Dear Rachel and other plants people:<div><br></div><div>If you have any flexibility with your dates, please consider coming to the Pacific Northwest/Coast Salish region toward the end of March. There is a Traditional Food Summit being held in Seattle, WA. First Nations (from BC), American Indian, and Alaska Native communities will be teaming up with applied anthropologists and land managers to discuss the cultural and natural resources issues surrounding traditional foods. More info about the Summit and registration can be found here: <a href="http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2011/2011foodsummit.html">http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2011/2011foodsummit.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Melissa<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Rachel Zimbrick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:redwoodprana@gmail.com">redwoodprana@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Greetings,</div><div><br></div><div>I have come from the San Francisco
Bay Area and will be spending two weeks on Vancouver Island/ Victoria, British Columbia.
I am interested in meeting others with interest in indigenous First
Nation foodways, medicines, plant technologies, and non-timber forest
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y visit is focused on meeting</div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:small;color:rgb(0, 51, 0);line-height:15px"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:inline ! important">
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members of the University of Victoria's Environmental Science Ethnoecology
Department and Royal Roads University's Centre for Livelihoods and
Ecology. </div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div>
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I want to learn about Traditional land management strategies to promote
and maintain abundance of plant species, and apply the knowledge to
today's ecological challenges. I am interested in participating in the
reconstruction of past plant relationship life-ways and helping steward
privately (or First Nation) owned land to maintain healthy ecosystems.</div>
</span></b></span></div><div><br></div><div>I am prepared to travel with my car from the mainland to Nanaimo to Victoria on Feb. 19, and<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:small;color:rgb(0, 51, 0);line-height:15px"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:inline ! important">
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plan to be on Vancouver Island until March 8/9. </div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:small;color:rgb(0, 51, 0);line-height:15px"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:inline ! important">
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I </div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:small;color:rgb(0, 51, 0);line-height:15px"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:inline ! important">
am seeking temporary housing with others like-minded and accomodating,
with an extra room, couch, or floor space for thermarest. <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:small;color:rgb(0, 51, 0);line-height:15px"><b><span style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:inline ! important">
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Please email me if someone you know might be willing to host a clean and
conscientious guest in this area, to temporarily stay with (or simply meet) others in common
interest. </div>
</span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div></span></b></span></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you! Joining you in protecting and respectfully engaging with the forests and their resources...</div>
<div><br></div><div>Sincerely yours,</div><div>Rachel Zimbrick</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:redwoodprana@gmail.com" target="_blank">redwoodprana@gmail.com</a></div></span></b></span></font></font></font><br><font color="#888888"><div>
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