Once life-supporting, today, Plaster Creek is life-threatening. This presentation explores the degradation of this Grand Rapids waterway by examining the Plaster Creek watershed's ecological, social, spiritual, and economic histories. Session leaders will describe how reconciliation ecology is being enacted through the watershed restoration work of Plaster Creek Stewards and their community partners, who are working to change the future story of this watershed by addressing broken relationships. Refusing to accept environmental injustice, severely reduced biodiversity, and contaminated waters unfit for children's play, session leaders will provide inspiration and specific recommendations for doing reconciliation ecology everywhere.
