Spring Stroll: a foraging and ecology walk on campus!

Join Eco-Reps on 4/13 for a walk around the Foggy Bottom campus to learn more about our local ecology from a local nature educator and urban forager! Our walk will leave from the Kogan Dome at noon, and will last approximately 2 hours.

Nature is intelligent and abundant with food, medicine & more yet we have forgotten our ancient ways of working with the botanical and fungal relatives growing all around us. Learning about your local ecosystem and the wild edible foods present there takes some time and focus but in the process, we are rewarded with greater health, happiness, resilience, and connection to the natural world. In this walk, we will cover topics such as:

-Plant/Fungi identification 

-How to harvest sustainably and prepare different wild edible foods throughout the seasons

-Basics of botany, mycology, field herbalism and medicinal preparations

-Planting & propagation techniques

-Agroforestry principles and practices

-Temperate ecology 

and more!

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Our Educator: Bodhi Vasilopoulos

Bodhi is a passionate forest gardener, herbalist, naturalist, and educator. He regularly teaches on topics such as foraging, botany, permaculture and more. He also helps manage Forested, which is a regenerative food forest farm and education center in Bowie, Maryland. 

With a bachelor's degree in environmental science and engineering, multiple technical certifications and a decade of working with the land under his belt, Bodhi applies the skills and knowledge he has acquired towards his service to life on Earth. He strives to be a steward, uplift consciousness & leave a loving footprint on the Earth. Bodhi's mission is to help people connect more deeply to themselves and the natural world around them with the hope of ushering in a more beautiful and harmonious world for all.

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