Indigenous Fire Management: When Burning Protects the Land
Fire in the Forest: When Is Burning Destruction—and When Is It Knowledge? Fire is one [...]
Sep
Rapéh Blends: Why Different Blends Can Feel So Different
Why do rapéh blends feel so different? Explore how tobacco, plant ashes, pH, moisture, texture, [...]
Sep
Indigenous Knowledge & Climate Change: Reading Nature’s Signs
Climate change is usually described through instruments. Thermometers. Rain gauges. Satellites. Weather stations. River sensors. [...]
Sep
Traditional Amazonian Medicine: How Knowledge Passes Between Generations
A plant can be photographed. Its scientific name can be written in a database. [...]
Aug
Stingless Bees of Brazil: Indigenous Knowledge Protecting the Forest
Some of the most important workers in a Brazilian forest are easy to overlook. They [...]
Aug
Indigenous Languages Amazon: Why Plant Knowledge Depends on Words
A forest has many ways of disappearing. Trees can be cut. Rivers can be [...]
Aug
Amazon Medicinal Plants: What Happens When They Disappear?
The Amazon rainforest is often described through extraordinary numbers: millions of species, immense rivers, enormous [...]
Aug
Indigenous Medicine in Brazil: Recognition and Responsibility
Indigenous Medicine in Brazil: A New Moment of Recognition and Responsibility Indigenous medicine in Brazil [...]
Aug
What Is Mulateiro? Benefits of the Amazonian Tree of Youth
What Is Mulateiro? The Amazonian Tree Known as the Tree of Youth What is mulateiro, [...]
Aug
Rapeh and Meditation: Ritual, Breath and Presence
Rapé and Meditation: Understanding the Relationship Between Ritual, Breath and Presence Rapé and meditation are [...]
Aug