On this week’s podcast, we talk with Bazile Panek about what farmers can learn from Indigenous knowledge in agriculture. Panek, CEO of Good Sky Guidance, shares his work on Indigenous knowledge, cultural revitalization, and environmental initiatives. He discusses the importance of conserving wild rice and the threats it faces, adapting to changing weather patterns and the use of controlled burns in ecosystem management.

Good Sky Guidance is a consulting firm specializing in the use of Indigenous Knowledges in environmental initiatives and advising institutions on respectful tribal community engagement. Bazile highlights the need for relationship building and explores Indigenous foodways and the benefits of local, sustainable agriculture, and suggests leveraging Indigenous authors and scholars.

His roots come from the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe where he was born and raised. Bazile primarily serves as an Indigenous Consultant for the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP). In his role with ITEP, he is co-facilitating the creation of the Status of Tribes and Climate Change Report, Volume 2. Bazile also works as the Fire-Plan Research Coordinator at the University of Wisconsin- Platteville for a National Science Foundation-funded project that combines various ways of knowing to help heal fire dependent lands and cultures in the Great Lakes region. Bazile's guiding philosophy in life is to honor his ancestors by becoming an honorable ancestor for future generations.

Connect With Guest:

Email: bazile@goodskyguidance.com

Website: goodskyguidance.com

Instagram: @goodskyguidance

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