78: What Can Forests Teach Us?
Perhaps one of the least represented perspectives we\u2019ve covered on this show is that of the forests that feed and shelter us, provide our medicines, replenish our soil, sustain our wildlife, color our landscapes, and which address the most basic of all human needs, the need to breathe.\xa0
Originally from Chile, Nicolas Salazar Sutil currently resides in the UK where he\u2019s a professor at the University of Leeds. Nicolas founded Forest Guardians in 2019 in response to wildfire emergencies happening around the world. With a focus in communication, education, and advocacy, Forrest Guardians designs and delivers online courses focused on ecological apprenticeships, indigenous forest schooling, and traditional ecological knowledge, and in partnership with Earth Law Centre they consult on the legal rights of forests. That\u2019s right, the trees have rights too, and given that we wouldn\u2019t be able to breathe without them, that\u2019s a very good thing.\xa0
There\u2019s also a time sensitive matter that we would like to bring to your attention. Nicolas\u2019 organization is about to commence with \u201cGuardians of the Forest\u201d, an online course lead by practitioners from 30 different nations who will focus on traditional forest knowledge to understand the spiritual, ecological, cultural, and legal aspects of forest guardianship. The deadline is Monday, May 3rd, 2021. Look here for more information about the Guardians of the Forest course, and about Nicolas\u2019 other work with Forest Guardians.