Bridging the Gap: Soil Health and Humanity

Co-sponsored by the Grange Lyceum Series, Adirondack Council, and the Essex Farm Insttute

Tuesday, April 18 at 7:00

Suggested donation $5

A thoughtful conversation with Ñawi Flores of the Soil Health Institute discussing the human and social context of conserving and rebuilding healthy soils, followed by excerpts from the documentary film, Dirt! After the film, Ñawi will be available for informal Q&A with the audience.

Ñawi K. Flores is a Soil Health Educator working with the U.S. Regenerative Cotton Fund. Before joining SHI, he served as the president and founder of the K'allam'p nonprofit operating in the Ecuadorian Andes & Amazon. Ñawi’s work there included regenerating symbiotic indigeneity and catalyzing regenerative economics by designing interdependent partnerships between the private, public, and indigenous, local, and descendant people communities. His scientific work promotes resiliency and sustainability by incorporating the perspectives of diverse stakeholders centered on soil/land/ecosystem health. He earned his B.S. degree in Earth & Environmental Sciences from Brooklyn College, his M.S. in Biology (Plant Science Subtrack) from Lehman College, and his MicroMasters in Circular Economy from edX-Wageningen University & Research. He is a nRhythm & Bio-Leaders Fellow and the Land Trustee of the Chichubamba Ancestral Territory, Cotacachi, Ecuador.

Previously, he served as an adjunct lecturer of earth & environmental science, molecular biology, and microbiology at the City University of New York (CUNY) and soil science at the New York Botanical Garden. In addition, he conducted research in plant carotenoids at the Wurtzel Lab, Lehman College, urban & rural soil security at the CUNY-Advanced Science Research Center, converging to transform the inter- and intradisciplinary social-ecological system, and Andean socioeconomic status of ethnomedicine (Midwifery & Botany) at Brooklyn College.

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