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• Frank Cook, peripatetic (itinerant) herbalist

  I see us quickly becoming one world. My central questions in this respect are what plants will be in our global gardens and stories? What will our global healing system be made of? Each of the living cultures of the world has something to contribute. I intend to find out what they are and share these insights with the world.

• Frank Cook's Calendar, singing and springing forth, March 25, 2005

  Events in California and North Carolina, with possible journeys in southern India and Africa.

• "Winter" 2007 Check In from Frank -- Costa Rica

  I brought in the new year in Costa Rica. A group of us awoke in the early morning darkness of the 31st and climbed a mountain to attend a sweatlodge to reconnect with our selves and nature. We were reborn into the morning light and spent the day in silence preparing for the year ahead. (Below is an account of our trip to Costa Rica which I returned from last week.) It was perfect for me. I feel ready . . .

• Frank Cook's journey through India

  These are the updates Frank Cook sent about his trip in India. They describe his explorations of culture, plant life, human uses of plants, and Ayurvedic and Nature Cure approaches to health and healing.

• Frank Cook's letters about Peru trip 2005

  Frank Cook's travels in Peru, Dominica, and Puerto Rico

• Peru Revisited August-September 2006

  Frank Cook's 2006 trip to Peru.

• Food, Health, and Society course at Schumacher College

  Frank Cook's journal from his time at Schumacher College in March 2006.

• Journey through Southern Africa, Winter 2006

  Frank Cook's journal from his 2006 trip in southern africa.