4 episodes
Plants and Place Groundwork
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5.0 • 9 Ratings
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Building sustainable culture takes a long time: generations. Taking the long view and a slow approach is necessary to create deep, lasting change. This podcast explores the relationships between people, plants, and place and we explore methods for planting seeds that might sprout into a more viable culture for a time beyond our own.
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Episode 1: Applied Ethnobotany
An introduction to ethnobotany with Gabe Crawford. As people seek deeper relationships with the places where they live, Gabe offeres his perspective based on his own studies, mentorship he has received, and cultural sensitivity.
This 4-part podcast series was recorded live in summer of 2022 during our ethnobotany lecture series by botanist Gabe Crawford. -
Episode 2: Deconstructing Invasion Biology
Gabe Crawford breaks down our assumption about invasive species and the unscientific biases present in this young field of invasion biology. At its core, this episode asks whether it is better to attempt to preserve a vision of how the world once was or to adapt with changes and move forward to create a positive future.
This 4-episode season on plants, people, and place was recorded live in summer of 2022 during our ethnobotany lecture series by botanist Gabe Crawford. -
Episode 3: Wild Tending and Ethical Wildcrafting
In this episode, we break through the myth of pristine wilderness, asking how people always have altered and tended their landscapes, and how we could continue to be active agents in the ecologies where we live.
This 4-episode season on plants, people, and place was recorded live in summer of 2022 during our ethnobotany lecture series by botanist Gabe Crawford. -
Episode 4: Russian Olive and Siberian Elm
In the American West, few living beings are as hated as Russian Olive and Siberian Elm. These two tree species that are originally from Eurasia grow well in the soils of the Colorado Plateau, and farmers and ranchers put forth tremendous effort to kill them. Fighting well-adapted species is a losing battle though. This episode asks what it would mean to accept these newcomers as permanent fixtures on the land and to learn to live with them.
This 4-part podcast series was recorded live in summer of 2022 during our ethnobotany lecture series by botanist Gabe Crawford.
Customer Reviews
Great intro to a deeper way of looking at the land
I really appreciate the perspective on people’s relationship with land, and how we might be able to re-construct a more mutually beneficial relationship in the places where we live. The topics covered are pretty deep, but I think it’s a great introduction. Encountering these ideas definitely changed my life.
Connection
Jeff makes crucial connections that are rarely made— the culture in which we live is sustaining the environmental harm that we are trying to undo. Unless we change our culture, we cannot set on a path to living in harmony with nature.
The most important thing to listen to right now
Just give it a try. Within the first 5 minutes you’ll be stepping back and thinking about culture in a deep way. Jeff dives right into it and articulates these topics with such clarity. His delivery, well-thought out and researched ideas, and even his voice are all on par with an NPR podcast.