'The Symbiocene will be characterised by sumbiocentric human intelligence that replicates, in all aspects of social life, the symbiotic and mutually reinforcing, life-reproducing forms and processes found in all living systems...'
'The scientific meaning of the word “symbiosis” implies living together for mutual benefit...As a core aspect of ecological thinking, symbiosis affirms the interconnectedness of life and all living things.' Glenn Albrecht 

I love this term because it emphasises the mutuality of the interrelational space between unique individuals.

I wish to revel in the recognition that we are all interconnected in ways beyond our current scientific understanding. Ways that defy our money orientated complacency, ways that Indigenous peoples have accepted for eons past. Ways that I feel we all must recognise in order to move forward as a species caring for all our parts. 

This page is dedicated to the work I was fortunate to be able to do in the Amazon in October and November 2022. I travelled to Ecuador to study with the 11th El Consorcio Latinamericano de Biologia de la Conservación course. This course was created by 7 devoted & celebrated Latin American Conservation Professors. This the first time the course was held at Tiputini Biodiversity Research Station (TBS). Dr Kelly Swing, Founding Director of TBS accompanied us from Universidad de San Francisco Quito to TBS to oversee our stay - contributing his Eagle view. In essence, the experience was a potent, and extremely vital learning experience. Being amongst the 21 passionate environmentalist students, all at varying stages within their own conservation studies, was more than enlivening. The entire experience was lit up like a violet sun haloed with lime green tinged with turquoise blue, and dipped in sparkling gold...
And when the course group left? I stayed for 4 more days to explore the rainforest with Froilan Macanilla. Froilan grew up in the Kichwa village of Samona Yuturi, and knows this pristine, primary Amazon intimately. Sharing time with him immersing in Nature embodies the very essence of Deep Ecology...
then I met with José Nenquimo, a Waorani man who champions his culture and Pachamama. We first met in 2016 when 3 communities of Waorani evicted a trespassing oil company. Going to Konipare and staying with his family for 4 days was full of adventure and cultural education. I am still in the process of creating short films from this entire soul fulfilling experience to add to those below...

Another amazing outcome from going back to Ecuadorian Amazon, was the opportunity to take 3 Canon cameras from friends here in Byron Shire, Australia, to the Waorani Indigena Resistencia. Huge gratitude to Yeni Floradeladelva, Donatella Parisini, and Paul Daley for answering my request so generously. The Waorani will use these cameras to document biodiversity (new/old species are being recognised by the scientific community daily), contribute further to their territorial bio-mapping for legal use in the ongoing court cases supporting their territorial landrights (which they continue to win in the Supreme Courts), and for documenting illegal activity that is the outcome of the extractive industries creating roads. Roads that are NOT ecological trails, roads that are trespassing into pristine primary rainforest. 

In May 2023 I was published at the International Multispecies Methods Research Symposium at the Saskatchawan University in Canada about Intuitive Interspecies Communication. I've added my paper as a Journal entry here...


Many of the following reels and photos have also been released on Instagram and Facebook, please share if they move you. Right now Nature needs us all to love and protect her. If you click on the YouTube option when viewing the videos you will find in depth information about the Nature involved in each reel is published there...