What is Biocultural Diversity?

A wonderful starting point is Terralingua’s Biodiversity Tool-Kit, available as a free download

Please consider making a donation to Terralingua

Join us for an evening of presentations and conversations with students artists and scholars investigating the ways language, culture and nature exist in adaptive, interwoven socio-ecological relationship that influences and affects human society and the more than human world.

4:00PM Opening remarks by MEMT 

4:15 – 5:00PM

The Bureau of Linguistical Reality, San Francisco, who will make new words with audience members to describe life in the Anthropocene

5:05 – 5:25PM

Anita Chang, San Francisco, describes her work around Language Revitalization and Media Activism

5:30 – 5:50PM

WILLIAM John, X’welwelat’se, Lummi Elder, shares concepts and values that sustain First Nations Coast Salish people

5:55 – 6:15PM

Kristina Lee Podesva, Bellingham, presents a multi-lingual, multi-media work

6:20 – 6:40PM

Joe Milutis, Seattle, presents on the Ecology of Jokes

6:45 – 7:05PM

Luisa Maffi, co-founder and Director Terralingua, Salt Spring Island, BC speaking on her research and work around Biocultural Diversity.

7:05 – QA {Feel free to use the CHAT feature to leave questions or unmute raise your  and ask during the QA session ~ Thank you! MEMT}

Register here!

If you have questions please contact Sasha.Petrenko@wwu.edu