296) Ann Armbrecht: Healing with herbalism and its deeper relational values
Green Dreamer: Seeding change towards collective healing, sustainability, regeneration
kaméa chayne
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🗓️ 9 February 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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About Ann Armbrecht:
Ann Armbrecht is the director of the Sustainable Herbs Program under the auspices of the American Botanical Council. She is also a writer and anthropologist (PhD, Harvard 1995) whose work explores the relationships between humans and the earth, most recently through her work with plants and plant medicine. She is the co-producer of the documentary Numen: The Nature of Plants and the author of the award-winning ethnographic memoir Thin Places: A Pilgrimage Home , based on her research in Nepal. She was a 2017 Fulbright-Nehru Scholar documenting the supply chain of medicinal plants in India. She lives with her family in central Vermont.
Her most recent book, The Business of Botanicals, explores the healing promise of plant medicines in a global industry.
Song featured in this episode: A Garden Taught Me by Leah Keane
Green Dreamer with Kamea Chayne is a podcast exploring our paths to holistic healing, ecological regeneration, and true abundance and wellness for all. Find our show notes, additional resources, and newsletter on our website: www.greendreamer.com
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