Ethnobotany Presentation - Seeking a strong indigenous voice on bush foods and plant medicine

[RonnySimulacrum]

Greeting 

 

I am putting together the program for an up and coming EGA event on May 12th titled  'Garden States - A Forum for Cultivating Ethnobotanical Plants, Knowledge and Community'. 

 

Sadly in the many years of EGA (to my knowledge), we have never been able to make good connections going with first nations peoples and have an indigenous voice on bush foods and plant medicines. I know EGA would love to see this change. So I was hoping others in the community may have had more luck in this vital area and might be able to offer up some suggested indigenous presenters. 

 

I feel the nearer they are to Victoria the more relevant the talk might be to the state the event is taking place in; however, it's by not limited in the sense that any good suggestion at the moment would be appreciated. If PM works better for you, then be my guest. 

 

Thanks in advance ;-)

 

PS, on a side note I am also interested to find a knowledgeable presenter on ritual or witching herbs in Australia.

Edited January 25, 2019 by RonnySimulacrum

[Infinity]

Hi RonnySimulacrum,

 

I greet you in the Love and Light.

 

I'm happy to point you in the right direction for a voice on indigenous bush foods and plant medicines, however both of these contacts are from Queensland.

 

The first person I'd recommend is Gerry Turpin. He's an Ethnobotanist and Mbabaram elder who heads up the Tropical Indigenous Ethnobotany Centre at James Cook University.

 

The second person I'd recommend is Uncle Allan Lena who is a traditional custodian and Yugambeh elder who specialises in traditional Aboriginal healing.

 

I'd be happy to pass on their contact details after checking with them to make sure its okay first.

 

I hope that helps and I wish you all the best in your preparations for the next EGA Event.

 

Love & Light

∞

[RonnySimulacrum]

 

 

[RonnySimulacrum]

Afternoon, thanks everyone for the feedback on this important subject, I received a couple of PM on the matter also, so we have a short list going now ;-)

 

Feel free to keep the dialogue open on this, as each suggestion has been good so far. It probably going to be hard to work out the next move, as there a lot of rich knowledge with the fantastic recommendations so far. 

 

I am excited 

[RonnySimulacrum]

 

[Black Rainbow]

Early bird tickets are out!

https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?embed&eid=469960

[RonnySimulacrum]

Haha, yes, they sure are, I will place a post in events on SAB now.  Might be wise to get in before we post it on the social network tomorrow ;-) 

 

See you plants heads there ;-)

 

We have tried hard to make the tickets as affordable as possible, but PM me if you have real hardship and I do what I can if your from this forum. 

[RonnySimulacrum]

 

[RonnySimulacrum]

We are still trying and searching on this front, slow but important road.

Edited March 11, 2019 by RonnySimulacrum

[Amazonian]

On 11/03/2019 at 6:04 PM, RonnySimulacrum said:

 

 

Loved this ^ . So many things I don’t know , always something to learn when it comes to nature.  

 

[RonnySimulacrum]

Just an update that things have come together for this request, we still have much work to do and I hope by the next EGA outdoor we can improve/grow in this area of our program even more.

 

FYI - There is also going to be a Plant Swap space at the May 12 event in Melbourne, for more info see the thread under events -  Click Here

 

The fill program will come out early next week via email, so make sure you are signed up to the email list for that as it's going to be a big one.

 

Thanks again everyone that contributed and PM me around regarding my call out for indigenous voices in this thread.

R

[RonnySimulacrum]