Ecological Calendars, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Adaptation in Standing Rock

Ruelle, Morgan L.; Skye, Aubrey Joshua; Collins, Evan; Kassam, Karim-Aly

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“…They visually articulate the use of contemporary ecological calendars that contain oral tradition of Indigenous ways of knowing with contemporary climate science. Similarly, an ethnobotanist, whose career emerged from work with the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, in collaboration with his student and director of a tribal health agency (Ruelle et al., 2022 ) describe how the cocreation of community‐specific ecological calendars reveal diverse knowledge related to traditional foodways. In “Ecological Calendars, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Adaptation in Standing Rock” they describe the implications of cultural genocide to Indigenous ways of knowing and being and how revitalization is both possible and necessary to secure food sovereignty by building anticipatory capacity.…”

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Rhythms of the Earth—Editorial Introduction

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This special issue of GeoHealth , entitled Rhythms of the Earth: Ecological Calendars and Anticipating the Anthropogenic Climate Crisis , is a transdisciplinary articulation of a methodology of hope to confront the multiple injustices of the Anthropocene. One of the greatest challenges of the climate crisis is the lack of predictability at the scale of communities where impacts are most immediate. Indigenous and rural societies face an ever shifting “new normal” through increasing inconsistency in the seasonality of temperature and precipitation, as well as greater frequency of extreme weather events. With global food systems dependent on local and small producers, climatic variability disrupts access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally relevant food. Ecological calendars are context‐specific knowledge systems grounded in a particular cultural milieu and ecological space, that build anticipatory capacity for seasonal change. They measure and give meaning to time. Based on close observation of one's habitat, human societies have used such calendars for hundreds of years and potentially millennia. By engaging with the interactions among physical phenomena (such as the first snowfall or last frost) and biological events (such as blossoming of specific trees, arrival of migratory birds or mammals, appearance of plants or insects), human societies have been able to identify optimal time windows for their livelihood activities. The 11 research articles in Rhythms of the Earth cover a considerable geographical breadth from Africa to the Arctic; and, from North and South America to Central Asia. They provide evidence that spans millennia from the Roman Empire to the contemporary Anthropocene.

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Drivers of the food system based on food sovereignty domains: an integrative systematic literature review

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Food sovereignty, as defined by the comprehensive definition offered in the 2007 Nyéléni Forum, encompasses essential action lines for transforming a food system based on food sovereignty principles. Understanding how current food system initiatives align with these principles is essential for identifying the necessary processes of change to drive this transformation. This study aimed to consolidate the contributions of advancements in food sovereignty to the existing literature. A systematic literature review was conducted to achieve this, analyzing 250 papers published between 2008 and 2023. The focus was on the research methods employed by the authors, food initiatives within the domains of food sovereignty, and the key drivers of a food system rooted in food sovereignty principles. The findings revealed that approximately 36% of the studies utilized interviews, surveys, and questionnaires for data collection, while 34% concentrated on targeted fieldwork through case studies. Around 19% of the studies involved in-depth interaction with specific groups, and just under 10% employed document analysis methods. The most extensively discussed domain was the use of agroecological management practices for food production, followed by the valuation of traditional knowledge, the promotion of social justice and equity, self-determination through the transformation of economic and political institutions, and the localization of food production and consumption. The food initiatives outlined overarching goals within each domain of food sovereignty, with three common goals identified across these domains: food security and consumption, environmental stewardship, and crisis preparedness. Furthermore, 29 drivers of a food system based on the domains of food sovereignty were identified, encompassing networks and a holistic approach present in all 5 domains. The study also highlights the implications for supporters of food sovereignty within the context of the identified goals of the food initiatives.

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Ecological Calendars, Food Sovereignty, and Climate Adaptation in Standing Rock

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Rhythms of the Earth—Editorial Introduction

Rhythms of the Earth—Editorial Introduction

Drivers of the food system based on food sovereignty domains: an integrative systematic literature review

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