Kincentric Ecology

is the worldview illustrated to us by way of the Rahamurí scholar we know as Enrique Salmon. Salmon bestows upon us an indigenous worldview that incorporates all that we encounter in nature as kin. You may read his article about kincentric ecology here

In our language, Kin has germanic roots of ‘giving birth to’

From Kin comes the word kind, a taxonomic way that we organize the world, and kind, as a way of being to one another.

Our mission at Kincentric Circles is to offer participants an experience of these worldviews through immersion into the natural world. To begin a process of living in ever widening circles of relationships imbued with familial kindness.

Our focus primarily is to offer this perception through immersion experiences, mostly by backpacking through the wilderness with our team of pack goats. In addition we are capable of creating custom trips and events for your school, organization, or company. We specialise in creating collaborative learning experiences and team building. Our journeys in the wilderness are a mixture of nature connection, natural history, ecopsychology, and kincentric ecology. We believe that when we connect to our origins it allows for clear and generative choices.

“A human being is part of a whole, called by us the “Universe,” a part limited in time and space. they experiences themself, their thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of their consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circles of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” -- Albert Einstein