What is EthnoCO?
The Ethnobotanical Conservation Organization or EthnoCO is dedicated to the preservation, dissemination and celebration of indigenous culture with a focus on the Peruvian Andes and Amazon. We offer tours, adventures, lectures, classes, workshops and exotic products from the unique cultures of Peru.
We work directly with native people to give them better prices for goods/services. We encourage community building projects and bring income directly to remote native villages by purchasing traditional handicrafts and hiring native guides. We promote fair trade and sustainable tourism that values and reinforces indigenous culture and pride.
Offering a range of activities and products from Ethnobotany adventures, Cultural tours, Anthropology lectures, Herbalism workshops, Amazonian expeditions, Andean trekking, Bushcraft classes, Survival skills, Outdoor education, Artisanal handicrafts, Traditional textiles, Rare fruits & plants, Heirloom seeds, Medicinal botanicals, Exotic wares, Handmade goods, Natural products, Economic botany, Folk remedies, Holistic healing, Shamanism, Organic entheogens, Indigenous people, Native spirituality, Ecology, Forestry, Permaculture, Foraging and more!
Who is Scott Lite?
Scott Lite is an American in his 30s Scott has studied plants and their complex relationship with humankind for 15+ years.
Scott is an ethnobotanist, herbalist, adventurer, seed-saver, plant hunter, explorer and apprentice to the shaman of the world.
He was trained as an herbalist at the Appalachia School of Holistic Herbalism and in September 2011. Scott is an associate of the Botanical Preservation Corps and was on the 2010 expedition to Peru collecting seeds and information on medicinal, edible and sacred plants throughout the Andes.
Scott has also participated in, organized and lead other expeditions around the South-Eastern and Western U.S.A. and in the Peruvian Amazon and Andes including collecting seed and ethnobotanical data in the coastal chain of islands known as the “Outer Banks” off the coast of the Carolinas. Scott hopes to continue his study of ethnobotany both through schooling and his own personal studies and expeditions. In 2010 Scott opened the Ethnobotanical Conservation Organization or The EthnoCO. For more info visit our website! ~ www.EthnoCO.com
