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Thoreau’s “Succession of Forest Trees” and the Challenge of Change

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By Dan McKanan. Edited by Russell C. Powell Henry David Thoreau is many things to many people: an apostle of simplicity, a brilliant nature writer, a theorist of civil disobedience, one of the first Americans to turn to Asia for spiritual insight, and a...

Botanical Journeys

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ASC: How did you start your career as a botanical artist? What are your influences? DT: When I started painting, plants felt like a natural subject because of my experience of nature in Miami and Colombia. I was also interested in shamanism, and through...

Art Exhibition and Opening Reception: Ephemeral Field Journal: Climate + Love in Claude Monet's Garden

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Art Exhibition: January 16-May 18, 2025 Opening Reception: Monday, January 27, 2025, 5-6:30 pm. Please register for the reception. Where: CSWR Conference Room, 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 The Ephemeral Field Journal project invites a deeper...

Back to the Future: Roots of Ecology, Environmental Studies and Plant Ethics in Seventeenth-Century Plant Studies

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By Fabrizio Baldassari / Edited by Russell Powell Throughout the history of Western philosophy and science, scholars have relegated plants to the background of life on Earth. Two influential Aristotelian assumptions primarily drive this view: (1) that...

Thinking Through Photography With CSWR Artist-In-Residence Sarah Schorr

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When: January 21-23, 2025 Where: CSWR Conference Room + Walden Pond trip Registration is required. To participate, you must be able to attend all three sessions. In the evolving media landscape, strong visual storytelling skills offer dynamic...

Crafting Words, Shaping Futures: A Workshop Series for Harvard Writers

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When: Friday, January 17, 2025 Where: CSWR Conference Room, 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Registration: Participants can register for individual workshops or the entire series. Effective writing is a cornerstone for academics, particularly junior...

Political Paradox and Religion: The Case of the National Parks

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Giving attention to religion’s place in politics can help us to account for the paradoxes we see in democratic life, especially in the politics of environmentalism, long assumed to be a province of the secular.

Manufacturing the Entheogenic Underground

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Ethnographic research suggests that people across the United States are increasingly gathering to commune with their creators, to interact with their ancestors, to enter the spirit world, to gain supernatural insights, and to engage in what they otherwise...

Video: Conversation with Dr. Luis Eduardo Luna about the Science and Philosophy of Plant Intelligence

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Dr. Luis Eduardo is the Director of Wasiwaska, a research center in Brazil for the study of psychointegrator plants, visionary art and consciousness. On February 16, 2024, Dr. Luna presented about ethnobotanical research at his Center, learning with and...

Video: TWP&F: Planting for a Greater Community: Conversation with Rebecca McMackin

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This talk asks: how do we think about designing public spaces with human and nonhuman needs in mind? Why does it matter to plant for native species? How do our horticulture choices intersect with equity and social justice? Why does thinking about...