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Video of Dr. Enrique Salmon's 2010 Headwaters Keynote
Rick Bass and Dr. Enrique Salmon helped us examine what a "resilient community" is in the context of a Headwaters region facing the shocks of climate change and unsustainable economies. Workshops focused on "reskilling" citizens to build resilient communities, from food to energy to political voice.
From the Headwaters XXI website:
The Headwaters Conference begins its third decade seeking to discover the ideas, methods, skills, structures, and relationships necessary for a resilient Headwaters. “Resilience” is an ecological principle referring to the ability of a species or system to adapt to shock, to thrive in response to trauma. Aldo Leopold’s demand that we design societies around “the capacity of the land for self-renewal” was rooted in this concept of resilience. Headwaters XXI hopes to understand how human systems themselves can become resilient, with mutually reinforcing ecological, social, and economic benefits for the Headwaters region.
Here are videos of the keynotes:
I. Dr. Enrique Salmon
Dr. Enrique Salmon has a B.S. from Western New Mexico University, an MAT in Southwestern Studies from Colorado College, and a PhD. in Anthropology from Arizona State University. His dissertation was a study of how the bio-region of the Rarámuri people of the Sierra Madres of Chihuahua, Mexico influences their language and thought; poisonous plants used for medicine was the focus for the study. During his doctoral course studies Enrique was a Scholar in Residence at the Heard Museum. Enrique is on the Board of Directors of the Society of Ethnobiology. Enrique has published several articles and chapters on Indigenous Ethnobotany, agriculture, nutrition, and traditional ecological knowledge. He is Director of American Indian Studies at Cal State University East Bay.
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II. Rick Bass
Rick Bass is an award-winning western and environmental writer. Born in 1958, Bass was influenced by his Geologist father. He studied at Utah State University, earning a degree in petroleum geology. Bass began writing short stories on his lunch breaks at work as a petroleum geologist. In 1987, Bass made a critical move to the Yaak Valley in Montana with his wife, where they have since raised their two daughters. Bass soon received the PEN/Nelson Algren award in 1988 for his short story “The Watch." Recently, Bass was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award for his work Why I Came West. Bass also participates in the Yaak Valley Forest Council and Round River Conservation Studies as a strong environmental advocate. He is the author of over 20 books, listed below.
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