Fire and Ocean: Two Videos Share Stories of Co-stewardship

Two new videos from the Climate Science Alliance share the stories of the people, places, and partnerships behind the community-led approach to our Stewardship Pathways program. We hope you enjoy these glimpses into two remarkable events from last year, and that you’ll join us for future Stewardship Pathways events.

The Climate Science Alliance’s Stewardship Pathways program is co-created with partners and reflects a collaborative and cooperative approach to stewardship and conservation. Together, we build capacity, support economic and workforce development, and advance co-stewardship of all ancestral lands through training pathways in wildland fire, native plant restoration, coastal resilience, and more.

Last year we had the privilege of convening partners and friends of the Alliance for two remarkable gatherings—and we brought cameras to both of them. Each video offers a window into what the Stewardship Pathways program looks and feels like in-person, uplifting the people, places, and sense of shared purpose that makes this work worth doing.

Video production was led by our partners at Condor Visual Media. Learn more: www.condorvm.com 

Sedgwick

Our first video highlights a training event at the Sedgwick Reserve in Santa Barbara’s Santa Ynez Valley, home to the Sʰamala Chumash peoples since time immemorial. Fifty attendees came together to learn from Tribal and non-Tribal fire practitioners and land stewards, visiting the Lake Fire burn scar and sharing space with one another under the shade of oak trees. Read more about the day here.

This Stewardship Pathways event was made possible through the Collaborative of Native Nations for Climate Transformation and Stewardship (cnncts.org), and with support from the National Forest Foundation. We are deeply grateful to our Chumash partners, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Native Coast Action Network, Great Basin Tribal Alliance at the Desert Research Institute, UC Santa Barbara Natural Reserve System, and the La Kretz Research Center for co-creating this event and nurturing future opportunities to advance this important work.

Limuw

Our second video reflects on a special boat trip to Limuw, the Chumash name for Santa Cruz island—a place of profound significance as the creation site of the Chumash people. Over 95 people made the journey together to learn about coastal conservation and place-based restoration rooted in Tribal science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge. Read more about the day here.

This Stewardship Pathways event was made possible with support from the California State Coastal Conservancy and the Collaborative of Native Nations for Climate Transformation and Stewardship (cnncts.org). We express our deep gratitude to our Chumash partners, the Native Coast Action Network, and Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples for co-creating this event and fostering powerful, long-lasting connections for participants.