Mobilizing Restoration through Art and Culture
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Speaker: Jill Wagner
Jill Wagner is a forester, ethnobotanist, and seed banking specialist whose work has spanned three decades of conservation and education in Hawai‘i and beyond. She began her career in 1994 at the Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden and has since led forest restoration and seed banking projects with private landowners, the State of Hawai‘i, and community groups. She also teaches widely, sharing her expertise in native ecosystems and plant conservation with audiences around the world.
In her talk, Mobilizing Restoration through Art and Culture, Wagner connects ecological restoration to the power of human cooperation and creativity. Drawing from the influential work Limits to Growth and the more recent International Cooperation Against All Odds, she explores how global networks and collective action can overcome paralysis in the face of biodiversity loss and climate change. Using the metaphor of Indra’s Net, she shows how art can illuminate the interdependence of all life and serve as a vehicle for transformation in the way humans live on Earth.
Logistics:
- When: Thursday, September 11th, 2025 at 5:30 pm (Talk starts at 6:00 pm)
- Where: Hale Pulelehua, Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, 82-6160 Mamalahoa Hwy (please park at the Garden Visitor Center and walk in)
Followed By: Ethnobotanical Pupu Potluck
Note: Please bring an ethnobotanically-relevant pupu and be prepared to explain the origin and significance of the plant(s) to be devoured. May contain meat: a card will be provided to list main ingredients.
*Funding for this project provided by the Inflation Reduction Act and the USDA Forest Service, Urban and Community Forestry Program. USDA and Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden are equal opportunity providers and employers. *