The languages we speak shape how we understand the world around us, they are conduits of human heritage and ancient knowledge for our lands and ecosystems.

Living-Language-Land will lead the webinar on a journey through endangered and minority languages that reflect different ways of relating to land and nature. As fast as we’re losing species from our planet, so we’re losing languages that offer different ways of seeing. Living-Language-Land will share their own lived experience of language and how that directly informs a relationship to the natural environment out of which it was borne. The lexicon from those relationships can provide fresh inspiration for tackling our environmental crisis. 

The contributors from Asociacion ANDES and Parque de la Papa from Peru work with local indigenous communities to protect the biocultural heritage of the Peruvian Andes. They will share with the audience the story of the Quechua word “Chalay” which embodies reciprocity.

The contributors from MAPLE Microdevelopment Chile and the Budi Anumka Association work to defend the biocultural heritage of their territory as well as the Azmonguen or Mapuche’s way of life. They will present the importance of the Mapudungun word “Itrofillmongen” in the frame of the project for the biocultural restoration in Lake Budi.

This event is not being recorded and will only be available live.

Plantlife is working with partners, communities and individuals to re-build a world rich in plants and fungi. This event is free but if you would like to donate to support our work you can add an optional donation. Plantlife relies on its members and donors. The more you give, the more plants we can save. Thank you. 

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Speakers:

Neville Gabie & Philippa Bayley, Living-Language-Land’s creative co-producers. The project offers a platform to minority and endangered languages from around the world and the chance to reflect on how languages reveal different ways of relating to land and nature.

Tammy Stenner & Alejandro Argumedo, contributors from the Potato Park (Parque de la Papa) and Association ANDES in Peru. This local non-profit organisation works together with the Andean community to protect the biocultural heritage territory of the Potato Park. Their projects include preservation of native potato species using traditional knowledge and agro-ecotourism.

Alison Guzman & Ignacio Krell, contributors from MAPLE Microdevelopment, Chilean branch. Working together with the Budi Anumka Association and Mapuche-Lafkenche Indigenous communities, they are developing models of autonomous micro development in the southern region of Lake Budi.