Speaker Schedule MAY 16th
Coming soon.....
First Panel Discussion
10:20 - 11:30 am
10:20 - 11:30 am
Rights of nature, land tending and bio-cultural rights
A conversation centered around the relationships that are shaping our lives and landscapes today.
Second Panel Discussion
11:45 pm- 12:30 pm
Finding the balance
An introduction to various land ethics and how the relationship we have with land can shape the culture we live in.
KEYNOTE
1:30-2:15 pm
Don Hankins
- Living with Fire -
Don Hankins is a Professor of Geography and Planning at California State University, Chico. He has a B.S. in Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of California, Davis. His interests and expertise is in the following areas: pyrogeography, ecohydrology, landscape ecology, intervention ecology, conservation, environmental policy and Indigenous stewardship. This expertise is applied to his courses in pyrogeography, water resources policy and planning, and nature and restoration. Don has been involved in various aspects of environmental planning, stewardship, conservation, and regulation for a variety of organizations and agencies including federal and tribal governments. Drawing from his academic and cultural knowledge he is particularly interested in Indigenous traditional knowledge and policy and their application as a keystone process to aid in conservation and stewardship.
THEATER
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Ruthie King
Micro fauna, the fascinating world beneath us - A Play
Ruthie King, Livestock Manager of the New Agrarian Collective and Director at the School of Adaptive Agriculture in Mendocino.
