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Hey fine SAB folks.
Yes, it is time for a national meet-up and educational expiration of the mind and body.
I know many of you will be looking into this special event and travelling to this from interstate. Just a heads up, we are working on a community camping site for around 100 people. So get your tickets, and I will pass on more info about this soon. But for now, I say the site is near a station on the same train as the Conference.
The site owners are also looking at a shuttle bus option so you can think less and play more
I am looking forward to seeing the community old and new this December. Please let us know below if you're going. We love seeing as many SAB members there as posible as always.
If anyone is interested in having a market stall there's a form on our website.
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Garden States -
David Holmgren • Keeper Trout • Janet Lawrence • Douglas Rushkoff • Margaret Ross • Keeper Trout • Alison Pouliot • Renee Harvey • The Seed SistAs • Snu • John Seed Martin Williams & many more...
View the Program and much more via the website
View EGA 2022 Garden States Timetable
A Three Day Forum for Cultivating Ethnobotanical Plants, Research, Knowledge and CommunityJoin us for a Three Day Forum for Cultivating Ethnobotanical Plants, Research, Knowledge and Community. Australia’s renowned botanical and psychedelic conference, Garden States 2022 is taking place from December 2nd - 4th and is a hybrid event, so you can attend either in-person or via live streaming.With over 35+ hand-picked speakers, 12 workshops and 4 discussion panels, this will be a weekend to remember. Featuring Dr Margaret Ross, David Holmgren, Snu Voogelbreinder, Dr Alison Pouliot, Karen Hitchchock, Lynette Wallworth and John Seed, to name just a few of our fantastic in-person contributors. Streaming speakers include Douglas Rushkoff, Keeper Trout, Mark Pesce, The Seed SistAs and many more important plant minds.We hope you can join us to get your hands dirty and learn how to grow and share ethnobotanical plants from the experts. Participate in citizen science and meet like-minded botanical folk from across Australia.The in-person conference gathering will be composed of around thirty lectures, twelve workshops and five discussion panels that have been curated to help you along the journey to plant seeds for earth, body, and mind.
Garden States 2022 will offer much more than even our most enthusiastic ethnobotanical friends could have hoped. With that in mind, we hope to see you all at this extraordinary event and wish you, your family, and your communities the best over the coming months.
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As EGA has changed so much over the last 2.5 years we have been trying to run this special event. I going to unpin this and start a new event thread.
Seem like the best thing to do
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Microdose 14: For the Love of Weed and Justice + Cannabis concentrates
The 14th Microdose Webcast will head North to partner with the Nimbin Hemp Embassy to explore the long running MardiGrass Cannabis law reform protestival. We will be joined by a panel of local plant freedom fighters to take a trip through the highs and lows of this passionate movement. Dr Liam Engel will also be stopping by to discuss Cannabis concentrates and vaporisation.Thursday 28 April 2022 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC+10) AEST
-------------The 14th Microdose Webcast will head North to partner with the Nimbin Hemp Embassy to explore the origin and evolution of the long running MardiGrass Cannabis law reform protestival. We will be joined by a panel of local plant freedom fighters to take a trip down memory lane and discuss some of the highs and lows of this passionate grassroots movement. After this panel, there will be a short live Q&A.Dr Liam Engel will also be stopping by to keep things green with a discussion of Cannabis concentrates and vaporisation. Liam will follow on from EGA's Cannabis Concentrates Reference Guide, emphasising a harm reduction approach amidst modern cultures of Cannabis consumption.
2022 is the 30th year of MardiGrass and our friends at the Cannabis Broadcasting Network have created a precious documentary of this important and enduring force for drug law reform in Australia. You can watch it online here: https://cannabisbroadcasting.com.au/mardigrass/
MORE ABOUT NIMBIN MARDIGRASS
Bios
Michael Balderstone
Michael Balderstone abandoned a successful career as a stockbroker to look for a deeper meaning in his life. He settled near Nimbin thirty-odd years ago and has been involved with the HEMP Embassy and MardiGrass since they began. He is also President of the federally registered political party, Legalise Cannabis Party. He’s passionate about injustice in all forms but in particular the war on drugs, saying drug use should be a health issue and not a fight over who gets to profit from our pain.
Miss Guidance
After attending MardiGrass since the late 90s, in 2011 Miss Guidance started helping with the MardiGrass conference AKA the Hemposium. For 30 years MardiGrass has aimed to expand the mind as much as that special weed herself, and continues to provide a space to inform, learn, agitate, inspire and connect in this massively important green revolution to overgrow the government! Miss Guidance also volunteers at the Nimbin Hemp Embassy and is a member of Entheogenesis Australis.
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Episode 13 - What can we learn from the evolution of psychedelic organisms?
Wednesday, March 30th
Our 13th Microdose Webcast will look at the evolution of psychedelic organisms. We will be joined by Dr. Jason Slot, Associate Professor of Mycology and Evolutionary Genomics at the Ohio State University. Dr. Slot currently researches the ecological functions of psychedelic substances. After this lecture, there will be a short Q&A.
Dr Alistair McTaggart will also be providing an update on his mycologist researching the active Psilocybe mushrooms of Australia.Wednesday 30 March 2022 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC+11) AEST
Episode Synopsis
Why do many Psilocybe spp. contain psilocybin? What is the role of psilocybin in nature? What are the ecological functions of psychedelic substances? By surveying the genomes of the organisms that produce these substances, we can identify evolutionary trends and events that raise hypotheses about benefits provided by these substances. By extension, this can suggest ecological niches in which to search for new compounds with similar roles.
Psilocybin is bringing more and more human attention to these fungi, but did the mushrooms intend for psilocybin to attract us or was it supposed to scare us away? Join Associate Professor Dr Jason Slot, co-founder and scientific advisor for the Entheome Foundation, to discuss functional genomics, metabolomics and the evolution of natural psychedelics.
Register Now
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Episode 13 - What can we learn from the evolution of psychedelic organisms?
Wednesday, March 30th
Our 13th Microdose Webcast will look at the evolution of psychedelic organisms. We will be joined by Dr. Jason Slot, Associate Professor of Mycology and Evolutionary Genomics at the Ohio State University. Dr. Slot currently researches the ecological functions of psychedelic substances. After this lecture, there will be a short Q&A.
Dr Alistair McTaggart will also be providing an update on his mycologist researching the active Psilocybe mushrooms of Australia.Wednesday 30 March 2022 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM (UTC+11) AEST
Episode Synopsis
Why do many Psilocybe spp. contain psilocybin? What is the role of psilocybin in nature? What are the ecological functions of psychedelic substances? By surveying the genomes of the organisms that produce these substances, we can identify evolutionary trends and events that raise hypotheses about benefits provided by these substances. By extension, this can suggest ecological niches in which to search for new compounds with similar roles.
Psilocybin is bringing more and more human attention to these fungi, but did the mushrooms intend for psilocybin to attract us or was it supposed to scare us away? Join Associate Professor Dr Jason Slot, co-founder and scientific advisor for the Entheome Foundation, to discuss functional genomics, metabolomics and the evolution of natural psychedelics.
Bio: Dr Jason Slot
Jason C. Slot, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Mycology and Evolutionary Genomics at the Ohio State University. Dr. Slot received a B.A. in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry and an M.A. in Science Education from Boston University. His doctoral dissertation at Clark University, and his postdoctoral work at Vanderbilt University focused on the molecular evolution of ecologically relevant genes in fungi. As faculty of Plant Pathology at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA, Dr. Slot uses comparative and functional genomics along with metabolomics to investigate the evolution and ecology of fungal chemistry in various fungal niches including plant pathogens and symbionts, insect pathogens, and decay fungi. Pioneering sequencing of psilocybin mushroom genomes in his lab recently led to the identification and evolutionary analysis of psilocybin gene clusters. Dr. Slot is a co-founder and scientific advisor for the Entheome Foundation, a non-profit for the science and conservation of entheogenic organisms.
Bio: Dr Alistair Mc Taggart
Alistair is a research fellow for the Centre of Horticultural Science (QAAFI), University of Queensland. He studies the evolution of fungal pathogens, with a focus on rust and smut fungi. He has completed postdocs in Africa, America and Europe. Alistair has started a new research direction for UQ, studying the biodiversity of native psychoactive mushrooms in Australia. This research will determine whether Australian magic mushrooms have evolved unique genetic pathways for production of psilocybin and confirm endemicity of our native taxa. Alistair will establish a living collection to safeguard genetic diversity and provide a platform to research the applications of psilocybin for human health.
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About Garden States Microdose Webcasts
The EGA Garden States Microdose Webcasts are designed to cover various topics from the field of ethnobotany and psychedelic culture, sustainability, and related areas of interest to the community. The forums are part of the program leading up to the highly anticipated Garden States 2022 Botanical Conference. Registration for the Microdose Webcasts are free, but donations are encouraged to support EGA's important work.
About EGA
Entheogenesis Australis is a charitable, educational organisation established in 2004. We provide critical thinking and knowledge sharing opportunities on ethnobotanical plants, fungi, nature, and sustainability. Through our conferences and workshops, we aim to celebrate the culture, art, politics and community around medicine plants in the hope of better wellbeing for humankind and the planet.
To find out more about what we do, head over to our organisational website. If you like what you see, take a look at our upcoming Garden States 2022 Botanical Conference program.
Warm Regards,
The Entheogenesis Australis Team
Planting seeds for the earth, body and mind
www.entheogenesis.org
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I am keen to get some sun and hit the gardens with you fine folk
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Hi Everyone
I hope you can make it to tonight's special event - https://www.trybooking.com/BXBLB
There is a cool ID video included also
Thanks for your support - Everyone
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We hope to see people this Wednesday night for this special event.
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Hi folks
Hope you are all well. We are working on the final stages of the EGA Psilocybe cubensis Reference Guide.
Here is a link to the Sub page with a link and more info as an example - CLICK HERE
If anyone here has or know someone with good quality photographs who is associated with our community please let me know.
They need to be Australian and from the field, not cultivated.
PM me here or email images or contact info to - [email protected]
Thanks in advance
Ronny
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Episode Twelve – Psychedelic secrets: Acacia conservation
EGA Microdose Webcast - Click Here to Register
Episode Synopsis
This episode will explore the complexities of the intersection of Acacia conservation and DMT consumption through discussion of the Conseracacian project. There will also be an introduction to strategies for identifying some common Australian Acacia, with a focus on Acacia acuminata and Acacia obtusifolia.
Conseracacian is a participatory action research project responding to a harm reduction issue minimally addressed within policy, media and research, botanical conservation. The project responds to a threat posed by manufacturers of N,N-Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) to a rare species of Australian Acacia.
Conseracacian began in 2018 with a discussion thread on The Corroboree (SAB) forum, moving to a group private message on the platform and personal communications between key forum participants. The participants struggled to reach consensus on an approach, deliberating with key stakeholders to create a public messaging strategy with a clear aim – to reduce demand for DMT produced from wild-harvesting of this rare Acacia species by encouraging consumers to preference DMT produced from cultivated sources.
Producing a messaging output that met the needs of Traditional Custodians, the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, botanical experts and the peer community was complex. The negotiated output portrays a public message that conservation relies on prohibition of wild-sourced DMT consumption. However, there is a private message amongst stakeholders that DMT sourced from the wild can be consumed in ways that reduce and even subvert environmental harms. The output also avoids identifying the Acacia species in question and encourages cultivation of endangered Acacia under licence. Strangely, stakeholders also understand that unlicensed cultivation of this endangered Acacia may be crucial to its long-term survival.
Bio: Liam Engel
Dr Liam Engel is a drug science researcher and communicator. He is a research fellow at Edith Cowan University's School of Medical and Health Sciences.
Liam's passion is illicit drugs, particularly the areas of harm reduction, psychedelics, ecology, internet and reform. His unique perspective draws on skills in health and medicine, communications and social sciences, as well as botany and horticulture.
EGA Microdose Webcast - Click Here to Register
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Just a small update that we did not end up getting many seed donations. So I have decided I will add what we have to the next EGA raffle.
Thanks for your support, if you did send them on and they will find good homes/head in time
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Just a small update that we did not end up getting many seed donations. So I have decided I will add what we have to the next EGA raffle.
Thanks for your support, if you did send them on and they will find good homes/head in time
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Seen some really cool sign books in the Raffle, Paul Stamets is just the starting point
Support EGA NOW SAB folks, we make more mad videos and shit
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Two more sleeps, what am I saying, I not going to sleep
Really hope to see some of you Sunday
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It's back for 2021, the legendary EGA ethnobotanical raffle!
The raffle accompanying our December 5th Garden States Forum is looking truly psychedelic and contains some amazing ethnobotanical rarities. You do not need to be attending the forum to get a ticket, which are available anytime until 5pm Sunday the 5th.
You could win a copy of Psilocybin Mushrooms of the World signed by Paul Stamets, a personal joy flight with psychedelic researcher Dr Martin Williams and much more - it’s a very long list of prizes that need to be viewed to be believed!
EGA is a not-for-profit organisation that exists for the benefit of others, usually at personal expense to those behind it. The funds raised by the raffle really help relieve organisational pressures and makes EGA more sustainable.
We at EGA are incredibly grateful for all support we receive through this raffle, and we would not be able to deliver all our special content without it.
This is a chance to win thousands of dollars’ worth of psychedelia, and support EGA at the same time!
Thanks for all your Support SAB folks ;-)
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Any SAB kids get a chance to view this, if not hit this link-up ;-)
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Entheogenesis Australis recently caught up with Aboriginal Australian writer and historian Bruce Pascoe for a meandering yarn. To tide our ethnobotanical appetites over until our main event on December 5th we are screening our meeting with Bruce early, on this Saturday the 27th at 2pm AEST. Register free here – where possible donations are encouraged.
Registration for this webcast is free, but donations are encouraged to support EGA's important work (booking fees apply).See this link for more info - https://www.trybooking.com/BVWZF
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Hi folks, sorry I had to take some time out as lockdowns and my job become just to much more. But after a little time out I getting back to my favoured community.
If any folks have seed to donate that I love to know about it.
All going well it will for a thank you pack to folks (Aus) that attend the 5th EGA in just over a week.
Thanks again for your support everyone ;-)
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