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October 25, 2009
AERA Fall Event
Hello friends!
TheArizona Ethnobotanical Research Association (AERA) would like to invite you to our premier fall event. We have invited Amazonian ethnobotanist Dr. Mark Plotkin to give a presentation entitled "Amazonian Shamans, Healthcare, and Google Earth: Saving the Rainforest in Six Dimensions." Please look at the beautiful poster attached as a PDF file for all the details. We are presenting this event in conjunction with the NAU Botany Club and Department of Anthropology.
Doors for this event will open at 5:00. We are hoping for standing room only, so get there early! In the hallway we will have groups tabling, featuring local non-profit organizations such as NAU Botany Club, Native Movement, Hopi Tutskwa Permiculture, the Hualapai Ethnobotany Project, and The Cultural Conservancy. At 6:30 our speakers begin, featuring Loretta Jackson and others from the Hualapai Tribe discussing their tribal mapping project.
This event will be held on Saturday, November 7th at the NAU Cline Library Assembly Hall. Free parking is available in the lot behind the library, off of Riordan Road. Please go to this link for a map of the NAU campus http://home.nau.edu/maps/campus_map_09.pdf
We are asking for an $8 donation ($5 for students and past contributors), which benefits the AERA. As a special offer, we will be giving out free goodies for larger donations. If you make a contribution of between $35 and $75, you will receive a free set of our plant-themed Kachina Doll postcards. If you donate $75 or above, you will receive a free AERA t-shirt. Both these items are new and hot off the press! You can also purchase these separately at the event.
We are so excited to be hosting Dr. Mark Plotkin and feel certain you will be inspired by the work of his non-profit, the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT). We look forward to seeing you there! We have an interview with Mark in the November issue of the Noise, as well as our monthly column, "What's Up in the Forest?". Also, listen to our local radio station, the Eagle 103.7 at 8:20 a.m. on Monday, November 2nd, when you can hear Phyllis and Jessa talking about the event LIVE on air!
Please email azethnobotany@hotmail.com if you have any questions.
Peace, Love, and Plants,
Phyllis Hogan, Director, AERA
Jessa Fisher, Herbarium Curator, AERA
Posted by maxmaddy at October 25, 2009 8:13 PM