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Co-creator of @puntamona La Ecovilla @alegriavillage @ecoversity @envisionfestival 🥥🥑 @eterna.earth

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I sat down with legendary ethnobotanist and community builder Stephen Brooks to understand why we need to move beyond sustainability and “make a radical shift”.

The feedback has been amazing on this latest episode. I’ve been wanting to speak to @stephenrbrooks for a long time.

Find it wherever you get your podcasts or on our YouTube channel. The links are in our bio!

Keep growing! 🌱 by @stephenrbrooks

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Picture this: we’re travelling back from Kakuma Refugee camp , after one of the most impactful experiences of our life, we stopped in the Turkana region and stop to reflect and admire the view... vast landscapes with no towns or people in sight, just us and the endless valley.
Then, out of the blue, we have this magical encounter. Three Samburu warriors, come to greet us, welcoming us into their world. I had some Bungafruit from Tanzania with me and immediately thought to share it! We didn’t need words – laughter and intention did all the talking!
It was a heartwarming reminder of how simple acts can bridge worlds. It shows that no matter where we come from, or what language we speak, we can connect, laugh, and share moments using nature and fruit as a catalyst! 🌍Video by @sharybomb 🤍🌈 taken in Kenya by @stephenrbrooks

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By many metrics the world today is better than ever before. Poverty, infant mortality and food insecurity are at all time lows. Democracy, education and literacy at all time highs.

Yet there’s still so much room for improvement.

Evidence of non-linear progress in each of these areas provides hope for humanity. Hope that humans are fundamentally ‘good’ and that we can continue to progress and make the world better. Even if it’s not linear progress

Hope that we can tackle big issues like climate change and regenerate the earth. The topic of episode #336 with my friend and ethnobotanist @stephenrbrooks.

Let’s leave this place better than we found it.

Listen now on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts (links in bio)

- Simon 🙏🏼🌎

🧥 @ottway_thelabel by @stephenrbrooks

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🍍🥭 ¡Únete a mí en la Iglesia de la Fruta! 🍉🍌

Del 13 al 16 de noviembre estaré en @ikal_restaura, en el corazón de Tepoztlán, México 🇲🇽✨

Este es, sin exagerar, uno de mis retiros favoritos de todos los que he vivido, ¡y estoy feliz de regresar! 🙌

Cuatro días de musica, comunidad, naturaleza y reconexión con la tierra 🌿💛 Con @jaidev108 @deerjade @ignaciomariagomez y muchos más!!! by @stephenrbrooks

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🌿✨ From Cattle Pasture to Edible Paradise.

What was once a 42-acre cattle farm in San Mateo, Costa Rica, has been transformed into something extraordinary. 🌱🌴

Welcome to Casa Brisa at La Ecovilla, where sustainable living, nature, and community come together.

🌳 Pastures transformed into thriving edible forests
🥬 Shared organic gardens
🥾 Nature trails, yoga spaces & a community rancho
📚 The Real World School right inside the community
🌎 Families from around the world creating a connected, intentional way of life
📍 Just 45 minutes from San José and under 40 minutes from the beach

This isn’t just about owning a home. It’s about choosing a different way to live. One where children grow up connected to nature, neighbors become friends, and community is part of everyday life. 💚

🏡 Discover Casa Brisa at La Ecovilla.

📩 Message us for more information or to schedule a private showing.

#CasaBrisa #LaEcovilla #EngelVolkersCostaRica #SustainableLiving #CostaRicaRealEstate taken in La Ecovilla, San Mateo, Alajuela by @stephenrbrooks

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Plants are so resilient!! We humans have so much to learn from them! May we all begin to listen more, and learn from the Plants! 🌱🌿🌵 by @stephenrbrooks

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Ready to get your hands in the Earth? 🌎 We are so excited to be launching the Regenerative Residencies at Eterna!! We will be offering two week programs in January, February and April! More details coming soon! DM us @eterna.earth to get on the waiting list!! 🌿🌱 #agriculturaregenerativa #permacultura #organiclife taken in San Juanillo Guanacaste by @stephenrbrooks

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This house began with a vision… and a cattle farm. 🌱🏡

Before La Ecovilla existed, this land was open pasture in the hills of San Mateo, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

One of the people who imagined something different, a community where families live with the land, not off it, built his own home right here. 🌳✨

Today the pasture is a food forest 🍃 The gardens are shared 🥭 And families from around the world call it home 🌎

And for the first time ever… his home is available. 👀

🔑 Comment VISION and I’ll send you the full story and private tour details.

📌 Save this for your Costa Rica dream board.
💬 Share it with someone who’s always said “one day we’ll move to Costa Rica…”

📍 La Ecovilla · San Mateo, Costa Rica

#CostaRicaRealEstate #LaEcovilla #EcoLiving #CostaRicaLiving #DreamHome taken in La Ecovilla, San Mateo, Alajuela by @stephenrbrooks

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🌱 Comment 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧 and we’ll DM you the free registration link + full event details⁣

All around the world, people are working to regenerate degraded ecosystems. And at the same time, many of us are remembering how plants can help us care for and restore our own bodies.

The potential for healing, both personal and planetary, is enormous. And some of our greatest teachers have been here all along: the plants themselves.

This October, we’re gathering 34 herbalists, medicine makers, clinicians, and teachers who have spent their lives learning from them.

Join us October 14–16 for the FREE online Herbal Medicine Making Summit, with three days of practical, inspiring sessions to bring more herbal medicine into your hands and home.

🌿 Learn what to grow at home with Chris Outdoors (@wildmuskoka)
🌿 Make herbal syrups with accessible ingredients with the Seed Sistas (@seed_sistas)
🌿 Explore a gentler approach to herbs with Asia Suler (@asiasuler)
🌿 Learn alongside Pedram Shojai (@drpedramshojai), Sheleana Aiyana (@sheleanaaiyana, @risingwoman), Seraphina Capranos (@seraphina.capranos), Dr. Jacqui Wilkins, ND (@among_the_wildflowerss), Cait Woolery (@caitlin_woolery_ccmh), Sobande Greer (@iamsobandeg), Tara Lanich-LaBrie (@themedicinecircle), Darin Olien (@darinolien), and Tarun Nayar (@modernbiology101)
🌿 Unlock access to all 24 sessions from last year’s summit including teachings from Mark Hyman (@drmarkhyman), Zach Bush (@zachbushmd), Louie Schwartzberg (@movingartchannel), Adriana Ayales (@adrianaayales) and more

Come learn from the plants and the people who have devoted their lives to working with them. 🌱

Comment SUMMIT below and we’ll send you the link, or find it in our bio.

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#herbalismsummit #ecoversity #plantwisdom #herbalmedicine #regenerativeliving by @stephenrbrooks

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Baobab, Huachuma & Dragon Fruit 🌵🌳 | Exploring with Stephen Brooks

Continuing through the desert collection with Stephen Brooks, and almost every few steps there’s another extraordinary plant.

We pass the striking saber tree, followed by a baobab growing inside the glasshouse — one of Africa’s great ethnobotanical trees. Then we reach Huachuma, or San Pedro, the sacred Andean cactus (Echinopsis pachanoi), with a ceremonial history stretching back thousands of years in South America.

And then we find one of Stephen’s favourites — dragon fruit. 🌵🐉 The climbing cactus (Selenicereus spp.) produces those spectacular pink-skinned fruits and enormous, often night-opening flowers adapted to nocturnal pollinators.

What I love about this collection is seeing plants from completely different dryland cultures and ecosystems growing alongside one another — each carrying its own ecology, chemistry and relationship with people.

🌳 Baobab — Adansonia
🌵 Huachuma / San Pedro — Echinopsis pachanoi
🐉 Dragon fruit — Selenicereus spp.
🌿 Saber tree
🎥 Filmed in 360° with Stephen Brooks

From Africa to the Andes — a glasshouse full of living ethnobotanical history.

#StephenBrooks #Huachuma #SanPedro #DragonFruit #GardenOfKnowledge taken in Kew Gardens by @stephenrbrooks

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¡¡Propagar plantas es revolucionario!! ¡Aquí estoy en el Arca de las Hierbas en Santa Bárbara de Heredia, comprando plantas para sembrar en ETERNA! 🌱🤍 taken in El Arca Jardín Botánico y Restaurante by @stephenrbrooks

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If you plan things right…. all you do is reap!!! One of my very favorite quotes of my neighbor from Punta Mona, Padi. Really let those words sink in! Such wisdom!! Plant trees!! Useful ones, so that the lives of your children and grandchildren are easier and more fruitful!! 🌿💕 by @stephenrbrooks

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