Land restoration cannot proceed without healing the land story narrative

Evidence

Look at the legacy of poor Eve’s exile from Eden: the land shows the bruises of an abusive relationship. It’s not just land that is broken, but more importantly, our relationship to land. As Gary Nabhan has written, we can’t meaningfully proceed with healing, with restoration, without “re-story-ation.” In other words, our relationship with land cannot heal until we hear its stories. But who will tell them? — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 46

Categorization

• XREF: Nabhan’s ‘re-story-ation’ is a concept that ties directly to storytelling/interpretation thread shared across all four polyad courses — ecological restoration as narrative repair. — connects to: A scientist transforms bare geology into a living story of land upheaval — Freeman Tilden, Interpreting Our Heritage, 191; Ecological restoration must also repair humanity’s relationship with the world — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 709; Planting a garden is the single best act for restoring land-people relationship — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 445 (+1 more)
• SEED: Angle for integrative writing: re-story-ation as method common to both land-based education and decolonizing legal narratives about rights of nature.

Broader Connections

• Ecological restoration must also repair humanity’s relationship with the world #expands (0.78) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 709