Ecuador was the first country to enshrine the rights of nature in its constitution in 2008, despite the fact that 40% of its GDP and nearly 60% of its exports

At the traditional Sarayaku school, the children attend classes on plants. The classes take place not far from the botanical garden, Sacha Runa, which covers about 10 hectares. It contains

Of the 4000 indigenous languages, 2 680 are currently endangered. And when a language disappears, a whole culture and identity disappears with it. In the Sarayaku community in Ecuador, at

In societies with an oral tradition, the transmission of knowledge and culture is a weapon of resistance and emancipation. This is the case in Ecuador, in the Kichwas community of