Join The Explorers Club on the Monday after ECAD Weekend for a presentation given by this year’s New Explorer Award recipient: biologist, EC50 awardee, and biodiversity champion Rosa Vásquez Espinoza.
From microbes in boiling rivers to animals that self-medicate and shamans who dream with plants – healing is woven into the fabric of nature. In this talk, Dr. Rosa Vásquez Espinoza explores how the Earth knows to heal, and what we can learn from its oldest teachers.
Rosa’s presentation will be followed by an important panel discussion – “The radical act of giving Nature rights”
Panelists:
- Elodie Freymann, natural history storyteller and EC50 2025 honoree
- Andrés Ruzo, geologist and EC50 2022 honoree
- Constanza Prieto, environmental lawyer
- Maria Celeste, animal rights lawyer
This in-person event at the Explorers Club Headquarters will include an audience Q&A.
RESERVATIONS
This will be an in-person lecture at Explorers Club Headquarters.
In-person tickets are $20 for Members, and $35 for the General Public.
Check-in will begin at 6:00 pm, with a beer and wine reception from 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Rosa Vasquez Espinoza
Rosa Vásquez Espinoza, Ph.D., a Peruvian chemical biologist of Andean-Amazonian heritage, bridges cutting-edge science and indigenous knowledge to protect Amazonian biodiversity, inspired by her grandmother’s wisdom as a healer. Rosa serves as the International Ashaninka Ambassador and was included in the BBC’s “100 Women 2024” list. Rosa was also named to the EC50 Class of 2024. As the founder of Amazon Research Int (ARI), she partners with native communities to uncover the rainforest’s untapped biodiversity and advocates for global conservation through science, the Rights of Nature, and storytelling. Her groundbreaking achievements include pioneering microbial exploration of the Amazonian Boiling River and conducting the first chemical analysis of Amazonian stingless bees and medicinal honey in Peru.
