Social Forestry

Tending the Land as People of Place

Tomi Hazel Vaarde, Starhawk

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Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S.
31 August 2023

Folklore, myths & legends; Conservation of the environment; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques; The natural world, country life & pets

Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place is a must-have for anyone wanting to have a reciprocating relationship with their communities, themselves, and most importantly their awe-inspiring forests and landscapes.

Social Forestry connects villages and communities to their forests and adjoining bodies of water. It includes forest management, protection, and regeneration of deforested lands with the objective of improving the rural, environmental, and social development. Through ecological assessment, carbon sequestration, and generating wildcrafts, people re-establish their wonder in the woods.

Author Tomi Hazel Vaarde, collaborator of Siskiyou Permaculture, uses poetry, photographs, drawings, and data to outline philosophies and concepts of Social Forestry. By weaving culturally sensitive stories, myths, and lessons from a range of customs and traditions including North American Indigenous communities and Vaarde's own Quaker upbringing, Vaarde explores how holistic land and community management approaches can facilitate resolution of some of our most dire local and global crises. The writer's work is critical to overcoming eco-grief while instilling necessary changes to the West Coast landscape for fire mitigation and restoration of complex forest systems for generations to come.

Many indigenous peoples have learned regenerative management by living for generations in and with a sense of place, but few examples of whole-system planning and participation are evident in modern society. Climate adaptation, human survival, and conservation efforts to maintain biodiversity that supports life on Earth require radical, back-to-the-roots grounding and intentional dedication. Social Forestry helps readers remember the ways of the wild while implementing local food production, collaboration with conservation efforts, forest management, and stabilization of headwaters to build resilience for the long term. To live in harmony with our surroundings, we need to re-skill, always remembering those who came before us and acting in ways that honor traditional wisdom of people and place.

Social Forestryincludes 31 4-color posters and 54 images.

By: Tomi Hazel Vaarde
Foreword by: Starhawk
Imprint: Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm,
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9781957869063
ISBN 10: 1957869062
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 31 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Social Forestry: Table of Contents Acknowledgments by Hazel Foreword by Starhawk How to Read Hazel by Megan Fehrman Principles Clipboard Introduction to Social Forestry Part I Foundations Chapter 1 Peoples of the Forest Chapter 2 The Lineage Chapter 3 The Nest-Home Chapter 4 Relationships Part II In the Forest Chapter 5 Forest Ecologies Chapter 6 Forestry Work Chapter 7 Fire Chapter 8 Charcoal Chapter 9 Treasures from the Thickets Chapter 10 Forest Shelters Part III Toward Culture of Place Chapter 11 Starting from Here Chapter 12 Transition Cultures Chapter 13 A Place for Humans Chapter 14 Social Order Chapter 15 Carrying the Bundle Part IV Visioning Chapter 16 A Year in Wagner County Index Bibliography

Hazel is a long time resident of the Southern Oregon/Mount Shasta bioregion first settling here in the early 70’s. Their current focus topics are Social Forestry, restoring Oak/Pine Savannah, fuel hazard management, wildcrafting, wildlife conservation and desert forest water management. They have been advising farms, stewarding forests, and teaching Environmental Sciences for more than fifty years. After having earned degrees in Forestry and Systematic Botany from Syracuse University and SUNY College of Forestry, 1969, Hazel taught Wild Edible Plants and Woods-lore at Laney College in Oakland CA in the early 70’s. After helping Bill Mollison teach the first Permaculture Design Course at Evergreen State College in 1982, they have been instrumental in teaching and spreading Permaculture practices. Hazel has taught dozens of Permaculture courses over the last 37 years, primarily in Southern Oregon and Northern California. These include the PDC, Permaculture Teachers Training, and advanced courses in Optical Surveying, Social Forestry and Farm Planning. They were a frequent guest instructor for Toby Hemenway PDC’s offered in the Northwest. Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism. She is the author or co-author of thirteen books, including The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion of the Great Goddess and the ecotopian novel The Fifth Sacred Thing, and its sequel City of Refuge. Her most recent non-fiction book is The Empowerment Manual: A Guide for Collaborative Groups, on group dynamics, power, conflict and communications. Starhawk founded Earth Activist Training, teaching permaculture design grounded in spirituality and with a focus on activism. She travels internationally, lecturing and teaching on earth-based spirituality, the tools of ritual, and the skills of activism.

Reviews for Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place

Vaarde delivers a guide to forging reciprocal, regenerative relationships between nature and communities. The author has been advising farms, stewarding forests, and teaching environmental sciences for more than 50 years since earning degrees in forestry and systematic botany from Syracuse University and SUNY College of Forestry. Vaarde’s book is a collection of data, prose, poems, photographs, drawings, and posters that explain the philosophies of social forestry and land ethics. Forests and bodies of water are often considered as essential only in relation to their benefits to human beings; the author challenges that idea by connecting nature to communities and emphasizing nature’s ; forestry work and ecology; cultures of place (shared values, belief systems, or ways of life within a specific geographical region); and visioning (picturing what one wants to happen and how a story might unfold). Vaarde recognizes that reading does not replace action when it comes to environmentalism: “This book is not merely a recipe collection, where the reader can pick and choose their indulgences; rather, we want to suggest that all skills and opportunities are embedded in cultural contexts that shape action and involvement in complex ways that a book cannot fully enfold.” The author encourages conservation efforts, forest management, local food production, and the promotion of environmental resiliency, among other practices, and includes myths, anecdotes, and lessons from many North American Indigenous communities’ customs and traditions. The book is brimming with well-researched information on every aspect of social forestry—readers should be warned that a surfeit of data and academic jargon can make it read like a textbook. Despite that, Vaarde does their due diligence to honor the traditional wisdom of communities and help human beings live in harmony with their surroundings. The book is a must-read for anyone curious to learn more about ethical land practices. A complex and informative all-in-one manual on social forestry. -- Kirkus Review