EARTH PARTNERSHIP: RESTORATION EDUCATION FOR EQUITY AND RESILIENCE

LANDARC 373

Explore the intersection of nature-based mindfulness practices and design of restorative outdoor environments that support health and well-being in public places, including school gardens, botanical gardens, and campus natural areas, with a focus on sensory engagement and sense of belonging. Design and co-design restorative environments and features through a participatory planning process with community partners.

LANDARC 360

Participate in a one-week community-based, intergenerational Institute focused on ecological restoration and water stewardship rooted in Indigenous knowledge while working with Native Nations in Wisconsin. An emphasis is on environmental science aligned with cultural values and indigenous science processes and address environmental, education and health issues through restoration and stewardship action. Learn culturally accurate and authentic resources about tribal sovereignty, history, and culture and contemporary issues relevant to each community. Through hands-on stewardship action, a greater sense of self and diversity of perspectives related to impacts of climate change and preserving biodiversity will be gained.

LANDARC 866

Presentations on topics related to plant community management and restoration.

AMERIND/LANDARC 106

In collaboration with Tribal partners in Wisconsin, emphasize environmental science rooted in land stewardship and land management aligned with cultural values and Indigenous science processes. Experience the culture and ecology of a place while engaging in ecological restoration and stewardship, reflecting on relationships to the land and as global citizens. The intersection of Indigenous knowledge and Western science helps explain the need for a diversity of perspectives to respond to social and environmental justice in our changing world.

LANDARC 668

Restoration is an approach to the conservation of native species, plant communities, and ecosystems. It is an interdisciplinary global enterprise practiced by private and public sector professionals and dedicated volunteers of all ages. Covers both the theory and practice of restoration ecology and examine the current opportunities, challenges, and controversies that underlie the field. The goal may be to preserve nature, but restoration is a fundamentally human enterprise-it is accomplished for and by people. Therefore we cover information from ecology, sociology, and the humanities.