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SEEDING RESISTANCE




2021 HOWLAND MEMORIAL LECTURE










SYNOPSIS



Climate change and anthropogenic disturbances are causing what Elizabeth Kolbert has termed the “sixth extinction,” a massive decline in biodiversity. This loss is particularly evident in our seed diversity which has diminished drastically over the last century. 

Seed vaults, which practice ex-situ conservation, are one response to the declining seed diversity which create a “backup copy” of global seeds. The unintended consequence of this method is that the seed is separated from its stewards and reduced to an unreferenced material. 

While the reasons for and implications of seed saving are bound up in global networks, seed saving is inherently cultural and place-based. Seed saving is intimate, a reciprocal act between human and plant and an expression of obligations to past and future generations, as well as non-human communities.
 
We hope this conversation reveals the myriad networks we engage when we design with plants and to inspire latent opportunities for designing, stewarding, and living with plants.


SEED SAVING W. IRA WALLACE


      2021 SPEAKERS 


IRA WALLACE

FUTUREFARMERS

ft. Amy Franceschini


ELIZABETH HOOVER



KRISTYN LEACH



Moderated by


KATE HAYES


Coordinated by Priyanka Parachoor, Katherine Rossi, and Hannah Brown


LECTURES







IRA WALLACE
   
    Lecture ︎︎︎


FUTUREFARMERS
    
    Lecture ︎︎︎

ELIZABETH HOOVER
   
    Lecture ︎︎︎

KRISTYN LEACH
   
    Lecture ︎︎︎