Join us to learn about the Living Schools; a movement that supports Indigenous projects in Brazil to strengthen and pass on traditional knowledge.

Through a web of affection and care, the delicate ways of knowing from Living Schools intend to activate the awakening of memories and the respect for all forms of life. The Living School movement supports the strengthening of the Indigenous peoples and their ancestral memories. Many of these traditions stop being practiced due to the impositions of capitalist society. Such memories, however, have not died, they are merely asleep. Awakening them requires an active and creative collective to paddle the canoe of transformation, moving through diverse narratives and bringing to our daily lives these ways of knowing that are so vital to life. 

In this talk, Cristine Takuá shares how the Living Schools move forward through a collective action that is present in five territories of Indigenous peoples in Brazil: Guarani and Maxakali people at Nhe'ery in the Atlantic Forest, and Huni Kuin, Baniwa and Tukano/Dessana/Tuyuka in the Amazon. Guided by this intention, the goal is to strengthen a living and happy space so that the ancestral ways of knowing and being are transmitted to children and young generations.

This talk is part of Selvagem – an intersectional Indigenous-led collective from Brazil braiding together scientific, artistic and traditional knowledge, illuminating the mystery and splendour of the living world. To make the most of Cristine Takuá’s sharing, we recommend reading the notebook where she shares her journey with the Living Schools: click here.

And the WAYS OF KNOWING DIARIES, periodic accounts of the journey of Cris Takuá alongside the Living Schools: click here.

Speaker

Cristine Takuá Cristine Takuá, from the Maxakali Indigenous people (Brazil), is a thinker, apprentice midwife and educator. She holds a degree in philosophy from São Paulo State University (UNESP) and taught for 12 years at the Txeru Ba’e Kuai’ Indigenous State School. She is currently the coordinator of the Living Schools and a board member of the Selvagem Association. Cristine is a representative of the Indigenous Education Nucleus (NEI) within the São Paulo State Department of Education and is a founding member of Forum for the Coordination of Indigenous Teachers of São Paulo State (FAPISP). She is also part of Instituto Maracá, which is involved in the shared management of the Museum of Indigenous Cultures in São Paulo. She lives in the Ribeirão Silveira Indigenous Land, located on the border between the municipalities of Bertioga and São Sebastião, with her partner Carlos Papá and their sons Djeguaká and Kauê.

Facilitator

Juliana Schneider Juliana is a close collaborator of Kadoorie Farm since 2020, engaged with the development of Kadoorie Earth Programme. For more than a decade she has been an affiliate with Schumacher College in the UK, having graduated with a master’s in holistic science and worked as a facilitator alongside experts in different areas such as Stephan Harding, David Abram, Vandana Shiva and Satish Kumar. In 2013 she founded an educational enterprise in Brazil experimenting with more participatory ways of organising. Beyond leading the organisation, she has taught and facilitated holistic thinking through numerous groups with highly diverse backgrounds. She currently collaborates with educational initiatives around the world through mentoring, consulting and teaching, as well as conducting a PhD as a researcher with the Schumacher Society. She also writes poetry and literary work in Portuguese, her native language.

Date
26 June 2025 (Thursday)

Time
19:00-20:30 HKT (11:00 - 12:30 GMT)

Format
Zoom

Language
Portuguese (supports simultaneous interpretation in English and Cantonese)

Fee
Free (a donation to support our conservation work will be appreciated) 

Donations help cover essential expenses such as speakers’ fees, translation services and other resources. Additional donations support KFBG’s ecological conservation and holistic education work. Please donate within your means, or still join us even if you are unable to contribute. Together, we can foster a transformative shift towards an ecological perspective.

Application
Please click HERE for online registration by 19:00 HKT, 26 June 2025

Note
● You will receive an auto-reply confirmation email upon registration with the Zoom link attached.
● In case of cancellation, you will be notified before the talk.

Enquiry
Email Ms Jamie Ngai at jamie.ngai@kfbg.org

Kadoorie Earth Programme (KEP) is co-created by KFBG and its network of collaborators and volunteers. By integrating the various strands of KFBG’s nature conservation, sustainable living and holistic education programmes, it provides life-transforming learning experiences that reconnect people with themselves, each other and the rest of nature and enable them to cultivate resilience in the face of climate crisis, economic uncertainty and other related challenges.

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