The Plant Initiative

Online access to the Mar 2026 issue of Deep Times: A Journal of the Work that Reconnects, from the Work that Reconnects Network. Theme is Harvesting the Gifts of Our Ancestors. Many articles. journal.workthatreconnects.org/march-2026/

Online Seed Library Conference: Sustaining a Seed Library. May 16, 2026. $10. 12-2:30pm ET. For anyone working to strengthen community connections through seed saving, educators, organizers "..this conference will offer practical guidance and inspiration" givebutter.com/sustaining-a-s…

New discussion paper from WholeWorld-View: The Unitive Science of a Living Universe, by Jude Currivan. "An emerging scientific convergence toward a relational, in-formational and participatory understanding of reality" wholeworld-view.org/news/2026/3/17…

Book by Lynda V. Mapes - The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests "With vibrant storytelling supported by science and traditional ecological knowledge, Mapes invites readers to understand the world where trees are kin, not commodities." uwapress.uw.edu/book/978029575…

Posting from Woods Hole @WHOI New study uncovers unprecedented declines in iconic kelp forests along Monterey Peninsula, with glimmers of hope in Oregon and Mexico "A new study provides novel documentation of kelp forest decline along the west coast of the U.S. and Mexico..." whoi.edu/press-room/new…

Article from @regeneration_in Genetically Modified Microorganisms: What Are the Risks, and Who’s Watching? summarizing a recent peer reviewed paper (doi.org/10.3390/microo…) from the journal Microorganisms regenerationinternational.org/2026/03/16/gen…

Action alert from @DogwoodAlliance Stop Subsidizing the Destruction of Vital Woodpecker Habitat "Tell UK Officials to Keep Southern Forests Standing and Stop Funding the Forests-as-Fuel Sham" dogwoodalliance.org/actions/stop-s…

Action alert from @Eko_Movement Mondelēz: Stop stuffing Oreos with deforestation "Indonesia is opening up hundreds of thousands of hectares of new land to palm oil plantations..." action.eko.org/a/mondelez-sto…

Robin Wall Kimmerer's Plant Circle through her Plant, Baby, Plant movement has its second meeting, open to all, on Mar 20, 2026, at 4pm ET at the following YouTube link with special guest Sean Sherman, also featuring Brooklyn Rewilders: youtube.com/watch?v=dM27LT…

Article from Mongabay by @shannahanbury - Toucans reintroduced 50 years ago disperse seeds of endangered trees in Brazil "...almost entirely settled back into its original role in the ecosystem, serving as a critical species for forest restoration" news.mongabay.com/short-article/…

Call for Papers for conference Taking Root: Conserving Trees and/as Heritage, Oct 29-30, 2026 at University of Vienna in Austria. Proposal deadline: Mar 30, 2026. "papers that reconsider and reposition trees as heritage in a variety of frames and scales" heritagestudiesvienna.com/gloco-blog/cal…

The Mar 2026 issue of the open-access Environmental Humanities journal is now available online for free download. read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-…

The video of the Mar 18, 2026 @Plant_Init webinar, Making Kin with Trees: A Conversation with Solvejg Nitzke, is available free online. Solvejg Nitzke @NitzkeSolvejg talks about her new book Making Kin with Trees: A Cultural Poetics of Interspecies Care. youtu.be/ihfmeUpU_SE

Online report and guide from RTS @RTSGreen Food Waste in America in 2026: Statistics and Facts "...the United States discards more food than any other country in the world: nearly 60 million tons - 120 billion pounds - every year." rts.com/resources/guid…