{"id":545870,"date":"2010-04-28T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/blog\/?p=2714"},"modified":"2010-04-28T10:30:55","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T14:30:55","slug":"science-wednesday-mother-earth-indigenous-knowledge-to-promote-positive-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/545870","title":{"rendered":"Science Wednesday: Mother Earth: Indigenous Knowledge to Promote Positive Change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 3px 0px 5px 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/sw3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"150\" \/><em>Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/blog\/category\/sciencewednesday\/\">Previous Science Wednesdays.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Instant messaging. Tweets. Facebook. E-mail. Blogs. Voicemail.<\/p>\n<p>Like a lot of people, I sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed with the number of choices available these days for communicating.<\/p>\n<p>And I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not alone with feeling that despite all the new technology and \u201csocial media\u201d at our disposal, we sometimes need to step away from the keyboard, turn off our cell phones, and actually get together to see one another.<\/p>\n<p>More face time, less Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I\u2019m so excited to be deep into planning for the <a href=\"http:\/\/epa.blhtech.com\/2010TribalScienceForum\/\">2010 National Tribal Science Forum<\/a> . The Forum is designed for Tribal scientists and environmental professionals to network, exchange ideas, and share data with EPA and other federal partners.<\/p>\n<p>Some 400 participants from Tribal Nations and the EPA will get together to partner and share expertise and information about tribal environmental programs. I expect the gathering will spark lots of great discussions about issues of vital interest to Indian Country.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2736\" title=\"TSFBlog\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/TSFBlog3.jpg\" alt=\"TSFBlog\" width=\"250\" height=\"162\" \/>The theme of the Forum is \u201cMother Earth: Indigenous Knowledge to Promote Positive Change.\u201d It is sponsored by EPA and will be hosted by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grandtraverseresort.com\/\">Grand Traverse Resort and Spa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the second Tribal Science Forum sponsored by EPA. More than 300 participants attended the 2006 forum, representing 125 American Indian tribes and Alaska Native Villages, intertribal consortia, academic institutions, nonprofit organizations, and federal, state, and local governments. Representative included the American Indian Higher Education Council, tribal leaders, students, elders, and environmental program directors.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, I\u2019m expecting somewhere around 400 participants to join me and my colleagues from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/osp\/tribes\/who.htm\">National-EPA Tribal Science Council<\/a>. Like them, I\u2019m looking forward to sharing ideas and advancing tribal science in person.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in joining us? Visit the forum <a href=\"http:\/\/epa.blhtech.com\/2010TribalScienceForum\/\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>About the Author: Monica L. Rodia is the Executive Secretary for the Tribal Science Council in EPA\u2019s Office of Science Policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s Note: The opinions and comments expressed in Greenversations, including those in Science Wednesday, are those of the author. They do not reflect Agency policy, endorsement, or action, and EPA does not verify the accuracy or science of the contents of the blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week we write about the science behind environmental protection. Previous Science Wednesdays. Instant messaging. Tweets. Facebook. E-mail. Blogs. Voicemail. Like a lot of people, I sometimes feel a bit overwhelmed with the number of choices available these days for communicating. And I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not alone with feeling that despite all the new technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6809,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-545870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}