Welcome to the Living Library.
The Living Library is our digital school for deepening studies of history, ecology, ancestral memory, and land-based lifeways.
For more than 5 years, Herban Cura has been building an online archive of knowledge shares in collaboration with our constellation of facilitators. These knowledge shares affirm our commitment to creating learning opportunities that celebrate lived experience, expand our understanding of ‘expertise’, and center justice. From workshops on herbal healthcare to conversations on cosmology, our knowledge shares are part of our ongoing research project into unearthing and exploring the entangled relationships between people, place, and plants.
As a monthly subscriber to our Living Library, you will have access to more than 200+ hours of knowledge shares from our vibrant community of bioregional herbalists, radical professors, liberatory land stewards, seed keepers, and peoples’ historians. You will also have access to live events, community-created resources, and current & upcoming knowledge shares! For people who are committed to immersive educational experiences rooted in healing justice, the Living Library is the most affordable way to feed your passion (scroll down for more info on our monthly memberships!)
The Living Library is a powerful tool for perceiving points of connection across our constellation of programming. It’s our prayer that this rich digital school can be a resource for resilience within the communities everyone of us calls home.
A monthly subscription offers:
200+ hours of past knowledge shares
Live online knowledge shares
Community forum
Dynamic herb glossary
Discounts on offerings such as our beyond-organic Herban Cura-made herbal remedies and beloved CSA (Community Supported Apothecary)
Who might benefit from a subscription:
Participants pursuing community herbalism or clinical herbal certification
Students in environmental studies, gender, ethnobotany, and history programs
Home gardeners searching for support
Farmers committed to land-based liberation
Community organizers looking to ally their actions with the earth
Membership Models
Membership Models
$5/month
Living Library Supporter
Wade in gently! This is the best way to get a feel for what the Living Library has to offer.
Supporters will be able to:
✓ Community Forum
Join the Herban Cura Community Forum to discuss herbs, plants, share ancestral knowledge with other Herban Cura community members, and ask us questions!
✓ Early-bird
Receive early bird registration for our Herban Cura online and in-person offerings
✓ Resources
Dive into community-created resources, practice invitations, herb glossary, recipes and reflections
✓ Book Club
Enjoy access to the Living Library Book Club
$19/month
Living Library Patron
Ready to dig deep? As a monthly subscriber to Living Library, you’ll have access to a passionate community of consistent practice.
What's included：
✓ Knowledge Shares
One year of live knowledge shares.
✓ Discounts
Discounts on Herban Cura-made herbal remedies and CSA (Community Supported Apothecary) products.
✓ Community Forum
Access to the Community Forum for discussion and Q&A.
✓ Early-bird
Early-bird registration for online and in-person offerings.
✓ Resources
Access to community-created resources, practice invitations, and herb glossary.
Ready to dig deep? As a monthly subscriber to Living Library, you’ll have access to a passionate community of consistent practice.
What's included：
✓ Knowledge Shares
200+ hours of past and upcoming live knowledge shares.
✓ Discounts
Discounts on Herban Cura-made herbal remedies and CSA (Community Supported Apothecary) products.
✓ Community Forum
Access to the Community Forum for discussion and Q&A.
✓ Early-bird
Early-bird registration for online and in-person offerings.
✓ Resources
Access to community-created resources, practice invitations, and herb glossary.
$35/month
Living Library Subscriber
$60/month
Living Library Pay-It-Forward Patron
Eager to share abundance? When you pay the true cost of helping us to power this platform, you support our commitment to making our knowledge shares available and accessible to everyone.
For the cost of just 2 Herban Cura knowledge shares a month, pay-it-forward patrons will be able to:
✓ Knowledge Shares
200+ hours of past and upcoming live knowledge shares.
✓ Discounts
Discounts on Herban Cura-made herbal remedies and CSA (Community Supported Apothecary) products.
✓ Community Forum
Access to the Community Forum for discussion and Q&A.
✓ Early-bird
Early-bird registration for online and in-person offerings.
✓ Resources
Access to community-created resources, practice invitations, and herb glossary.
What people are saying
“I felt in this space a depth of respect and honor for all of our relations. Human, plant, and the interconnected complexities of time, history, biology, and emotion (life itself). Thank you, thank you…the subject matter was presented in a way that was an experience, not just information to listen to and digest, relevant, honoring history as it exists in us today.”