Posts in Plant Intelligence
MERLIN SHELDRAKE on Embodied Entanglements /365
MERLIN SHELDRAKE on Embodied Entanglements /365

“An account of life that doesn't include fungi is an account of life that doesn’t exist.” Our relationship with fungi is non-negotiable. Merlin invites listeners to pay attention to what this relationship means and how it shapes not only our lives, but the entanglement of life across the world.

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Conservation Restoration, Multispecies Justice, More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, Theory ScholarshipFor The Wildmerlin, sheldrake, Merlin, Sheldrake, 365, Fungi, Entaglements, MOTH, SPUNComment
LAYLA K. FEGHALI on The Land in Our Bones /361
LAYLA K. FEGHALI on The Land in Our Bones /361

Layla shares the power and perseverance of homeland, even in the face of colonial violence. As the genocide in Palestine continues and worsens, Layla offers a powerful call to listen to our rage and take real action against empire.

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Activism Allyship, Colonial Violence, Indigenous Sovereignty, Political Ideology, Plant Intelligence, The Cost of CapitalismFor The Wild361, For The Wild, Layla K. Feghali, SAWANA, Layla Feghali Interview, The Land In our Bones, The Land in our bones Layla K. Feghali, Baladi, Lebanese Diaspora, Palestine, Gaza, Activism, Colonial Violence, Indigenous Sovereignty, Layla, Feghali, layla, feghaliComment
OBI KAUFMANN on the Ecotone of Art and Science /351
OBI KAUFMANN on the Ecotone of Art and Science /351

Discussing his signature field atlases, Obi shares a longing to understand the whole of a place – not just the marquee places, but the systems and interconnections that keep the earth pulsing with life and shares how a simple question can crack open the complexity of life on earth.

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For The Forests, Media Art, More Than Human Kin, Radical Imagination, Plant IntelligenceFor The Wild351, For The Wild, For The Wild Obi Kaufmann, Obi Kaufmann podcast, Field Atlas, Field Atlas Of California, Deserts Of California, California Lands, Consilience, The Coasts of California, Obi Kaufmann Art, The Forests of California, The State of Water, obi, kaufmann, Obi, KaufmannComment
DIANA FRIEDRICH on the Beauty and Promise of Rewilding /339
DIANA FRIEDRICH on the Beauty and Promise of Rewilding /339

Diana of Rewilding Argentina’s Patagonia Azul project brings expert insight as she talks listeners through the complexity of international biodiversity goals and declarations emphasizing the importance of creating truly protected local areas rather than just relying on regulations and declarations.

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Conservation Restoration, Cultural Strategy, More Than Human Kin, Plant IntelligenceFor The Wild339, For The Wild, Diana Friedrich, Diana Freidrich For The Wild, Rewilding Argentina, Rewilding Argentina Diana Freidrich, Thompkins conservation, Rewilding Argentina Ibera, Rewilding Argentina Patagonia Azul, Patagonia Azul, Patagonia, Argentina, Chile, Fundacion Rewilding Argentina, diana, friedrichComment
ABENA OFFEH-GYIMAH on Sacred Seed and Soil /337
ABENA OFFEH-GYIMAH on Sacred Seed and Soil /337

Abena points out, farmers are the archivists of the land, and farmers and communities have continued to preserve local foodways—saving seeds for future generations. If we recognized the true value of local foods, what capitalistic practices might we be able to evade?

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Colonial Violence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Global South, Indigenous Sovereignty, Plant Intelligence, The Cost of Capitalism, Wisdom KeepersFor The Wild338, For The Wild, Abena Offeh-Gyimah, Abena Offeh-Gyimah Interview, Abena Offeh-Gyimah ancestral food, Adda Blooms, Beela, Adda Blooms food, Living The Ancestral Way, Abena Offeh-Gyimah Living the Ancestral Way, African Ancestral Food, abenaComment
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
MAYA KHOSLA on What the Forest Holds /313
MAYA KHOSLA on What the Forest Holds /313

Maya introduces listeners to the science behind forest fires and urges us to see fire as not simply “destructive,” but rather as one of the many cycles of earth. From practices of cultural burning to current studies on post fire diversity, the creative and regenerative power of the forest cannot be overlooked.

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Climate Change, Conservation Restoration, For The Forests, More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, The Cost of Capitalism, Theory ScholarshipFor The WildMaya Khosla, Maya Khosla Sierra Club, Maya Khosla Poetry, Mayo Khosla Forests, Maya Khosla Scientist, Forestry, BioDiversity, Maya Khosla Northenr California, Wildfire, California Wildfire, Logging, Old Growth, Mushrooms, Forest Management, Forest Science, Restoration, Conservation, Forest defense, Wild fire firghters, Maya, Khosla, maya, khosla, treeoflifeplaylistComment
SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps /312
SOPHIE STRAND on Myths as Maps /312

Sophie invites us to embrace rot and decay, to welcome our demons to the dinner table, and to prepare for uncertain futures with tenderness. Sophie provides a route to overcome the death-trap that is self-righteousness, instead prioritizing humble complexity and surrender to relationality.

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Deep Ecology, More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, Spirituality Theology, Radical Imagination, Theory Scholarship, Transition TransformationFor The WildSophie Strand, Sophie Strand Books, Sophie Strand Podcast, I Will Not Be Purified, The Flowering Wand, Rewilding Mythology, Disability, Sophie Strand Poetry, The Madonna Secret, Myth, Myth and Mycelium, Sophie Strand Substack, Sophie Strand The Container, Good Soil, Sophie, sophie, strans, Strand, strand, treeoflifeplaylist 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
CLAUDIA SERRATO on Earth-Centric Gastronomy /302
CLAUDIA SERRATO on Earth-Centric Gastronomy /302

Claudia digs deep into food and the memories around it– from ancestral memory, to the way tastes for food are passed down through the womb. Claudia explains what it might mean to eat for the next seven generations, and how such future visions are tied to a greater decolonial project, as decolonizing the body and the landscape also means decolonizing the kitchen.

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Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Sovereignty, Plant Intelligence, Sexual Body LiberationFor The WildCaludia Serrato, Claudia Serrato Chef, Claudia Serrato UW, Womb Ecology, Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Womb Ecology, Indigenous Ecofeminism, Ecofeminism, Ecosensuality, Ecosexulaity, decolonization, ancestral memory, food work, claudia, serrato, gastronomyComment
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
ROWEN M WHITE on Seed Rematriation and Fertile Resistance [ENCORE] /291
ROWEN M WHITE on Seed Rematriation and Fertile Resistance [ENCORE] /291

An ode to this “talisman of adaptation and creativity,” our interview with Rowen circles Native seeds, the myth of individual self sufficiency, the cultural dimensions of biodiversity, biocolonialism and safeguarding agricultural heritage against patenting, seed work as slow work, and reweaving cultures of belonging.

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Decolonization, Plant Intelligence, Food SovereigntyFor The WildSeed sovereignty, seeds, seed keeping, seed stewardship, food security, food sovereignty, heirloom seeds, agricultural industry, Native seeds, plant medicine, cultural revitalization, GMO, genetically engineered, privatization of seeds, reciprocity, climate resilience, seed revitalization, Sierra Seeds, Indigenous Seed Keeper Network, rematriation, biocolonialism, biopiracy, patenting, seed bankComment
GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution [ENCORE] /289
GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution [ENCORE] /289

We slow down to acknowledge the beauty and power of fungal decomposition with guest Giuliana Furci who shares a lesson in divine time, the transformation of energy, and the necessity of decomposition.

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More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, For The Forests, Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, Deep Ecology, Climate Change, Conservation Restoration, Global SouthFor The WildGiuliana Furci, Giuliana Furci wikipedia, fungi foundation, fungi foundation chile, fungi perfecti, fungicide, fungi kingdom, fungi characteristics, fungal decomposition of wood, fungal decomposition, mushrooms climate change, climate change affecting mushrooms, biodiversity loss fungi, climate change and fungi, climate change affecting fungi, history of fungi in medicine, fungicides bad, paul stamets mushroom, paul stamets agarikon, amanita muscaria, agarikon, fungi conservation, mushroom cultivation, mushroom community, radical mycology, mycophilia, mycology society, mycology degree, mycology booksComment
KERRY KNUDSEN on Lichen and Life after Capitalism [ENCORE] /258
KERRY KNUDSEN on Lichen and Life after Capitalism [ENCORE] /258

Kerry spans the dreamiest of worlds, from the surreal and psychedelic presence of lichens to the magic of creating life post-capitalism and speaks to the times we are living in, “just like the butterfly that beats its wings and causes a rainstorm around the other side of the world, we have to embrace the chaos of our lives.”

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More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, Climate Change, Conservation RestorationFor The WildKerry Kent Knudsen, Kerry Knudsen, Lichens of North America, lichen and moss, lichen and limestone, lichen adaptations in temperate deciduous forest, lichenification, lichen herbarium at the University of California at Riverside, Acarosporales, lichenologist, Jana Kocourkov, Southern California lichen, endangered plants, Kerry Knudsen lichenologistComment
GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution /239
GIULIANA FURCI on the Divine Time of Fungal Evolution /239

We slow down to acknowledge the beauty and power of fungal decomposition with guest Giuliana Furci who shares a lesson in divine time, the transformation of energy, and the necessity of decomposition.

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More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, For The Forests, Wisdom Keepers, Multispecies Justice, Deep Ecology, Climate Change, Conservation Restoration, Global SouthFor The WildGiuliana Furci, Giuliana Furci wikipedia, fungi foundation, fungi foundation chile, fungi perfecti, fungicide, fungi kingdom, fungi characteristics, fungal decomposition of wood, fungal decomposition, mushrooms climate change, climate change affecting mushrooms, biodiversity loss fungi, climate change and fungi, climate change affecting fungi, history of fungi in medicine, fungicides bad, paul stamets mushroom, paul stamets agarikon, amanita muscaria, agarikon, fungi conservation, mushroom cultivation, mushroom community, radical mycology, mycophilia, mycology society, mycology degree, mycology booksComment
ENRIQUE SALMÓN on Moral Landscapes Amidst Changing Ecologies /225
ENRIQUE SALMÓN on Moral Landscapes Amidst Changing Ecologies /225

We begin by looking at how kincentricity is different from many other ecological teachings that remain mired in the historical legacy of environmentalism and science, a legacy which has historically disavowed the human as a way to exalt their respective fields, instead, Enrique provides examples of humans being “keystone species”.

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More Than Human Kin, Plant Intelligence, Cultural Strategy, Decolonization, Multispecies Justice, Indigenous Sovereignty, Climate Solutions, Transition Transformation, Wisdom KeepersFor The WildKincentricity, Kincentric Ecology, Iwígara, Dynamism, ethnoecology, traditional ecological knowledge, American Indian Studies Program at Cal State University–East Bay, ethnobotany of Native North America, ethnobotany, Eating The Landscape by Enrique Salmon, enrique salmon kincentric ecology, enrique salmon phd, enrique salmon rate my professor, kincentric ecology definition, ethnobotany articles, iwigara meaning, iwigara amazon, ethnoecology definition, ethnoecology example, traditional ecological knowledge (tek), traditional ecological knowledge vs western science, traditional ecological knowledge and climate change, traditional ecological knowledge and natural resource management, traditional ecological knowledge and sustainable development, SalmonComment
CAMILLE DEFRENNE on Forest Symbiosis /213
CAMILLE DEFRENNE on Forest Symbiosis /213

Camille shares the role of mother trees in forest regeneration, how mycorrhizal networks are faring, and the ramifications of large scale reforestation and afforestation efforts when they are not implemented thoughtfully and locally. We also talk about disturbances to forest ecosystems, the role of mycorrhizal networks, and the unbelievable importance of peatlands.

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Deep Ecology, For The Forests, Plant Intelligence, Climate Solutions, Climate Change, Conservation RestorationFor The Wildreforestation, afforestation, Camille Defrenne, Suzanne Simard, Mother Tree Project, mycorrhizal fungi, forested peatlands, peatland, plantation forests, restoration, climate change, carbon sequestration, climate mitigation, forest restoration, SPRUCE, SPRUCE project, Colleen Iversen, ecological impacts of logging, fungicides, imazapyr, herbicides, plant-fungal symbiosisComment