Mary lives in Idyllwild, California with her partner Felipe, daughter Lily and son Epifanio, and their dog, three cats, and chickens.
Her path of integrating organic herbs, whole foods and toxic-free products began in 2005, when both her parents began to suffer from chronic illness - heart and kidney disease; diabetes; thyroid disease; cervical cancer; gout; arthritis and more. It was important for her to learn how she could best help her parents heal from toxic food, chemicals, surgeries, and the side effects of pharmaceutical drugs. She immersed herself in formulating natural remedies and cooking with organic healing foods. This marked the beginning of her family's integration of Earth-based systems of living and healing.
Mary leads campaign strategy to expand and protect California’s public lands with the national Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental organization in the U.S. Her work includes advancing indigenous co-managed national monuments, protecting old growth forests, and more.
Mary has over 17 years of public policy and community organizing experience. In graduate school, she advanced climate initiatives with the League of Conservations Voters; then went on to lead campaigns for the widespread adoption of clean energy, electric transportation, fossil fuel divestment, and climate justice. She’s also worked in the organizing departments of the ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of Arizona, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights.
Mary is third-generation Sicilian and second-generation Cherokee. Her mother is French and Native American, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, and first generation born outside Cherokee Territory. Mary’s great, great, great grandmother Mary Elizabeth Parris was forced to walk the Trail of Tears from Adair, Georgia to Going Snake, Oklahoma, where her family’s oil-rich land was forcibly taken by the U.S. Government. Parris was the granddaughter of Ani Ga tge Wi “Pratchey” Moytoy, daughter of Chief Moytoy of the Wolf Clan. Mary’s ancestral history is a close part of her spiritual, professional, and family traditions.
Wild+Craft creations are made with great intention and care, and in honor to Mary’s ancestors, the beautiful Idyllwild land, and to our future generations.
Mary Elizabeth Lunetta
creator | herbalist | climate strategist
Wild+Craft | Ethos
The foundation for all that Wild+Craft offers is a deep commitment to clean, sustainable living and study-supported remedies. Our goods are 100% organic, all-natural, synthetics-free; and as locally sourced, wildcrafted, and handcrafted as possible.
Wild+Craft is inspired and guided by accessible folk herbalism, the practice of traditional herbal alchemy of embracing wonder and curiosity, creativity, and intuition.
Accessible herbalism encourages consistent and expanded access to both ancestral wisdom and modern studies. It works to identify effective, all-natural healing modalities, and believes this wisdom is the birthright to all people, families and communities to live, heal and thrive in symbiosis with our sacred land.
Accessible herbalism recognizes gatekeeping beliefs and practices as harmful barriers to equitable community access. Wild+Craft nurtures community learning, mutual aid, and collaboration over traditional capitalist paradigms of exclusion and competition.
Wild+Craft was formed in 2020, after quarantine and injection mandates encouraged Mary to 1) build deeper relationship with the natural world, including the abundance of herbs, plants, and botanicals on and around her land in Idyllwild, California; and 2) deep-dive into peer-reviewed medical journals, integrate her ancestral traditions, and experiment with herbal blends and recipes in new and expanded ways for the well-being of her family and community.
