Discover the Kogi people's timeless wisdom

Eric Julien's relationship with the Kogi people began in 1985. While exploring the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the world's highest coastal mountain range, he was stricken by a pulmonary oedema and left for dead - and the Kogi people came to his rescue and healed him. In 1997, Julien co-founded ‘Tchendukua Ici et Ailleurs’, an initiative helping indigenous communities reclaim their ancestral lands and protect the natural environment of the Sierra Nevada. What’s more, Eric fosters a dialogue with the Kogi and other indigenous groups, seeking to inspire modern societies to rethink their relationship with nature. As humanity faces the challenges of the Anthropocene, he advocates for new tools, legal systems, and perspectives that draw from indigenous wisdom to address pressing global issues and foster harmony with the natural world. Eric’s mission is not to change the world but to change how we see it, inviting us to co-create solutions that bridge ancestral knowledge and modern innovation.