Hi everyone! This is an announcement for a Tropical Ethnobotany Field Course I am teaching this summer in beautiful Bocas del Toro, Panama. The course runs from July 15-August 9. Please forward this information on to any other students who may be interested. Applications are still being accepted. You can find additional details on the course website and the ITEC website.
I'm going to start writing about my experience, and post it once a week for whoever is interested. This first one is from Oct 26th to about Nov 3rd. I often have interesting experiences and many insights when I travel and I feel like its time to share.
It feels good to get back on the little horse that is microsoft word and make sense of the whole thing, peace everyone!
Eda Zavala Lopez brings the Spirit of the Peruvian Rainforest to this special ceremony through song, flowers, and offerings to the ancient Spirits. (more)
Nearing the end of an adventurous, enlivening, and insightful journey here in Peru with my darling Andrea.
It´s been a time of making merry with the Peoples, breathing with the essences of so many lands, and receiving a bounty of foods and medicines to guide us in our transformation as Creatures of a Lush and Lively Earth * * *
Willie Smits works at the complicated intersection of humankind, the animal world and our green planet. In his early work as a forester in Indonesia, he came to a deep understanding of that triple relationship, as he watched the growing population of Sulawesi move into (or burn for fuel) forests that are home to the orangutan.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
