SAGING THE WORLD SCREENING
July 20th, 2024 5PM-8PM
We invite you to watch Saging the World, an award-winning documentary by Rose Ramirez, Deborah Small, and California Native Plant Society to foster understanding and inspire action for white sage.
Metric tons of white sage (Salvia apiana) are being poached to supply an international demand. This plant is deeply rooted in the cultures and lifeways of the Indigenous communities of Southern California and northern Baja, the only region where white sage naturally occurs in the world. The devastating theft and the appropriated trend that it fuels stand in sharp contrast with the values and traditional practices of regional native communities.
This screening will be held at the Taft Gardens Pavilion House, an intimate indoor venue, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker Rose Ramirez, Chumash Elder Julie Tumamait-Stenslie and Diego Cordero from the Environmental Office of the Santa Ynez Band of Indians.
July 20th, 2024 - 5PM-8PM