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Downloadable photos available at
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Native American Writer and Scientist, Dr. Robin Kimmerer
to Speak at ECHO, Saturday August 27, 2 p.m.
BURLINGTON, Vt. —ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science
Center at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain is pleased to
continue its commitment and connection to indigenous expressions
with a special lecture by Dr. Robin Kimmerer on Saturday, August
27th at 2 p.m. in cooperation with the Adirondack Center for
Writing.
The presentation will draw on her research into
traditional plant knowledge and its connection to ecological
stewardship and restoration. Her talk is geared toward the
native perspective of the environment. There are native stories
and plant teaching embedded throughout her talk where she
connects traditional plant knowledge to the current issues of
stewardship and restoration
Kimmerer is a unique voice in the environmental
movement, as an advocate of both rigorous scientific research
and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. She is a professor of
Environmental Biology at the SUNY College of Environmental
Science and Forestry in Syracuse and a member of the Citizen
Band Potawatomi. As the founding director of the Center for
Native Peoples and the Environment, she works to blend
scientific and indigenous knowledge as a tool of sustainability.
Robin is also a climate change researcher, and focuses on the
ecology and restoration of culturally significant plants to
Native people.
Dr. Kimmerer is the author of the award winning
book, “Gathering Moss,” which incorporates traditional
indigenous knowledge and scientific perspectives. She is the
co-founder and past president of the Traditional Ecological
Knowledge section of the Ecological Society of America.
The presentation will be professional recorded
to preserve Native American storytelling in the Champlain Basin.
Adirondack Center for Writing is sponsoring this series with
funding from the Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership
through the Lake Champlain Basin Program and a Quadricentennial
Legacy Grant.
The lecture is free with admission to ECHO.
For more information call (toll-free)
1.877.324.6386 or visit
www.echovermont.org.
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ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center is located at the
Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, on Vermont’s Burlington
Waterfront. ECHO features 70 live species, more than 100
interactive experiences, changing and permanent exhibits and
seasonal events — all exploring the Ecology, Culture, History,
and Opportunity for stewardship of the Lake Champlain Basin. The
2.2 acre Leahy Center environmental campus is also highlighted
by the Lake Champlain Basin Program Resource Room, UVM’s
Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, Lake Champlain Navy
Memorial, ECHO’s Eclectic Gift Shop, and ecology-themed Café
managed by Sugarsnap. Open year-round, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; closed
Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Day. For more information visit
echovermont.org, call (toll-free) 1.877.324.6386, or write to
ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center, Leahy Center for Lake
Champlain, One College Street, Burlington, VT 05401.
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