Differing cultural perspectives will be presented by locally, nationally, and internationally known speakers. This one-day online conference planned for June 2021 will explore the human/plant connection, including ethics in human treatment of plants, plant sentience and communication, and opportunities for developing more respectful and reciprocal relationships between humans and plants.
Toward a New Way of Being with Plants: a One-Day Online Conference Team Members: Jamie Stallman (HHH), Alyssa Scott (IonE, SPH), Lauren Fisher (HHH) Principal Investigator (PI): Megan Voorhees, Director of Experiential Education and Graduate Programs, IonE, and Humphrey School of Public Affairs These workshops will highlight speakers who are well versed in communicating about climate change, solutions, and values – including with groups that do not typically agree with them. The Humphrey School of Public Affairs’ Energy and Environmental Policy Club will partner with the Institute on the Environment to offer two virtual workshops for graduate students on all UMN campuses to help students develop their climate-change communication skills, at a time when this type of science communication has become increasingly polarized.
Sentience umn series#
The winners dipped into a wide-ranging autumnal palette of ideas to design their proposals, and we are honored to share what they came up with:Ĭlimate Communication Workshop Series for STEM-Focused Graduate Students This year, we are honored to award more than $25k in Mini Grants to 10 teams from the University’s Duluth and Twin Cities campuses, representing six colleges and nine different departments, as well as a number of community partners and collaborators. “We hope this trend continues in future cycles, as it is an important part of our mission to lead the way toward a future in which people and planet prosper together.” “This fall cycle, we saw a marked increase in proposals connecting environmental and sustainability issues to social justice issues,” says April Snyder, Administrative Director at IonE. These grants of up to $3,000 may be used for a range of research, leadership, education, storytelling, and engagement activities.
Over the past decade, the program has awarded close to $1 million in funding to more than 300 project teams across the five-campus UMN System, as well as Extension and outreach centers. Two times a year, the Institute on the Environment offers support to bring these types of projects to fruition through its Mini Grants program, taking into account the level of interdisciplinary collaboration and the strength of the project’s goals, design, and budget, with additional points for the amount of impact. Whether it be through addressing the connection between racial injustice and environmental issues, collaborations with Indigenous farmers, cultural educators, and youth leaders, or breaking down barriers to private forest ownership for people of color, the projects they envisioned tapped into grassroots creativity - turning a new leaf by fostering collaboration and community action. This past fall, as the leaves donned rich hues, people across the University of Minnesota System were working to bring about social change. NorthStar Initiative for Sustainable EnterpriseĮcolab Experiential Education Scholarships
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