Community Empowerment
Our expert team at Evolved shares education on the science and wisdom of diverse healing remedies found within the natural kingdoms. Since 2019, we have been hosting community educational series, workshops and cohorts revolving around themes of mushroom cultivation, human health and wellness, biology, ecology, life sciences and more.
Let's establish deeper understanding of the principles of nature and ways in which we may align with them – ultimately to evolve into a healthier symbiosis between humanity and nature.
Our Signature Introductory Course
Explore the world of Medicinal Fungi as we take a journey through this documentary-style course.
Dive into the fundamental components of medicinal mushrooms and how they play a vital role in human health, spirituality, history and ecology. We take a broad and holistic approach to understanding fungi that can help provide a foundation to understanding mushrooms and the role they have played in shaping our healing.
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Art, Mushrooms & Log Cultivation with Martin Bridge
Martin Bridge, visionary artist, mushroom enthusiast and cultivator explores the intersection between permaculture, artwork and cultivating mushrooms using logs. Enjoy this free and unique tutorial from one of our favorite artists!
You can also explore his work on his website here.
Cultivating Medicinal Mushrooms: A Live Collaborative Webinar
Together with leaders Dr. Olivia Giguere N.D, and Dr. Matthew Hicks, N.D, MS and founder of Evolved, Jonathan Fredette, we guide you through several lessons on the medicinal properties of common mushrooms as well as an entry-level approach to cultivation. Explore the following lessons in:
Explore a diversity of lessons in functional mushroom application for wellness, including cordyceps, lion's mane and turkey tail mushrooms as well as a broad overview of themes in mycology, mushroom cultivation and more. Enjoy!
Previous Educational Series
Between online workshops to large scale community events and integrated curriculum in middle schools, we have hosted 5 years of enriching content for our community and students with hands-on labs and inspiring information. If you are interested in hosting us as speakers, please reach out to us at Jonathan@evovledwellness.org.
ilead Mycology Program
For the past several years we have led middle school and high school educators in implementing mycology and mushroom cultivation project-based learning in school. We have now created a generation of leaders that are passing down lessons of lab science, mycology, ecology, nutrition, medicine and much more within these schools. We have developed several years worth of curriculum that can be implemented into both middle and high school level STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Math) curriculum. If you are inspired or interested to explore this within your school, please reach out to us at Jonathan@evolvedwellness.org or Kathleen.fredette@iLeadcalifornia.org.
Mycelia, 2022
In a spirit of weaving together science, medicine and the arts, we hosted Mycelia 2022 with a full lineup of artists, performers and speakers. We celebrated the themes of interconnectedness found in nature with the interdisciplinary fields of at, science, mycology and medicine. Part of our mission extends well beyond the sciences and seeks to celebrate human culture and the diversity of medicine that comes from coming together.