Nov 19, 2022
Some species walk into our spaces, uninvited – they don’t
belong. They can be trees we bring from the homeland to plant,
insects that show up through international trade, or fish we stock
for sustenance. However, when they liberate themselves from
cultivation, they are portrayed as a potential threat to the
economy or even challenge our conceptions of wild nature.
This is a short presentation recorded in advance of the Partners in
Community Forestry Conference that came to Seattle, hosted by
Arbor Day Foundation.
There is a growing underflow of writing and thought surfacing that
grinds against the dominant thinking about how we not only talk
about, but treat, our more than human relations. The words we use
express our values, and are a portal to change how we treat the
trees we do not think belong in our Landscapes. Organizing around
"Just Language" is key first step to applying a lens of love,
compassion and harm reduction to the practice of ecological
restoration. The invitation is "What is the role for invasive
species and what might they have to share for us?"
Weekend Update: A Spotted Lanternfly on Being an Invasive Species - SNL https://youtu.be/K_x4soinsRQ
Arbor Day Foundation
Video of Just Language About "Invasive" Species
Presentation
Just Language in Ecology Education https://justlanguage.org
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