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Inge Kuijper
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I am an Ecological Design Thinker, Online Education Designer and MSc Ethnobotany graduate. My aspiration is to bridge indigenous and western knowledge systems through research and education.
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You are so welcome to join my webinar with Airmid Institute this evening at 7pm. Plants, people and culture; an introduction into ethnobotany airmidinstitute.org/upcoming-eve...
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September 10, 2025 Plants, people and culture; an introduction into ethnobotany Time: 11:00 AM PDT Presenter:Inge KuijperWatch for FreeThis free online event is open to the public and you can atte...
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September 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Join the next 6-week People and Plants course on 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 1𝘴𝘵 

𝐈. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 
𝐈𝐈. 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 and 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 
𝐈𝐈𝐈. 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐲 
𝐈𝐕. 𝐄𝐭𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 
𝐕. Ethnobotany 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 
𝐕𝐈. 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
  
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#ethnobotany #anthropology #botany #plants #gardening
September 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Support indigenous elders and the sharing of their wisdom in human culture and nature conservation & regeneration. Your donation supports meals, flights and essentials for this unique global indigenous gathering in Namibia 🙏🌿

www.gofundme.com/f/weaving-fu...
June 19, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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First meeting with the Tanjona Association, a Malagasy NGO consisting of about 15 scientists from the University from Mahajanga. Primatologists and herpatologists mainly 🐒 🐸🦎🐍

We are soon starting our first work on the ethnobotany of the Sakalava people on the west coast.

#ethnobotany #madagascar
April 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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This webinar looks like a great way to learn about career pathways and funding opportunities if you are an - or aspire to be - an ethnobiologist in Europe. To access this session, preregister below

cnrs.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

#ethnobiology #ethnobotany #careers #jobs #funding
March 10, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Did you know that "Only 6% of existing plant species have been investigated pharmacologically? With biodiversity rapidly declining we may be losing valuable medicines, before they are even discovered.

#ethnobotany #ethnopharmacology #biodiversity #plantmedicine

www.iflscience.com/plants-have-...
March 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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One of the biggest fossil fuel banks in the world - Chase - has taken on a new business venture: "ethical" investing. Despite offering customers "sustainable" funds, £200 million from these funds has been invested in Glencore, a mining giant polluting South Africa
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
JP Morgan’s ‘sustainable’ funds invested £200m in mining giant Glencore
Backing of Glencore angers campaigners who have highlighted firm’s environmental breaches in South Africa
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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When the smoke is choking the entire landscape there's probably a fire somewhere
NEW — 19-year-old DOGE engineer Edward Coristine turns out to be the grandson of former KGB spy Valery Martynov, who played a role in a sprawling 1980s espionage saga.
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Prominent DOGE Staffer Is Grandson Of Turncoat KGB Spy
Edward “Big Balls” Coristine happens to be the descendant of Valery Martynov, a KGB agent who spied for the US.
www.jacobsilverman.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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"In Indigenous Amazonian life-worlds, plants used for diverse purposes... are sometimes considered to be ‘plant persons’... Bitterness, causticity and other toxic properties...often embody a plant's power to heal or harm."

New in Journal of Ethnobiology!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
December 7, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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In less than 10 days I am offering the next round of the People & Plants course 🌿

Do you love plants, are you fascinated by human cultures, do you want to learn and connect with like-minded people? Join the 5-week online ethnobotany course today!

greenunfolding.com/ethnobotany-...
February 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Voices of Plants for a Better World

In this free online event experienced plant communicators share messages and insights that they are receiving from plants which can help us to meet the joint challenges that both humans and plants are now facing in the world 🌿

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Voices of Plants for a Better World
Learn from our plant relatives how we can help to create a better world for all on our planet in this free, interactive online event.
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February 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Fascinating news about ancient Amazonian societies!

New mapping techniques reveal that ancestral Amazonians systematically built up large urban centres and engineered the habitat to their needs and appetites with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest
Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM