BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The world is rushing towards a tipping point. Human-induced glo bal warming will soon become uncontrollable. Food insecurity is already ra mpant. The COVID-19 health crisis has underscored how crucial and fragile our food systems are and has demonstrated the need for a different approac h to relating to Nature for sustainable living. The need to include Indige nous philosophies of well-being at the heart of food systems\, health\, an d nutrition security is urgent. I’ll discuss the role of Indigenous people s’ philosophies of well-being in driving the restoration of Indigenous lan ds and foodways through Indigenous food sovereignty (IFS) to promote globa l sustainable food systems.Mariaelena Huambachano\, \;is a native Peru vian Indigenous scholar\, who immigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand\, at a yo ung age\, inspiring a collaborative and cross-cultural approach to her wor k in Indigenous food sovereignty\, environmental justice\, Indigenous phil osophies of well-being\, and Indigenous research methodologies. She has be en an Indigenous community-engaged scholar of food and environmental justi ce for over a decade. During this time\, she has worked with Indigenous co mmunities\, grassroots organisations\, and civil societies globally to res tore community health and well-being. In fall 2021\, she joined Syracuse U niversity to help build the Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental J ustice Research Centre and Department from the ground up. She is an active member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues\, a lead author in the 16th High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (UNFAO ) Report on “Promoting youth engagement and employment in agriculture and food systems”\, and of a global report on the ‘values’ assessment of natur e for the Intergovernmental Panel of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES). Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and sch olarly anthologies\, including Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems\; Sustainability\; the New Zealand Journal of Ecology\; The International Jo urnal of Environmental Sustainability\; The International Journal of Envir onmental\, Cultural\, Economic\, and Social Sustainability\; Food Studies\ , and The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable and Regenerative Food Systems. She is currently working on her book manuscript entitled “Recovering our Ancestors’ Foodways: Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well”. T he book is a celebration of the lore of Quechua and Māori and of the world s’ Indigenous peoples in safeguarding food systems\, innovation\, practice s\, and\, ultimately\, the well-being of humankind. \; \; DTEND:20220330T213000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T230641Z DTSTART:20220330T200000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Reclaiming our Roots: Indigenous Philosophies of Well-being and Foo dways UID:RFCALITEM639142096018345110 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The world is rushing towards a tipping poin t. Human-induced global warming will soon become uncontrollable. Food inse curity is already rampant. The COVID-19 health crisis has underscored how crucial and fragile our food systems are and has demonstrated the need for a different approach to relating to Nature for sustainable living. The ne ed to include Indigenous philosophies of well-being at the heart of food s ystems\, health\, and nutrition security is urgent. I’ll discuss the role of Indigenous peoples’ philosophies of well-being in driving the restorati on of Indigenous lands and foodways through Indigenous food sovereignty (I FS) to promote global sustainable food systems.

Mariaelena H uambachano\, \;is a native Peruvian Indigenous scholar\, who immigrated to Aotearoa New Zealand\, at a young age\, inspiring a collabor ative and cross-cultural approach to her work in Indigenous food sovereign ty\, environmental justice\, Indigenous philosophies of well-being\, and I ndigenous research methodologies. She has been an Indigenous community-eng aged scholar of food and environmental justice for over a decade. During t his time\, she has worked with Indigenous communities\, grassroots organis ations\, and civil societies globally to restore community health and well -being. In fall 2021\, she joined Syracuse University to help build the Gl obal Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice Research Centre and Dep artment from the ground up. She is an active member of the UN Permanent Fo rum on Indigenous Issues\, a lead author in the 16th High-Level Panel of E xperts on Food Security and Nutrition (UNFAO) Report on “Promoting youth e ngagement and employment in agriculture and food systems”\, and of a globa l report on the ‘values’ assessment of nature for the Intergovernmental Pa nel of Biodiversity and Ecosystems Services (IPBES). Her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and scholarly anthologies\, including Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems\; Sustainability\; the New Z ealand Journal of Ecology\; The International Journal of Environmental Sus tainability\; The International Journal of Environmental\, Cultural\, Econ omic\, and Social Sustainability\; Food Studies\, and The Routled ge Handbook of Sustainable and Regenerative Food Systems. She is curr ently working on her book manuscript entitled “Recovering our Ancestors’ F oodways: Indigenous Traditions as a Recipe for Living Well”. The book is a celebration of the lore of Quechua and Māori and of the worlds’ Indigenou s peoples in safeguarding food systems\, innovation\, practices\, and\, ul timately\, the well-being of humankind. \; \;

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