Traditional Ecological Knowledge Studies

Catalog description

Group studies project will explore TEK: The Indigenous Peoples ways of knowing their relationship to the land, air, water, flora, fauna, to each other, and to all beings. Through projects and fieldwork students will become knowledgeable about sustainable Indigenous gardening practices, Indigenous food sovereignty, ethnobotany, Indigenous allyship in outdoor spaces, Chumash culture and history, and forming meaningful connections with land via Indigenous lifeways.