Working with the Bio-Intelligence of Plants for Healing and Guidance During Insane Times
How can conscious engagement with plants, with which we’ve co-evolved since the dawn of our species, support healing in the physical, emotional and spiritual realms and help mend our separation from nature? Three brilliant herbalists/botanists, long on the cutting-edge of re-empowering the plant-human bond, share their insights. Hosted by Kathleen Harrison, plant person extraordinaire, President of Botanical Dimensions. With: Pam Montgomery, world-renowned herbalist, educator, spiritual ecologist, founder of the Organization of Nature Evolutionaries (O.N.E.), organizer of the Green Nations Gathering, author of Plant Spirit Healing and Partner Earth; Jolie Elan; founding Director of Go Wild Institute, deep ecologist, ethnobotanist, and global educator; Kami McBride, author of The Herbal Kitchen, with 25 years’ teaching experience, longtime leader of the beloved Earth Connection herb walks at Bioneers.
Showcase Theater
October 19th | 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Panelists
Jolie Elan
Director
Go Wild Institute
Jolie Elan M.S., the founding Director of Go Wild Institute, is an ecologist, ethnobotanist, educator and spiritual director. Weaving modern science with ancient earth wisdom, Jolie helps people and organizations connect with our sacred, sentient earth. She has worked on countless environmental campaigns including restoring sacred forest groves in India and developing the sustainable herbal medicine sector in Kosovo. She teaches widely and considers Oak trees to be her greatest teachers.Kami McBride
Author
Kami McBride’s 30 years of teaching herbal medicine is steeped in her calling to activate a deep connection with the earth in our culture and to inspire the next generation to love and care for plants. Kami has taught herbal medicine at UCSF School of Nursing and has helped thousands of families learn to use herbs for self-care. She is the author of The Herbal Kitchen.Pam Montgomery
Founder
Organization of Nature Evolutionaries
Pam Montgomery, one of the nation's most renowned herbalists for three decades+, teaches internationally on plant communication and nature consciousness. Organizer of the Green Nations Gathering since 1989 and a former board member of United Plant Savers, she recently founded the non-profit Organization of Nature Evolutionaries (O.N.E.) and is the author of Partner Earth; A Spiritual Ecology and the best-selling Plant Spirit Healing; A Guide to Working with Plant Consciousness.Kathleen Harrison
Co-founder and President
Botanical Dimensions
Kathleen Harrison, renowned ethnobotanist and educator, has done extensive fieldwork among Indigenous cultures since the 1970s, specializing in studying plants and fungi used in ritual, healing and art, including traditional psychoactive species and their lore. Co-founder of the non-profit, Botanical Dimensions, and Director of its Ethnobotany Library in Occidental, California, Kat’s fieldwork includes a long relationship with Mazatec healers in Mexico that her daughter, artist/filmmaker Klea McKenna, is making a film about.
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