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Jun 04 2021

Tunun Kayutukun: Words Have Power

By Akshara Sangiorgio

WORDS Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff and Libby Roderick IMAGES Paul Melovidov and Barbara Lestenkof Waves at St. Paul Island in the Bering Sea, Alaska. Waves are a visible manifestation of physical…

May 19 2021

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Mirroring the Land: Biocultural Diversity Embodied

By Akshara Sangiorgio

WORDS AND IMAGES Sonja Swift Golden light on dusty hills, Los Osos, California. When it rains in California I rejoice. I see the land drinking. I see grass blades emerging,…

Jul 14 2018

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Biocultural Features of Urban Gardens and Yards Enhance Place-making and Belonging in South African Townships

By Robert Wiltzen

by Duncan Haynes, Michelle Cocks, and Charlie Shackleton . RDP housing has been critiqued as unimaginative and as limiting opportunities for place-making. Photo: Tony Dold, 2016 . South African cities…

Mar 19 2018

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Shle’muxun: Reconnecting with the Salish Sea Bioregion

By Akshara Sangiorgio

by Daniel Kirkpatrick The Salish Sea Bioregion offers an ideal location for sustainability initiatives that honor First Nations rights. Photo: Daniel Kirkpatrick, 2017 Florence James smiled and said the word…

Feb 19 2018

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Story Map: Youth Reconnect to Place and Biocultural Heritage in Colombia

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by Jennifer McRuer Using cameras, we stroll, bike, swim, and dive to capture connections with ancestral places of land and sea. Photo: Heides Molina, 2015 . We are all stories ……

Jan 01 2018

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Rooted in Place: Exercises in Belonging, Ecological Awareness, and Love

By Robert Wiltzen

by Radhika Borde Seeking roots in a new city. Photo: Radhika Borde, 2017 What does it mean to have roots? In most cases the metaphor implies a genetic legacy, a…

Sep 30 2017

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Photo Gallery | People Mapping: Visualizing Sense of Place for Decision Making

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by Barbara Dovarch Hung Hoa Commune, Vinh, Vietnam. Men, women, children, and elders mapping together. Photo: Barbara Dovarch, 2013 . Hung Hoa Commune, Vinh, Vietnam. Women Union’s community member…

Jan 15 2016

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Edges of Transformation: Women Crossing Boundaries between Ecological and Social Healing

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by Jeanine M. Canty Everything interesting happens at the edges. As we are moving to restore our relationships with nature, including one another, in an extremely diverse and globally connected planet,…

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Tunun Kayutukun: Words Have Power

Mirroring the Land: Biocultural Diversity Embodied

Biocultural Features of Urban Gardens and Yards Enhance Place-making and Belonging in South African Townships

Shle’muxun: Reconnecting with the Salish Sea Bioregion

Story Map: Youth Reconnect to Place and Biocultural Heritage in Colombia

Rooted in Place: Exercises in Belonging, Ecological Awareness, and Love

Photo Gallery | People Mapping: Visualizing Sense of Place for Decision Making

Edges of Transformation: Women Crossing Boundaries between Ecological and Social Healing

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