The Plant Initiative
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The Plant Initiative is a nonprofit organization that works to increase respect and appreciation for plants through public education, building understanding, and collaborative partnerships. Web site: www.plantinitiative.org
Thoreau’s “Succession of Forest Trees” and the Challenge of Change, posting by Dan McKanan on the @harvardcswr.bsky.social site. "What if the future of forests depends less on human management than on our willingness to learn from other species?" cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/12...
Thoreau’s “Succession of Forest Trees” and the Challenge of Change | Center for the Study of World Religions
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December 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Thoreau’s “Succession of Forest Trees” and the Challenge of Change, posting by Dan McKanan on the @harvardcswr.bsky.social site. "What if the future of forests depends less on human management than on our willingness to learn from other species?" cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2025/12...
The article "Plant Humanities Pedagogy: teaching at the intersection of feminist economics and economic botany" from the journal Endeavour by Frederica Bowcutt & Savvina Chowdhury is available free, open-access until Jan 14, 2026. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mA7AabuHw0bl
December 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The article "Plant Humanities Pedagogy: teaching at the intersection of feminist economics and economic botany" from the journal Endeavour by Frederica Bowcutt & Savvina Chowdhury is available free, open-access until Jan 14, 2026. authors.elsevier.com/a/1mA7AabuHw0bl
This is a video recording of "Revered Roots: Ancestral Teachings and Plant Wisdom, a conversation with LoriAnn Bird", a program held Dec 2, 2025 sponsored by The Plant Initiative. youtu.be/uJiNNaiZnS0
Revered Roots: Ancestral Teachings and Plant Wisdom, a conversation with LoriAnn Bird
YouTube video by The Plant Initiative
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December 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is a video recording of "Revered Roots: Ancestral Teachings and Plant Wisdom, a conversation with LoriAnn Bird", a program held Dec 2, 2025 sponsored by The Plant Initiative. youtu.be/uJiNNaiZnS0
In Episode 49 of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene podcast Kate Brelje interviews Melissa Parks and Mariko Thomas about their new book, Storying Plant Communication: More-than-human Relationships in New Mexico. soundcloud.com/networking-w...
Episode 49 Melissa Parks and Mariko Thomas' Storying Plant Communication
In this episode, Kate Brelje interviews Melissa Parks and Mariko Thomas about their new book, Storying Plant Communication: More-than-human Relationships in New Mexico. You can find a copy for yoursel
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December 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
In Episode 49 of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene podcast Kate Brelje interviews Melissa Parks and Mariko Thomas about their new book, Storying Plant Communication: More-than-human Relationships in New Mexico. soundcloud.com/networking-w...
Free online access to the Nov 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities Journal read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
Volume 17 Issue 3 | Environmental Humanities | Duke University Press
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November 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Free online access to the Nov 2025 issue of Environmental Humanities Journal read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
2026 East Asia Plant Humanities Virtual Faculty Residencies, from @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social Seminar for faculty in East Asia Studies who are interested in integrating more plant-related sources and narratives in their teaching. Apply by Feb 15, 2026. www.doaks.org/research/fel...
2026 East Asia Plant Humanities Virtual Faculty Residencies
June 1–12, 2026 (virtual) | Seminar for faculty in East Asia Studies who are interested in integrating more plant-related sources and narratives in their teaching. Apply by February 15.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
2026 East Asia Plant Humanities Virtual Faculty Residencies, from @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social Seminar for faculty in East Asia Studies who are interested in integrating more plant-related sources and narratives in their teaching. Apply by Feb 15, 2026. www.doaks.org/research/fel...
2026 Plant Humanities Summer Program from @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social Hybrid - virtual & in-person in Virginia, USA. A unique interdisciplinary experience for graduate students & advanced undergraduates. Apply by Feb 15, 2026. www.doaks.org/research/fel...
2026 Plant Humanities Summer Program
July 20–July 31, 2026 (virtual), August 3-August 14 (in person) | Program for graduate students and advanced undergraduates with an interest in plants from the perspectives of botany, botanical explor...
www.doaks.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
2026 Plant Humanities Summer Program from @dumbartonoaks.bsky.social Hybrid - virtual & in-person in Virginia, USA. A unique interdisciplinary experience for graduate students & advanced undergraduates. Apply by Feb 15, 2026. www.doaks.org/research/fel...
The NYU More-Than-Human Life Program offers its Fellowship as "both a professional development opportunity...and as a space for creative incubation of actionable initiatives for improved relations with the more-than-human world." Apply by Feb 15, 2026. mothlife.org/moth-fellows...
November 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The NYU More-Than-Human Life Program offers its Fellowship as "both a professional development opportunity...and as a space for creative incubation of actionable initiatives for improved relations with the more-than-human world." Apply by Feb 15, 2026. mothlife.org/moth-fellows...
Article from @theguardian.com by @tampatachako.bsky.social The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?"...the second-largest rainforest on Earth – and one of the most vital carbon sinks..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
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November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Article from @theguardian.com by @tampatachako.bsky.social The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?"...the second-largest rainforest on Earth – and one of the most vital carbon sinks..." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters, book by Christine Webb @christinewebb.bsky.social "An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717436...
The Arrogant Ape by Christine Webb: 9780593543139 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A New York Times’s Notable Book of 2025 An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves Darwin considered...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The Arrogant Ape: The Myth of Human Exceptionalism and Why It Matters, book by Christine Webb @christinewebb.bsky.social "An impassioned celebration of humility before the living world that leads us to a new understanding of other species—and ourselves." www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717436...
Action alert from @rainforestrescue.bsky.social Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF “The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) must be stopped. Rainforest protection is not a profit machine." www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF!
The COP30 World Climate Conference in Brazil saw the launch of the new Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) to finance conservation. Yet instead of addressing the causes of deforestation, the TFFF...
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November 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Action alert from @rainforestrescue.bsky.social Rainforest protection is not a profit machine: Stop the TFFF “The Tropical Forests Forever Facility (TFFF) must be stopped. Rainforest protection is not a profit machine." www.rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Action alert from @eko.org Support forest defenders "Right now Sarawak’s native forests are being torn down to make way for a giant monoculture plantation of bamboo..." action.eko.org/a/rich-ventu...
Rich Venture: Stop the bamboo plantation now!
Right now Sarawak’s native forests are being torn down to make way for a giant monoculture plantation of bamboo — a project that could devastate ecosystems and local communities for generations to com
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November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Action alert from @eko.org Support forest defenders "Right now Sarawak’s native forests are being torn down to make way for a giant monoculture plantation of bamboo..." action.eko.org/a/rich-ventu...
Indigenous Placekeeping through Tarweed, Free webinar Dec 3, 2025, 7pm PT. Join OSU anthropologist Molly Carney "who has studied Camas & Tarweed cultural practices in the Willamette Valley & worked closely with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde" us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Indigenous Placekeeping through Tarweed, Free webinar Dec 3, 2025, 7pm PT. Join OSU anthropologist Molly Carney "who has studied Camas & Tarweed cultural practices in the Willamette Valley & worked closely with the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde" us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Call for US-based applicants for the Long-Term Ecological Reflections program at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon inviting artists, writers, musicians, and scholars to the ancient forests of the Blue River watershed. Apply by Jan 5, 2026. prax.oregonstate.edu/residencies/...
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Call for US-based applicants for the Long-Term Ecological Reflections program at the HJ Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon inviting artists, writers, musicians, and scholars to the ancient forests of the Blue River watershed. Apply by Jan 5, 2026. prax.oregonstate.edu/residencies/...
What do trees remember? - interesting article from @theconversation.com about tree memory, rights, and more. "Until recently, little was known about how memory might function in long-lived organisms like trees..." theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
What do trees remember?
Until recently, little was known about how memory functions in trees which experience decades, even centuries, of shifting environmental pressures.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
What do trees remember? - interesting article from @theconversation.com about tree memory, rights, and more. "Until recently, little was known about how memory might function in long-lived organisms like trees..." theconversation.com/what-do-tree...
Video recording of interview #2 in Plantae convivae's In Convivium series, in which Pete Yeo talks with plant phenomenologist Sydney Kale. Topics include what it means to be in co-authorship with plants. youtu.be/mpZpbfhALlo
In Convivium #2, with Sydney Kale
YouTube video by Plantae convivae
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November 19, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Video recording of interview #2 in Plantae convivae's In Convivium series, in which Pete Yeo talks with plant phenomenologist Sydney Kale. Topics include what it means to be in co-authorship with plants. youtu.be/mpZpbfhALlo
Brainforest Cafe podcast Episode 48 with Dennis McKenna - Nissan: From Conventional Medicine to Plant Dietas and Spiritual Growth "Explore Nissan's journey from medical doctor to vegetalista, embracing holistic healing, shamanism, ayahuasca & plant medicine"
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From Conventional Medicine to Plant Dietas and Spiritual Growth
YouTube video by Mckenna Academy of Natural Philosophy
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November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Brainforest Cafe podcast Episode 48 with Dennis McKenna - Nissan: From Conventional Medicine to Plant Dietas and Spiritual Growth "Explore Nissan's journey from medical doctor to vegetalista, embracing holistic healing, shamanism, ayahuasca & plant medicine"
youtu.be/lXpVSB889D0
youtu.be/lXpVSB889D0
A special 5-part Elementals audio series of The Becoming Nature Podcast hosted by Carina Lyall has been created in collaboration with the Center for Humans and Nature @humansandnature.bsky.social "...about being human in a more-than-human world" www.carinalyall.com/en/en-becomi...
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A special 5-part Elementals audio series of The Becoming Nature Podcast hosted by Carina Lyall has been created in collaboration with the Center for Humans and Nature @humansandnature.bsky.social "...about being human in a more-than-human world" www.carinalyall.com/en/en-becomi...
Open access article in Spanish - Memories, plants and futures: the gestures of the gardener in the larch forests of southern Chile, by Pedro Pablo Achondo Moya. "...analyzes the relationship between humans and forests through the lens of time..." revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/an...
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Open access article in Spanish - Memories, plants and futures: the gestures of the gardener in the larch forests of southern Chile, by Pedro Pablo Achondo Moya. "...analyzes the relationship between humans and forests through the lens of time..." revistas.uniandes.edu.co/index.php/an...
Open call on Rewilding though Art for creators based in Europe "Join REWRITE and WILDCARD in an art initiative that invites creatives and citizens to reflect on what rewilding means today" Nov 30, 2025 deadline. wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
“Rewilding through Art” Open Call - Wildcard
Revealing the contribution of rewilding to the EU's climate and biodiversity goals
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November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Open call on Rewilding though Art for creators based in Europe "Join REWRITE and WILDCARD in an art initiative that invites creatives and citizens to reflect on what rewilding means today" Nov 30, 2025 deadline. wildcard-project.eu/rewilding-th...
Open access article by Sydney Kale in Ekokritike Journal - Writing with Damiana: Attunement, Co-Becoming, and Co-Authorship With and Alongside Plant Thinking "This article is an autoethnographic account of a relationship between a human and a plant..." journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/a...
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Open access article by Sydney Kale in Ekokritike Journal - Writing with Damiana: Attunement, Co-Becoming, and Co-Authorship With and Alongside Plant Thinking "This article is an autoethnographic account of a relationship between a human and a plant..." journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/a...
I, Garden, // Garden as Palimpsest is a new book by phenomenologist, ecologist, and plant-lover Sydney Kale. "It attempts to ask the question, 'What is the essence of the experience of garden?' by asking Garden herself." sydneykale.com/i-garden
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I, Garden, // Garden as Palimpsest is a new book by phenomenologist, ecologist, and plant-lover Sydney Kale. "It attempts to ask the question, 'What is the essence of the experience of garden?' by asking Garden herself." sydneykale.com/i-garden
Open access article - Extra-Botanical Capacities: Plant Agency and Relational Extractivism in Contemporary Amazonia, by Karen Shiratori & Emanuele Fabiano in Philosophies Journal "...a reflection on plant agency from the perspective of Amazonian peoples" www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/10...
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Open access article - Extra-Botanical Capacities: Plant Agency and Relational Extractivism in Contemporary Amazonia, by Karen Shiratori & Emanuele Fabiano in Philosophies Journal "...a reflection on plant agency from the perspective of Amazonian peoples" www.mdpi.com/2409-9287/10...
The Plant Initiative's Nov 2025 free monthly e-newsletter lists many events, resources, and opportunities related to the human-plant connection. Access the issue at mailchi.mp/plantinitiat... Subscribe at plantinitiative.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The Plant Initiative's Nov 2025 free monthly e-newsletter lists many events, resources, and opportunities related to the human-plant connection. Access the issue at mailchi.mp/plantinitiat... Subscribe at plantinitiative.org
In Episode 48 of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy about their new book, Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees. soundcloud.com/networking-w...
Episode 48 Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy's Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees
In this episode, Kate Brelje interviews Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy about their new book, Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees. You can find a copy for yourself or find the information to put in
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November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In Episode 48 of the Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene podcast, Kate Brelje interviews Beth Norcross and Leah Rampy about their new book, Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees. soundcloud.com/networking-w...