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Explore advaya's faculty of teachers, scientists, practitioners, philosophers and storytellers, 
who share multidimensional, local and diverse 
narratives from across the world.

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Bayo Akomolafe

5 courses
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Sophie Strand

3 courses
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Satish Kumar

1 courses
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Vandana Shiva

6 courses
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Veronica Strang

1 courses
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Manda Scott

2 courses
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Beloved Sara Zaltash

1 courses
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David Abram

2 courses
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Dr Andreas Weber

5 courses
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David Whyte

1 courses
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Helena Norberg-Hodge

2 courses
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Dr. Predrag Slijepcevic

1 courses
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Charles Eisenstein

3 courses
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Aisha Paris Smith

2 courses
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Brontë Velez

3 courses

Robertho Paredes

Robertho is an award winning Peruvian photographer based in Puerto Maldonado, Peruvian Amazon. He is the recipient of the XXVIII Award for Jovenes Creadores of the Madrid City Council for his photographic work "He sentido el clima herido y tengo idea de que no aprendemos", based on "Madre Selva" by Alfredo Perez Alencart.

In 2020, he created the photo series "'soy de tierra caliente... no se olvide' APA" a seven minute photo series that shows the destruction of 100 hectares of primary forest in seven minutes during a mega fire that took place in Madre de Dios in 2019. He also directed Anamei (2021), a video myth created with Yesica Patiachi from the Harakbut peoples. Robertho is a member of the Guardians Worldwide Network.

"I am a photographer from the Amazon of Perú. I focus on how the image was/is used on Amazonian communities. I live in Madre de Dios, the most biodiversity region of Peru and the most affected territory by illegal mining. My work addresses the way in which photographic/moving images can help raise awareness of the Amazonian forest. Learning from the Amazonian cultures, there is a possibility to guard the forest." - Robertho Paredes