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The Plant Initiative advocates for respectful treatment of plants through public education and outre We educate people about plants and their special qualities.

The Plant Initiative is a nonprofit charitable organization that started in November 2020. We invite you to work with us toward the goal of increasing respectful and ethical treatment of plants. We anticipate being able to accept tax-deductible donations by early 2021. Please contact us if you’d like to be added to the list for our occasional e-mail newsletter. Our Mission:

The Plant Initiative works collaboratively with others to advocate for ethical treatment of plants, and to build partnerships to create a plant advocacy movement. The Plant Initiative sponsors conferences and develops online programs and materials. The Plant Initiative seeks to build understanding of plant intelligence, sentience, and consciousness. We disseminate research findings and build interdisciplinary collaboration.

10/31/2026

10 grants totaling $5,000 were awarded by the Plant Initiative in Oct 2026 to organizations working to increase respect for plants, encourage ethical behavior toward plants, and/or to support development of an effective movement toward these goals.

Building a movement to increase respect for plants

10/28/2026

Reimagining Stewardship as a Living Culture, online, Nov 26, 2026. 1-2:30pm CT. €15. A participatory gathering by Harmonia & Eternal Forest with Hadil El-Baba & Evgenia Emets. "...we are going deeper: from exploring stewardship as an idea to asking how it can become a lived practice..."

Eternal Forest: Reimagining Stewardship as a Living Culture A participatory gathering by Harmonia & Eternal Forest Building on our previous gathering,…

10/26/2026

The video recording is available online of the Plant Initiative's event held Oct 26, 2026 - Planting Art for Other Species, a conversation with artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg and author Giovanni Aloi about imagining art with other living worlds.

This is a video recording of "Planting Art for Other Species: A Con...

10/24/2026

7th Annual Celebration of Trees at Sacred Lands, In-person in St. Petersburg, FL, Sun, Nov 8, 2026, 1-3pm ET. $23.18. "Have you connected with nature lately? The trees are calling you! Join Global Tree Lovers at Sacred Lands for the Celebration of Trees!"

Have you connected with nature lately? The trees are calling you! Join Global Tree Lovers at Sacred Lands for the Celebration of Trees!

10/24/2026

Action alert from Environment America Tell Walmart: We want forest-free toilet paper "The North American boreal forest is the largest remaining intact forest on Earth."

We're flushing vast chunks of a wild forest down the toilet. Literally.

10/24/2026

Writing(with) Goldenrod, Fri, Nov 27, 2026, 4-6pm Warsaw Time. Free, online. "A writing(with)plants session is a two-hour guided gathering where participants slow down, learn more from, with and about plants and plant people, and foster imagination muscles."

Goldenrod invites us – as our host Zofia hears it – to think about beauty, sunshine, and partnership…and aggression, colonisation, and loss as well. Also troubling the questions& #…

10/24/2026

Foundations in Biocultural Diversity "free collection includes 4 PDF issues of Terralingua and Langscape Magazine that explore the foundations of biocultural diversity through the stories, knowledge systems, values & sacred relationships that connect people & place."

These four issues of Langscape explore the foundations of biocultural diversity through the stories, knowledge systems, values, and sacred relationships that connect people and place.

10/24/2026

Free virtual summit - State of the World Forum 2026: Exploring the Multi-Intelligence Frontier. "Where consciousness, biology, AI and UAP meet" Speakers include Rupert Sheldrake, Charles Eisenstein. Nov 6–8, 2026, 10am–1pm ET daily.

Join voices from every corner of the world — leaders, creators, scientists and dreamers — uniting Human, Nature, Artificial and Cosmic Intelligences to reimagine what’s possible for our planet and ourselves.

10/24/2026

Posting from Amazon Frontlines The Amazon Has No Borders: What voters decide in Brazil will be felt across the entire basin. "Brazil’s runoff this Sunday marks a turning point for the rainforest and everyone who depends on it."

The Amazon Has NO Borders What voters decide in Brazil will be felt across the entire basin Brazil’s runoff this...

10/23/2026

Action alert from Rainforest Rescue Brazil: Stop the judicial harassment of Indigenous forest defenders “Stop the harassment of Indigenous leader Yuna Miriam Tembé in Pará’s Amazon rainforest and end her criminalization immediately.”

Indigenous leader Yuna Miriam Tembé is urgently calling for help. She is being persecuted on fabricated charges for standing up to palm oil companies’ forest clearing, land grabbing and violence in the Amazon rainforest. Authorities have fitted her with an electronic ankle monitor. She now fears ...

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P. O. Box 10803
White Bear Lake, MN
55110

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http://www.plantinitiative.org/

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