Listening to the Earth: An Afternoon with Indigenous Wisdom Keepers from Brazil
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- Start Tuesday 08 Jul 2025 4:00pm
- Finish Tuesday 08 Jul 2025 6:00pm
- Venue Said Business School
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In early July, a group of Indigenous Elders from Brazil are visiting Oxford for a few days during a longer trip to the UK. During their stay, the Skoll Centre alongside Global Canopy, Ostara, Smith School, Saïd Business School and the Nature-Based Solutions Initiative are delighted to be co-hosting a public event to share their wisdom and teachings.
The event will be a unique opportunity to hear from three of the most respected Indigenous leaders and guardians of ancestral wisdom from Brazil and the Amazon, in dialogue with Oxford academics working on nature, climate and our increasingly fragmented and fractious relationship with the Earth.
This hybrid public event welcomes three Indigenous leaders from Brazil and the Amazon: Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, spiritual leader and defender of the Yanomami people; Ailton Krenak, activist, writer, and philosopher of the Krenak people; Adana Omagua Kambeba,healer and wisdom carrier of the Kambeba people. They carry the voices of peoples rooted in a continuous relationship with the Earth for millennia. Their visit offers a rare opportunity to hear reflections on restoring balance and reimagining humanity’s path. The evening features dialogue between these Amazonian wisdom keepers and Oxford academics working on nature, climate and our wider, and increasingly fractious, relationship with the Earth. This open gathering, both online and in-person, weaves many knowledge traditions seeking common ground for a more sustainable future.
