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Plant Intelligence, The Cost of Capitalism, Colonial Violence, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Grassroots Herbalism, Indigenous Sovereignty, Transition TransformationFor The WildCOVID19, novel coronavirus, coronavirus, pandemic, food sovereignty, food security, traditional medicine, traditional foods, plant medicine, herbs, healing, restoration ecology, prairie grasslands, Linda Black Elk, victory gardens, decolonization gardens, sacred medicine, ethnobotany, United Tribes Technical College, Right Relationship, Black Elk, LindaComment
JESSE WOLF HARDIN on Rewilding the Self /161
JESSE WOLF HARDIN on Rewilding the Self /161

With great heart and tenderness, Ayana and Wolf explore folk herbalism as a green portal and agent of holistic wellness, the visceral personalities of place, tending unique bioregional cultures and ecologies, unbounding judgement from our mistakes, the potency of gratitude, and discovery within the weedy margins.

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Plant Intelligence, Deep Ecology, Grassroots Herbalism, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildbioregionalism, The Healing Terrain, living ecology, place, Mother Earth, personality of place, eco-tones, animating place, geography of belonging, Gila Wilderness, New Mexico, re-emplacement, rewilding, accountability to place, wildness, rewilding the self, human consciousness, herbalism, folk herbalism, herbs, The Enchanted Healer, botanical medicine, cultivating curiosity, plant healing, green portal, grassroots herbalism, home, edgework, wild spaces, reconnection, direct action, holistic wellness, an ecology of healing, balance, Anima Sanctuary, reciprocity, reawakeningComment
ROSEMARY GLADSTAR on Uniting Plant Savers /31
ROSEMARY GLADSTAR on Uniting Plant Savers /31

Rosemary Gladstar joins us to discuss her activism in protecting and restoring medicinal plants and their habitats. She is a pioneer in the herbal movement and has been called the 'godmother of American Herbalism'.

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Grassroots Herbalism, Plant IntelligenceFor The Wildconservation, restoration, plants, medicinal plants, habitat restoration, Sonoma, Traditional Medicinals, Sage Mountain, botanical sanctuaries, native species, endangered plants, Rosemary Gladstar, Rosemary, Gladstar, 31 Comments