Weaving a New Story for Humanity

Imikã Tarirú Bary Vera Kuary Baru, known as Imika Tubu, is a traditional healer trained in the knowledge of the Yurupari Jaguars and a spiritual leader of the Tubú Hummurimasa Nation, an Indigenous People from the Apaporis River region in the Colombian Amazon. Displaced by political violence in Colombia, Imika carries a profound understanding of the Western world through the philosophy of his people.

He is the founder of the urban Tubú Hummurimasa nucleus in Bogotá and of the Suary Association, which promotes cultural, educational, and collective care projects in urban contexts. Imika’s work is dedicated to transmitting the legacy of the Tubu People into our time: how to rebuild a society that has been unraveled and lost. Ancient stories, medicines, chants, and traditional dances—the pinnacle of knowledge—help sustain balance and health within the community, which today includes Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, using our differences as material to collectively weave our shared path.

Charles Eisenstein is a cultural philosopher, speaker, and author of transformative works such as The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible, Sacred Economics, and Climate: A New Story. His writing challenges the root myths of separation, progress, and dominion that define modern civilization, articulating instead an emerging story of interbeing—one rooted in ecological, social, and spiritual wholeness.

A keen observer of the limits of the Western paradigm, Eisenstein writes and speaks with reverence for intact Indigenous knowledge systems. He explores them not as historical artifacts, but as vital, living technologies for maintaining balance with the natural world. He frames the cultural and territorial integrity of Indigenous peoples as a foundational necessity for Earth's future, arguing for a “symbiotic merger” where ancestral wisdom and contemporary understanding can meet and renew each other.

Acting as a bridge between worlds, Eisenstein's work invites us to reimagine our relationships—to the land, to each other, and to life itself. At the Forum, his voice will help weave a crucial dialogue, exploring how we might move from an age of extraction into an era of sacred reciprocity and collaborative renewal.

Putanny Yawanawa is a spiritual leader and visionary of the Yawanawa people, in the Rio Gregório Indigenous Territory, Acre, Brazilian Amazon. She was one of the first women of her people to be initiated into the sacred knowledge of Yawanawa spirituality, breaking traditional barriers and paving the way for the strengthening of female leadership both within and outside her community.

Alongside her husband, Chief Nixiwaka Yawanawa, they lead the Aldeia Sagrada (Sacred Village) and work towards the reactivation of collective memories, spiritual wisdom, and deep bonds with the sacred territory of the Yawanawa.

Putanny is dedicated to the transmission of traditional knowledge, the defense of territories and sacred medicines, and the preservation of Indigenous cultures. Through songs, prayers, and intercultural dialogues, she shares Yawanawa spirituality with communities in Brazil and around the world, always with a profound commitment to her people's values. Putanny was the host of the V Ayahuasca Indigenous Conference and participated in previous editions of the event. Her work represents a living bridge between tradition and transformation, between the forest and the world.