Tribal Knowledge Can Save The Planet with Dr. Cristina Eisenberg

Indigenous communities have been stewarding the land for millennia, yet their knowledge has often been overlooked in mainstream conservation efforts. That’s changing.

In this episode, Dr. Cristina Eisenberg—Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Director of Tribal Initiatives in Natural Resources at Oregon State University’s College of Forestry—shares how Indigenous science is shaping climate action. As an advisor to the White House and an invited speaker at the United Nations, Dr. Eisenberg is at the forefront of efforts to integrate Tribal sovereignty and traditional ecological knowledge into global environmental policies.

Join us as we discuss how Indigenous perspectives are transforming conservation, the power of restoring land stewardship to Native communities, and why Indigenous leadership is essential in the fight against climate change.

🎧 Tune in now to learn why the future of the planet depends on honoring its original caretakers.

To learn more about Dr. Eisenberg’s work with the Traditional Ecological Knowledge Lab through the College of Forestry at Oregon State university, please visit their website at tek.forestry.oregonstate.edu

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Dr. Cristina Eisenberg Bio

Dr. Cristina Eisenberg is the Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence and Maybelle Clark Macdonald Director of Tribal Initiatives in Natural Resources at the Oregon State University College of Forestry. She is the Director of the Indigenous Natural Resource Office and the TEK Lab. 

She is of Raramuri and Western Apache heritage and has partnered with Indigenous communities globally for nearly 20 years to lead research about how Indigenous Knowledge, cultural stewardship practices, and cultural keystones can restore climate resilience to forests and grasslands. She leads two long-term ecocultural restoration research projects for the BLM on the northern great plains in Montana, working with the Fort Belknap Indian Community, and in western Oregon working with several Tribal Nations. 

She partners with the US Forest Service in facilitating ecocultural Tribal Roundtables in the US and works with federal leaders and the US White House in developing policies to support Tribal sovereignty, focusing on natural resource stewardship.

 

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