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“Gardeners of Eden”

we will save this planet or die trying!!!

1 min readOct 2, 2022

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The Sacred Cactus of the Andes — “San Pedro”/“Huachuma”

The four winds blew, the river whispered, the mountains called and I had to go. When I was 20 I made my first visit to the sacred land of…

21 min readJan 25, 2021

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The Sacred Cactus of the Andes — “San Pedro”/“Huachuma”

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Mimosa tenuiflora (syn. hostilis) ~ “Jurema”

Mimosa tenuiflora (syn. hostilis) is a bush or small tree in the Fabaceae family. It is known as “Jurema” in Brazil or “Tepezcohuite” in…

6 min readOct 12, 2020

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Mimosa tenuiflora (syn. hostilis) ~ “Jurema”

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“Uncontacted” — The Plight of Isolated Natives in the Mod

Today, in the 21st century there still exist people who scarcely know the outside world. They believe, we, the outsiders, those who wear…

14 min readAug 1, 2020

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“Uncontacted” — The Plight of Isolated Natives in the Mod

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The Magic Mushrooms of Lamas, Tarapoto, Peru

In the cloud-covered hills above Tarapoto, the pueblo of Lamas sits on a ridge overlooking a fertile valley. The farms, or chacras, in the…

4 min readAug 1, 2020

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The Magic Mushrooms of Lamas, Tarapoto, Peru

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Tragedy On the River & A New Friend

The sun shone, the water gleamed, the river called and I had to go. I had been to the jungles of Southern Peru before but this was to be…

7 min readAug 1, 2020

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Tragedy On the River & A New Friend

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What is EthnoCO?

The Ethnobotanical Conservation Organization or EthnoCO is dedicated to the preservation, dissemination and celebration of indigenous…

2 min readAug 1, 2020

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What is EthnoCO?

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Ancient Advanced Amazonia: “The Sophisticated Savage”

Cities, Rock Carvings, Roads & Stonework in Pre-Columbian Amazonia

10 min readAug 1, 2020

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Ancient Advanced Amazonia: “The Sophisticated Savage”

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Petroglyphs in the Peruvian Amazon

In the rain-forest north of the ancient Inca capital of Cusco exist a remote and enigmatic region of Peru, the wilds of Manu and adjacent…

13 min readAug 1, 2020

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Petroglyphs in the Peruvian Amazon

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Scott Lite — EthnoCO

Scott Lite — EthnoCO

An American in his 30s Scott has studied plants and their complex relationship with humankind for 15+ years. Scott is an ethnobotanist, herbalist, adventurer,

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