Indigenous-Wisdom on deep ecology

Profile: Francis Weller

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Francis Weller is a psychotherapist, author, and ritual elder who examines connections between grief, ecological crisis, and community healing. Trained in depth psychology and influenced by indigenous wisdom traditions, he bridges Western therapeutic approaches with ritual practices of community healing.

Weller’s work on “ecological grief” proposes that sorrow for environmental destruction represents natural response rather than pathology. He suggests that capacity to feel this grief relates to ability to act on behalf of ecological systems. Through development of grief rituals, men’s initiation work, and community healing practices, he has created supportive containers where people can process both personal and collective trauma.

Profile: Robin Wall Kimmerer

Wed, 15 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist, author, and distinguished professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. As an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she integrates indigenous wisdom and Western scientific knowledge in her work on traditional ecological knowledge and restoration ecology.

Kimmerer’s approach bridges empirical science with the holistic worldview of indigenous peoples. She advocates for what she terms “the grammar of animacy” - recognizing the personhood of the more-than-human world. Her work examines how indigenous protocols for relating to land can inform contemporary environmental practice while respecting indigenous sovereignty and wisdom.