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Plants are essential for every aspect of our human lives, and they hold the keys to the complex problems that humanity is facing.

Every breath we take was made by plants, every drop of clean water was created by plants. Plants provide material for our clothes and buildings, they give us food and medicine. Plants even have a direct influence on our moods and behaviours through our diets. The molecules in our brain, such as dopamine and serotonin, are plant compounds. Join me and learn about ethnobotany, the relationship between people and plants.

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People, plants and culture

Learn ethnobotany and become a more effective advocate for plants, rights of indigenous people and right of nature.

Human cultures have co-evolved with plants from the beginning of time. Especially indigenous and traditional communities have kept their unique knowledge of the plants alive.
Ethnobotany is the exciting study that offers the opportunity to research, document and revive valuable traditional knowledge, as well as research interactions of modern cultures with plants and local ecology.

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Introduction to people and plants, self-paced

ONLINE INTRO COURSE (80 MINS) –ย  Welcome to the self-paced introduction into ethnobotany, exploring the relationship between human cultures and plants in 11 short lessons.

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Marcos from the indigenous Shipibo Konibo is creating a medicinal plant garden

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People and plants, a 6-week course in ethnobotany

ONLINE GROUP COURSEย  – Learn about the study of ethnobotany, and how it helps us understand how people in different cultures relate to plants for their survival, their health, wellbeing and meaning making. Join the next online cohort!

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Plants , people and culture; an inspirational talk

PUBLIC TALK โ€“ย An inspirational introduction to ethnobotany. Learn how traditional knowledge is part of the biocultural diversity of our earth is crucial in areas like food security, new medicines and nature conservation.

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  • โ€œThank you so much for such a beautiful, thought provoking, well structured and informative course! Have absolutely loved this learning experience and it has sparked so much curiosity and passion in me for future learning!โ€
    Jade Morris
  • โ€œThis course changed my worldview. I now have a different view on plants and everything that grows.โ€
    Dutch course participant
  • "Very educational, this rich course, a beautiful and in-depth introduction to this field of science"
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  • "A really interesting and thorough introduction to ethnobotany, taught with passion and knowledge. I highly recommend this course to anyone who is fascinated by the connections between the human and plant world. Such a lovely 5 weeks, I miss it!"
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Learn about ethnobotany, finding knowledge and wisdom in indigenous cultures. Check the link for courses๐Ÿ‘‡โ€‰๐ŸŒฟ
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A day of Madagascar talks & cuisine โ€‰ Saturday, A day of Madagascar talks & cuisine โ€‰
Saturday, 18 Octoberโ€‰
11.00 - 17.00โ€‰
Londonโ€‰
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Curious about Madagascar? This Saturday, 18 October, the ๐€๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ-๐Œ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ hosts a full day of speakers, a Malagasy buffet lunch and open bar, for only ยฃ20. And I will be sharing a little bit about my ethnobotanical research last Spring!โ€‰
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The program includes;โ€‰
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๐Ÿ”ธJane Wilson, who organised two zoological and speleological expeditions to Ankarana in northern Madagascar in the 1980s and had the opportunity to returnโ€‰
to the area last year.โ€‰
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๐Ÿ”ธMisitia Ravaloso, who has just published her debut novel (in English) called The Eucalyptus Tree. She will share her  journey and inspirations that led to this book, as well as signing copies.โ€‰
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๐Ÿ”ธAnd myself, Inge Kuijper, on my ethnobotanical research of medicinal and spiritual plants in the Sakalava communityof Boeny Moray.โ€‰
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There will be Madagascar books for sale, and Money for Madagascarโ€™s Theresa Haine will receive the 2025 Sir Mervyn Brown Award. โ€‰
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The event will be held at the Upper Vestry Hall at St Georgeโ€™s Bloomsbury in Londonโ€‰
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For more informationโ€‰
anglo-malagasysociety.co.ukโ€‰
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#madagascar #travel #London #zoology #literature #ethnobotany
I love the variety of participants that join the P I love the variety of participants that join the People and Plants courses, to learn about the study of ethnobotany. Over the last few years Iโ€™ve met gardeners, musicians, chefs, mums, anthropology students, designers, wildlife conservationists, herbalists, foragers and more!  This is what some of them say about the course โ€ฆ
โ˜๐Ÿผโ˜๐Ÿผโ˜๐Ÿผ  The curriculum this time has been expanded with a lesson about ethnobotany in Madagascar!  1. People and Environment
2. People and Plants
3. Foundations of Botany
4. Ethnobotanical Research
5. Medicinal Plants and Magic in Madagascar
6. Plant Intelligence, a New Paradigm  Learn more at greenunfolding.com/courses or follow the link in bio  #ethnobotany #anthropology #botany #plants #gardening #foraging #herbalism #plantscience
Join the next online cohort of the People and Plan Join the next online cohort of the People and Plants course!โ€‰
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We are starting on ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜–๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 1๐˜ด๐˜ตโ€‰
The study of ethnobotany helps us understand how people in different cultures relate to plants for their survival, their health, wellbeing and meaning making. โ€‰
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๐Ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆโ€‰
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๐ˆ. ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญโ€‰
We will see how human cultures change the โ€‰
environment they live in. And vice versa, how the environment influences culture.โ€‰
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๐ˆ๐ˆ. ๐๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌโ€‰
In which ways do humans use plants to meet their needs? We will delve into the core of ethnobotany, the relationship between human cultures and plants.โ€‰
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๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ. ๐…๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ฒโ€‰
Your weekly project will give you a sense of plant parts and botany basics. We will look at basics of botany like plant taxonomy and classification.โ€‰
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๐ˆ๐•. ๐„๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐กโ€‰
You will present your โ€˜ethnobotanical plant profileโ€™ of your favourite plant. We will cover some research techniques and guidelines for ethical research.โ€‰
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๐•. ๐Œ๐ž๐๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ข๐œ ๐ข๐ง ๐Œ๐š๐๐š๐ ๐š๐ฌ๐œ๐š๐ซโ€‰
I will share about my field research in Madagascar, the culture and plants of the fascinating Sakalava ethnic group, and the lessons I learnt as a beginning ethnobotanist.โ€‰
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๐•๐ˆ. ๐๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐š ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐ ๐ฆโ€‰
Learn about he Amazonian medicine plant โ€˜piripiriโ€™ (Cyperus spp.) and the many magical uses among the indigenous Shipibo Konibo in the Peruvian Amazon. Howโ€‰do we view plants in the Western world, and how are these views changing? โ€‰
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Learn more at greenunfolding.com/courses or follow the link in bioโ€‰
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https://greenunfolding.com/ethnobotany-courseโ€‰
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#ethnobotany #anthropology #botany #plants #gardening #foraging #herbalism #plantscienceโ€‰
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Did you know that ๐š๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ can be ground into a highly nutritional flour? Ancient cultures valued them as a food source and today they are getting attention again โ€‰
as a food option.โ€‰
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