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The Living Shaman Museum is a nonprofit project of the Spirited Medicine Alliance, in collaboration with Inquiring Systems, Inc. (ISI) as its fiscal sponsor. Founded in 1978, ISI is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation that has provided services to 3,650 nonprofit and NGO organizations in 32 countries. Ninety percent of donations go directly to benefit projects.

Amazon Earth Day 2018

First and only Amazon Earth Day originates in Iquitos, Peru

A month-long celebration to raise awareness of Amazon issues, and to promote sustainable actions.

The Wealth of the Amazon

  • The Amazon rainforest is called “the lungs of the World” because it provides more than 20 percent of the world’s oxygen.
  • One-fifth of the world's fresh water is in the Amazon Basin.
  • The Amazon Rainforest covers over a billion acres-- if Amazonia were a country, it would be the ninth largest in the world.
  • The Amazon rainforests are called “the jewels of the Earth”-- there are around 40,000 plant species, 1,300 bird species, 3,000 types of fish, 430 mammals and 2.5 million kinds of insects.
  • The Amazon rainforests are called “the World’s largest pharmacy”-- quinine, muscle relaxants, steroids, and anticancer drugs have already been discovered.

AS GOES THE AMAZON, SO GOES THE WORLD

**Stay connected for full schedule of week-long events in Iquitos, Peru…April, 2018

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