Description
Brokenness between people damages their relationships but also results in damage to the earth. Like many urban waterways, Ken-O-Sha (now known as Plaster Creek, West Michigan’s most contaminated waterway) has been in decline for 200 years since settler colonialists arrived, motivated by the Doctrine of Discovery. Ongoing harm to this urban community is explored through the ecological, social, spiritual, and economic histories of this watershed. The presenters describe how reconciliation ecology is being enacted through the watershed restoration work of Plaster Creek Stewards and community partners to address historic and current injustices by restoring relationships in the Plaster Creek watershed.
