Manari is a ceremonial leader and healer from the Sapara people who live in the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. Manari has also been a key figure in the indigenous movement of his country as the Vice President of CONAIE (The National Indigenous Organization of Ecuador) from 2013-2016, and as the President of the Sapara Indigenous Federation […]
We speak with Atossa Soltani en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Atossa Soltani is the founder and board president of Amazon Watch, a nonprofit organization working to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. She served as the organization’s first Executive Director from 1996-2014. Currently Atossa is the Director of Global Strategy for the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative, working […]
We speak with Leila Salazar en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Leila is a mother, proud Chicana-Latina woman, and passionate defender of Mother Earth, the Amazon, indigenous rights and climate justice. Since 2015 she has served as the Executive Director of Amazon Watch, leading the organization in its work to protect and defend the bio-cultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest by advancing indigenous peoples’ […]
We speak with Dennis Mckenna en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Dennis McKenna’s professional and personal interests are focused on the interdisciplinary study of ethnopharmacology and plant hallucinogens. He received his doctorate in 1984 from the University of British Columbia, where his doctoral research focused on ethnopharmacological investigations of the botany, chemistry, and pharmacology of ayahuasca and oo-koo-he, two orally-active tryptamine-based hallucinogens used by indigenous peoples […]
We speak with Giorgio Samorini en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Giorgio Samorini was born in Bologna (Italy) in 1957. He is an independent ethnobotanist who researches the traditional use of intoxicating plants and fungi in different cultures and their archaeological footprint. He has carried out research in modern ethnic groups in Africa, Latin America, Asia, specializing in the archeology and ethnography of intoxicating plants around […]
We speak with Dr. Rafael Guimarães Dos Santos en World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Prof. Rafael Guimarães dos Santos holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacology and a Postdoctoral degree in Neuroscience. He is currently completing his postdoctoral studies in the Department of Neurosciences and Behavior at the Ribeirão Preto Medical School (University of São Paulo, Brazil), researching the potential therapeutic uses of ayahuasca, cannabidiol, and ibogaine in neuropsychiatric disorders. He […]
We speak with Jose Carlos Bouso at World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Spectacular success of the 3rd edition of the World Ayahuasca Conference 2019. From May 31 to June 2, Foundation ICEERS organised AYA2019, held at the Palau de Congresos de Girona, the largest global meeting on Ayahuasca to date. The Alchimia Solidària Foundation was one of the main sponsors of AYA2019, which took place in the […]
We speak with Òscar Parés at World Ayahuasca Conference – AYA 2019
Spectacular success of the 3rd edition of the World Ayahuasca Conference 2019. From May 31 to June 2, ICEERS organised AYA2019, held at the Palau de Congresos de Girona, the largest global meeting on Ayahuasca to date. The Fundació Alchimia Solidària was one of the main sponsors of AYA2019, which took place in the historic […]
II Cannabmed Congress: A bridge between cannabis medicine and patients.
The collaboration between Fundació Alchimia Solidària and Fundació ICEERS began several years ago, back in 2015. After the first contact, it was clear that both groups – and the people who integrate them – had a multitude of mutual goals, with a shared view about the place that botanical drugs should occupy in the future […]
We collaborate in the Conference on “People with disabilities SEX AND AFFECTIVITY”
Sexuality is a very important aspect of the physical and mental health of any person. There is not a specific sexuality for people with intellectual dissabilities (ID), since sexual and affective capacities are not substantially different, as it is the social look often taken. Today, a vast number of fathers and mothers are not asking […]
We help control botulism at the Aiguamolls de l’Empordà Nature Park.
Botulism is an intoxication caused by the botulinum neurotoxin, produced mainly by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is among the most serious food poisonings by humans. At the same time, it is one of the diseases that most significantly affects migratory birds, especially waterfowl and waders, affecting thousands and even millions of individuals of many […]
We participate in the 2nd CANNABMED Quarterly Meeting 2017
Last Thursday, June 8, the 2nd quarterly meeting of the CANNABMED 2017 was held in Barcelona, an event aimed at those people with health problems using cannabis, including their relatives and caregivers, organized by the ICEERS Foundation (International Center for Ethnobotanical Education Research & Service) and with the support of our Fundació Alchimia Solidària, in […]
ManiFiestAcción – 2017 May in Madrid
Last Sunday May 28 was held in Madrid the great Mani · Fiesta · Acción, a historic mass march to vindicate the authorities that it is time to approve a comprehensive and responsible regulation of Cannabis. According to data from the organization itself, an estimated 25,000 people participated in this event, which was joined by […]
Conference on medicinal cannabis: “Policies Against Pain”
Our pain can’t wait! This clear message defined the introduction to the “Policies Against Pain” conference held at the CaixaForum in Madrid on Monday, September 18, organised by the Spanish Observatory of Medicinal Cannabis “OECM”, which we attended as sponsors of the event, givins our support from the Fundació Alchimia Solidària and that we now […]
The feminine side of cannabis
The fact that the cannabis community is capable of doing wonderful things is something already known and demonstrated. From medicinal cannabis and all the volunteers involved in promoting and using it, to the fellowship feeling that one has in this sector, where people help each other instead of just competing, we are lucky to be […]
V International Social Cannabis Forum
Expogrow, Irun’s cannabis festival One of the main cannabis events in Europe has just celebrated its fifth edition. More than 17.000 visitors and 1.200 professionals of the cannabis sector gathered once again in Irun, 200 metres away from the French border. Despite the horrible weather, thousands of people visited the fairground, 60% of them being French. […]
Bats and pest control in l’Empordà
Galanthus Eco-Bats project: studying and promoting the potential of bats to control insect pests Galanthus is a non-profit organisation founded in 1999 that since its beginnings has been dedicated to the study and dissemination of the natural values of our environment. It currently has three main lines of work urban biodiversity, flora, and bats. In […]
BioCanna’s We Choose Nature project
BIOCANNA is a range of organic nutrients for plants developed by CANNA, made from top quality organic plant matter and with no animal byproducts. Thus, their formulation meets the nutritional needs of plants and ensures optimal results. According to BIOCANNA specialists, and now that health and environment protection are so important, they manufacture organic fertilisers […]
Spanish Medicinal Cannabis Observatory (OECM)
On October 2 2015, the Medicinal Cannabis Spanish Observatory (OECM) Founding Assembly took place in Madrid. The OECM is composed by professionals from different fields who work on the study, observation and dissemination of cannabis and its derivatives therapeutic properties: researchers, doctors and patients associations whose diseases and symptoms are susceptible to be treated with […]
Figueres’s 1st Half Marathon
On December 4, 2016 took place the Figueres’s 1st Half Marathon, La Mitja. La Mitja is a non-political and non-profit organization called Associació Atlètica Mitja Marató Figueres, and it is composed of professionals from different fields with the same idea of promoting sport in Figueres. Its purpose is to organize yearly a half marathon in […]