IFFI SATELLIT x CAMPUS KINO: BOTANICAL GARDEN INNSBRUCK

TOROBORO - EL NOMBRE DE LAS PLANTAS

Thursday, 15 May | from 18:00 (film screening 20:00) | Botanical Garden | free admission

18:00 - Short guided tour of the tropical houses 19:00 - Interdisciplinary discussion on the topic 20:00 - Film screening TOROBORO - EL NOMBRE DE LAS PLANTAS

In cooperation with the Botanical Garden Innsbruck and Campus Kino. 25 years ago, two botanists travelled to the Waorani living in the Ecuadorian Amazon region to scientifically record the diversity of trees there for the first time. The Waorani told them that they have a name for each of the 625 (!) species - and that they use all of them for something. In this film, the researchers return to meet some of the people who made the study possible. The disaster began with the bridge over the Toroboro River, says a Waorani man: since then, the area has been continuously and increasingly exploited by oil companies. If the weather is fine, the event takes place on the large meadow by the plane tree. In bad weather, we will move to the foyer in front of the tropical houses. Make yourself comfortable! Feel free to bring blankets or cushions - or make yourself comfortable in our deckchairs.