3:2 A journey back to traditional ecological knowledge with Cristina Eisenberg
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In this episode hosted and co-produced by Neecole Bostick, we spoke with Cristina Eisenberg — the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and the Director of College Tribal Initiatives at the Oregon State University School of Forestry. As a professor of ecology and traditional ecological knowledge, Cristina brings a TEK lens to western science to enhance conservation efforts and create more sustainable ecosystems. Cristina tells her serendipitous journey to this way of knowing and understanding the natural world, introducing us to the beauty of having wolves in your backyard, sharing about intentional burning, and unearthing animals that went extinct during the last ice age.
You can find Cristina on twitter @Eisenbec.
Her books include:
The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America's Predators
The Wolf’s Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity
Click here to learn more about her and her work.
Mentioned in this episode: Soot sprites from Spirited Away, Cristina’s research with EarthWatch, and the 2022 TV show Outer Range.
This episode was edited and mixed by our Sound editor, Jeff Alvarez.
Episode partners:
This episode was brought to life thanks to support from our friends at The Temper of the Times Foundation. Temper of The Times Foundation provides funds to underwrite advertising designed to promote the conservation and restoration of native wildlife, plants, and ecosystems in the United States. The Foundation also supports earned media campaigns and other efforts to communicate about conservation and restoration initiatives and actions.
PHOTOS:
Photo descriptions from top left to top right:
Photo 1: A native woman with glasses stands in a forest. She’s resting one hand on the tree while standing with one leg crossed over the other.
Photo 2: A grayish brown wolf stands in a golden wheat field, its head and shoulders are only visible above the wheat.
Photo 3: A smiling native woman sits in a yellow field. She wears a colorful scarf, beaded earrings and necklace, and sits with her hands crossed on her lap.
Photo descriptions from bottom left to bottom right:
Photo 4: A native woman stands in a green field. She has a notebook and pen and wears a backpack as she looks at the ground, focused. A blue mountain range and river are in the foreground.
Photo 5: An alert, gray wolf stands in a snowbank in the woods.
Photo 6: A native woman stands alongside a white masc presenting person with a hat. Their arms are around each other as they stand in tall, dry grass. A mountain range and expansive greenspace rest in the foreground.
