“Sometimes doing the work is in resting. The work for me is to sit still for half an hour, and do nothing. That is the hardest thing for me.” Zoë Tryon


E210 – Zoë Tryon on Amazonian Cultures, Environmental Activism and Motherhood

Wellsprings Of Dreams


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About this interview: How do we live in intimacy with ourselves, each other and nature?

“Sometimes doing the work is in resting. The work for me is to sit still for half an hour, and do nothing. That is the hardest thing for me.” Zoë Tryon

In this episode Amisha talks with Zoë Tryon, a mama, activist, speaker, and artist known for her work with indigenous communities. She is a Cultural Ambassador for the Stop Ecocide campaign, ambassador for the Sacred Headwaters Initiative and the Founder of One of the Tribe Journeys, a travel company that offers, privately led, immersive experiences with indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes. Zoe has acted as a cultural liaison between indigenous and Western leaders since 2006 and has worked with the Achuar, Shuar, Kichwa, Sapara and Waorani peoples across Ecuador. She has supported education, health and economic capacity building projects, advocated for environmental and constitutional rights in the Ecuadorian constitution, and worked closely with indigenous partners on the largest environmental lawsuit in history.
 
We explore
:: environmental activism and reconnecting to ancestral land and practices
:: indigenous led conservation, cultural preservation and wisdom in the Amazon rainforest
:: indigenous practices of dreaming, healing and living in community and in harmony with Earth
:: Amazonian spirituality, dreams, and plant medicine
:: addictions and intimacy in the Western world
:: motherhood
 
“What one person does within a community affects the whole community. It shifts the way that you look at the world and the way that you show up. There are the wings of a butterfly in it. Everything we do will affect another.” Zoë Tryon 
 

Zoë Tryon is an activist, speaker and artist known for her work with indigenous communities. She is the founder of “One of the Tribe Journeys”, a travel company that offers, privately led, immersive experiences with indigenous communities in the Ecuadorian Amazon and Andes. Through One of the Tribe Zoë has led journalists, filmmakers, celebrities to witness places in the world few will ever see. She has field produced documentaries in the Amazon with subjects ranging from the impact of the Chevron case in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon to a film looking at pink dolphins as wisdom keepers. Zoë has acted as a cultural liaison between indigenous and Western leaders since 2006 when she first began living with the Achuar Tribe in the Amazon. Since then Zoë has lived and worked with the Achuar, Shuar, Kichwa, Sapara and Waorani peoples across Ecuador. She has supported education, health and economic capacity building projects, advocated for environmental and constitutional rights in the Ecuadorian constitution, and worked closely with indigenous partners on the largest environmental lawsuit in history. Zoë is a Cultural Ambassador for the Stop Ecocide campaign and ambassador for the Sacred Headwaters Initiative, an Alliance of 30 Indigenous nations in Ecuador and Peru with a shared vision to permanently protect 86 million acres of bio-culturally diverse tropical rainforests.

To connect or work with Zoë, visit zoëtryon.com

To connect or work with Amisha, visit amisha.co.uk


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