Seeding a landscape for biocultural stewardship
Fertile grounds to nurture diverse relational values
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21822633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mollie Chapman (0000-0003-1399-2144, ETH Zurich, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Pages | 101695 |
| Publication date | 2026-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1877-3435 • E-ISSN: 1877-3443 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.cosust.2026.101695 |
| OpenAlex | W7167805041 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 45 |
A cornerstone of biocultural stewardship is the connections people and communities have with places, ecosystems, and species — or in other words, their relational values. There has been recent excitement about the potential for plural values (including relational values) to underlie sustainability transformations. Yet what do relational values need to thrive? I offer three suggestions for ‘fertile grounds’ that might nurture relational values for food system transformation. Each centers the idea of biocultural stewardship. One: foster agency to enable stewardship practices and the relational values they embody. Two: create spaces for receiving reciprocal contributions. Three: weave together the connections needed to sustain and grow reciprocal practices. I end by pointing to new forms of research that center on reciprocity and relationality
Imperfect · Nature versus nurture · Seeding · Traditional knowledge · Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies
Bright spots
Why nature matters
From reflexive co-production to diffractive co-becoming
Investigating how relational values influence landowner participation in an endangered species conservation program
“Face the cow”
Relational approaches to sustainability transformations
Pathways to synergize reductive with relational logics in environmental policy
Moving beyond stewardship to partnership with nature
What are we protecting? Rethinking relational values and nature(s)
Relationality is not Weird
Re-storying Grant Creek
Human–nature relationships through the lens of reciprocity
Poetic inquiry to explore the relational values of a transforming peat landscape
The Work that Work does
Nature facilitates eudaimonic well‐being through promoting connection with self and others
More than food production
Assessing multiple values of nature in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans
‘I owe it to the animals’
Growing through transformation pains
Stewardship, care and relational values
Weaving knowledge systems in Ipbes, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability
Modes of mobilizing values for sustainability transformation
Signposts on the road toward transformative governance
Considerations for relational research methods for use in Indigenous contexts
Who stewards whom? A paradox spectrum of human–nature relationships of Estonian dacha gardeners
Environmental Stewardship and Ecological Solidarity
Nature is my tacit partner”
Unveiling soil stewardship
Interplays between relational and instrumental values
Unveiling relational values in agroecosystems through participatory video in a tropical agroforest frontier
Creating dialogues as a quiet revolution
Sustainability-aligned values
Biocultural ethics and Earth stewardship
It's a lonely old world
Inclusive transdisciplinarity
The agroecological movement. A panoramic view
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |