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Courageous and diverse storytelling about nature, language, and culture in Langscape Magazine. Largest repository of #bioculturaldiversity stories.
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In this feature, Cosette Patterson speaks with Matthew Pace and Ken Walker of the New York Botanical Garden on their mission to rebuild and digitize the Biocultural Collection — preserving centuries of plant knowledge and merging botany and culture.
www.nybg.org/planttalk/re...
www.nybg.org/planttalk/re...
Rebuilding and Restoring the Biocultural Collection | New York Botanical Garden
It was a hot summer day when I sat down to speak with Matthew Pace and Ken Walker, who are leading the charge to rebuild our Biocultural Collection. The AC box I’d wedged snugly into my window was cra...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
In this feature, Cosette Patterson speaks with Matthew Pace and Ken Walker of the New York Botanical Garden on their mission to rebuild and digitize the Biocultural Collection — preserving centuries of plant knowledge and merging botany and culture.
www.nybg.org/planttalk/re...
www.nybg.org/planttalk/re...
Our latest issue of Langscape Magazine, "On Biocultural Abundance: Rethinking Poverty and Wealth," has arrived, and print copies are finally in the mail! 🥳
Enjoy a 160-page, ad-free collection of thought-provoking stories and reflections worldwide.
👉🏽 terralingua.org/shop/langscape-magazine/
Enjoy a 160-page, ad-free collection of thought-provoking stories and reflections worldwide.
👉🏽 terralingua.org/shop/langscape-magazine/
November 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Our latest issue of Langscape Magazine, "On Biocultural Abundance: Rethinking Poverty and Wealth," has arrived, and print copies are finally in the mail! 🥳
Enjoy a 160-page, ad-free collection of thought-provoking stories and reflections worldwide.
👉🏽 terralingua.org/shop/langscape-magazine/
Enjoy a 160-page, ad-free collection of thought-provoking stories and reflections worldwide.
👉🏽 terralingua.org/shop/langscape-magazine/
In Birth of a Red Cedar Canoe, Talon Pascal shares how crafting a traditional dugout canoe became more than just a project, but a reconnection with his Lil’wat roots and the lands that shaped them.
Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/talonpascal
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/talonpascal
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
Birth of a Red Cedar Canoe - Terralingua
Talon Pascal, a Lil’wat youth residing in BC, Canada, creates a traditional dugout canoe from red cedar and reconnects with his ancestors.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In Birth of a Red Cedar Canoe, Talon Pascal shares how crafting a traditional dugout canoe became more than just a project, but a reconnection with his Lil’wat roots and the lands that shaped them.
Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/talonpascal
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/talonpascal
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
From the plains of Kenya to the hills of Tanzania, the Maasai people remain one and stand united beyond borders. Maison Ole Nkurrunah shares how the first Maasai Cultural Festival became a homecoming and a revival of ancestral pride. bit.ly/rednaissance
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
November 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
From the plains of Kenya to the hills of Tanzania, the Maasai people remain one and stand united beyond borders. Maison Ole Nkurrunah shares how the first Maasai Cultural Festival became a homecoming and a revival of ancestral pride. bit.ly/rednaissance
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
🌿 Call for Submissions — MultiCOP at COP30 🌎
Our friends at UCL Anthropology and Flourishing Diversity invite Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and knowledge holders worldwide to share their voices for MultiCOP, an official COP30 Mutirão event (Nov 10–21, 2025).
👉🏽 www.uclmal.com/multicop
Our friends at UCL Anthropology and Flourishing Diversity invite Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and knowledge holders worldwide to share their voices for MultiCOP, an official COP30 Mutirão event (Nov 10–21, 2025).
👉🏽 www.uclmal.com/multicop
Experimental Research | UCL Multimedia Anthropology Laboratory | United Kingdom
The Multimedia Anthropology Laboratory at University College London seeks to explore alternative modes of conducting anthropological fieldwork and presenting ethnography.
www.uclmal.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🌿 Call for Submissions — MultiCOP at COP30 🌎
Our friends at UCL Anthropology and Flourishing Diversity invite Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and knowledge holders worldwide to share their voices for MultiCOP, an official COP30 Mutirão event (Nov 10–21, 2025).
👉🏽 www.uclmal.com/multicop
Our friends at UCL Anthropology and Flourishing Diversity invite Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and knowledge holders worldwide to share their voices for MultiCOP, an official COP30 Mutirão event (Nov 10–21, 2025).
👉🏽 www.uclmal.com/multicop
Growing up far from her homeland, Tosang Chang felt her cultural roots fading. Through this rediscovery, she reconnected with her ancestry and the deeper meanings carried by these traditional tattoos, not just as art, but as memory and identity reborn. bit.ly/TosangChang
October 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Growing up far from her homeland, Tosang Chang felt her cultural roots fading. Through this rediscovery, she reconnected with her ancestry and the deeper meanings carried by these traditional tattoos, not just as art, but as memory and identity reborn. bit.ly/TosangChang
Join us as we gather for a thought-provoking livestream event inspired by the latest issue of Langscape Magazine: “On Biocultural Abundance: Rethinking Poverty and Wealth.”
🕙 10:00 PST | 13:00 EST | 18:00 UTC
All registrants will receive a link to the recorded event. Register now: luma.com/p3l4n84a
🕙 10:00 PST | 13:00 EST | 18:00 UTC
All registrants will receive a link to the recorded event. Register now: luma.com/p3l4n84a
October 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Join us as we gather for a thought-provoking livestream event inspired by the latest issue of Langscape Magazine: “On Biocultural Abundance: Rethinking Poverty and Wealth.”
🕙 10:00 PST | 13:00 EST | 18:00 UTC
All registrants will receive a link to the recorded event. Register now: luma.com/p3l4n84a
🕙 10:00 PST | 13:00 EST | 18:00 UTC
All registrants will receive a link to the recorded event. Register now: luma.com/p3l4n84a
As a Kamëntšá girl growing up in Colombia’s Sibundoy Valley, Cielo Chindoy learned to weave the ts̈ombiach alongside her grandmothers. Each line and color speaks of identity, protection, and the deep ties between women, land, and memory. 📖 bit.ly/ts̈ombiacheng#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCirclee
October 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
As a Kamëntšá girl growing up in Colombia’s Sibundoy Valley, Cielo Chindoy learned to weave the ts̈ombiach alongside her grandmothers. Each line and color speaks of identity, protection, and the deep ties between women, land, and memory. 📖 bit.ly/ts̈ombiacheng#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCirclee
A collaborative study involving leading botanical institutions outlines best practices for empowering ethnobotany through digital herbaria. While herbaria hold vast biocultural data, the lack of unified curation limits access.
www.gov.br/jbrj/en/subj...
www.gov.br/jbrj/en/subj...
Digital herbaria: innovations and new challenges for the preservation of biocultural knowledge
www.gov.br
October 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A collaborative study involving leading botanical institutions outlines best practices for empowering ethnobotany through digital herbaria. While herbaria hold vast biocultural data, the lack of unified curation limits access.
www.gov.br/jbrj/en/subj...
www.gov.br/jbrj/en/subj...
When naturopathic doctor Tanya Kammonen first visited a Shipibo village in the Peruvian Amazon, she was struck not only by the lush beauty of the land but also by what was missing — the men who had left to work in nearby coca fields. Read the story: bit.ly/kammonen
October 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
When naturopathic doctor Tanya Kammonen first visited a Shipibo village in the Peruvian Amazon, she was struck not only by the lush beauty of the land but also by what was missing — the men who had left to work in nearby coca fields. Read the story: bit.ly/kammonen
History is not fixed in the past but alive in the stories, songs, and stewardship that continue today. Honoring this day means listening to Indigenous voices, supporting their sovereignty, and recognizing our shared responsibility to live in right relationship with the Earth and with one another.
October 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
History is not fixed in the past but alive in the stories, songs, and stewardship that continue today. Honoring this day means listening to Indigenous voices, supporting their sovereignty, and recognizing our shared responsibility to live in right relationship with the Earth and with one another.
Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we shift the story.
For too long, this day has celebrated conquest. Now, it’s a time to honor the first peoples of these lands — their endurance, knowledge, and leadership in protecting life, language, and land.
For too long, this day has celebrated conquest. Now, it’s a time to honor the first peoples of these lands — their endurance, knowledge, and leadership in protecting life, language, and land.
October 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today, on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we shift the story.
For too long, this day has celebrated conquest. Now, it’s a time to honor the first peoples of these lands — their endurance, knowledge, and leadership in protecting life, language, and land.
For too long, this day has celebrated conquest. Now, it’s a time to honor the first peoples of these lands — their endurance, knowledge, and leadership in protecting life, language, and land.
In Lima, Mexican and Peruvian embroiderers met through a UNESCO project, sharing stitches, heritage, and resilience. They proved that embroidery is more than a craft, but a thread that binds cultures and empowers women.
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www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
Mexico and Peru embroider a community together
Women from Mexican artisan communities exchange knowledge and experience with fellow Peruvian embroiderers as part of a UNESCO textile art safeguarding project
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October 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In Lima, Mexican and Peruvian embroiderers met through a UNESCO project, sharing stitches, heritage, and resilience. They proved that embroidery is more than a craft, but a thread that binds cultures and empowers women.
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...
Along Tanzania’s coast, centuries-old maritime traditions reflect deep connections between people and the ocean. Today, communities are reviving this heritage through ocean literacy cafés, seaweed farming, and intergenerational knowledge-sharing.
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/tra...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/tra...
Tradition in Tanzania: Reviving East Africa's Ocean Heritage
In Tanzania, a timeless connection between humanity and the sea thrives. It's here where ancient wisdom coexists with modern challenges
oceanographicmagazine.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Along Tanzania’s coast, centuries-old maritime traditions reflect deep connections between people and the ocean. Today, communities are reviving this heritage through ocean literacy cafés, seaweed farming, and intergenerational knowledge-sharing.
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/tra...
oceanographicmagazine.com/features/tra...
Through her work in ethnobotany, Sonia Peter uncovers more than the chemistry of plants. She rediscovers the intertwined story of people, land, and resilience in Barbados.
bit.ly/soniapeter
bit.ly/soniapeter
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Through her work in ethnobotany, Sonia Peter uncovers more than the chemistry of plants. She rediscovers the intertwined story of people, land, and resilience in Barbados.
bit.ly/soniapeter
bit.ly/soniapeter
In the Bugun village of Wangho in the Eastern Himalayas, abundance is found in sharing. Vanessa Cholez takes us into the winter festival of Chayat Sowai, where clans honor mountain deities, exchange food, and renew bonds of kinship.
📖 bit.ly/LScholez
📖 bit.ly/LScholez
October 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In the Bugun village of Wangho in the Eastern Himalayas, abundance is found in sharing. Vanessa Cholez takes us into the winter festival of Chayat Sowai, where clans honor mountain deities, exchange food, and renew bonds of kinship.
📖 bit.ly/LScholez
📖 bit.ly/LScholez
In the Maasai Mara, conservancies are protecting wildlife while creating new livelihoods for local people. Sonkoyian Nabaala reflects on how Maasai and Agikuyu traditions, animal totems, and ancestral ties to territory shape conservation today.
bit.ly/nabaala
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
bit.ly/nabaala
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
The Place We’ve Been Given - Terralingua
Sonkoyian Nabaala shares her perspective about conservation in the Maasai Mara and the future of land-use for the younger generation.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In the Maasai Mara, conservancies are protecting wildlife while creating new livelihoods for local people. Sonkoyian Nabaala reflects on how Maasai and Agikuyu traditions, animal totems, and ancestral ties to territory shape conservation today.
bit.ly/nabaala
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
bit.ly/nabaala
#IndigenousYouthStorytellersCircle
In our latest blog, 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Traditional Knowledge (And Why This Matters to All Life on Earth), we share five powerful stories. Each story reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems carry resilience, insight, and guidance for navigating today’s crises. bit.ly/indigenousle...
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In our latest blog, 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Traditional Knowledge (And Why This Matters to All Life on Earth), we share five powerful stories. Each story reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems carry resilience, insight, and guidance for navigating today’s crises. bit.ly/indigenousle...
In our latest blog, 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Traditional Knowledge (And Why This Matters to All Life on Earth), we share five powerful stories. Each story reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems carry resilience, insight, and guidance for navigating today’s crises. bit.ly/indigenouslessons
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In our latest blog, 5 Lessons We Can Learn from Traditional Knowledge (And Why This Matters to All Life on Earth), we share five powerful stories. Each story reveals how Indigenous knowledge systems carry resilience, insight, and guidance for navigating today’s crises. bit.ly/indigenouslessons
What does it mean to live well? Through her words and art, Shriya Malhotra uncovers how Kumaon’s folk medicine, cultural traditions, and ecological wisdom reveal a richer vision of wealth and health.
Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/hisalu
Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/hisalu
September 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
What does it mean to live well? Through her words and art, Shriya Malhotra uncovers how Kumaon’s folk medicine, cultural traditions, and ecological wisdom reveal a richer vision of wealth and health.
Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/hisalu
Read the full story on our website: bit.ly/hisalu
We invite contributions that imagine unity in biocultural diversity in North America and other regions. We are especially keen to hear from Indigenous and minority communities.
📝 Deadline: Sept 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15
📝 Deadline: Sept 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15
September 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We invite contributions that imagine unity in biocultural diversity in North America and other regions. We are especially keen to hear from Indigenous and minority communities.
📝 Deadline: Sept 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15
📝 Deadline: Sept 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15
Only two days left! Pre-order your print copy of Langscape Magazine Vol. 14 before the sale closes and the print run goes to press. Inside, you’ll find stories of communities living by the principles of reciprocity and care.
Order your copy now: bit.ly/LS14print
Order your copy now: bit.ly/LS14print
September 13, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Only two days left! Pre-order your print copy of Langscape Magazine Vol. 14 before the sale closes and the print run goes to press. Inside, you’ll find stories of communities living by the principles of reciprocity and care.
Order your copy now: bit.ly/LS14print
Order your copy now: bit.ly/LS14print
“Biocultural diversity is not just a sign of a thriving world; it is a fundamental requirement for one.”
— Jerome Lewis, Ameyali Ramos, and Jessica Sweidan, from the story: Flourishing Diversity for an Abundance of Life
— Jerome Lewis, Ameyali Ramos, and Jessica Sweidan, from the story: Flourishing Diversity for an Abundance of Life
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
“Biocultural diversity is not just a sign of a thriving world; it is a fundamental requirement for one.”
— Jerome Lewis, Ameyali Ramos, and Jessica Sweidan, from the story: Flourishing Diversity for an Abundance of Life
— Jerome Lewis, Ameyali Ramos, and Jessica Sweidan, from the story: Flourishing Diversity for an Abundance of Life
🚨 Final Call for Submission! 🚨
Langscape Magazine Volume 15 invites contributions on the theme “Unity in Biocultural Diversity: A Different World is Possible.”
⏳ Submit your Expression of Interest by SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15
Langscape Magazine Volume 15 invites contributions on the theme “Unity in Biocultural Diversity: A Different World is Possible.”
⏳ Submit your Expression of Interest by SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🚨 Final Call for Submission! 🚨
Langscape Magazine Volume 15 invites contributions on the theme “Unity in Biocultural Diversity: A Different World is Possible.”
⏳ Submit your Expression of Interest by SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15
Langscape Magazine Volume 15 invites contributions on the theme “Unity in Biocultural Diversity: A Different World is Possible.”
⏳ Submit your Expression of Interest by SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/CfSLS15
Through the simple act of dollmaking, Coreen discovers an unexpected bridge between her ancestral lineage and the living cultural history of the land she inhabits. Her story raises timeless questions of belonging. bit.ly/feltingabundance
September 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Through the simple act of dollmaking, Coreen discovers an unexpected bridge between her ancestral lineage and the living cultural history of the land she inhabits. Her story raises timeless questions of belonging. bit.ly/feltingabundance