Watch: “Bush Medicine: Stories that Remember the Land”
“Bush Medicine: Stories that Remember the Land” focuses on traditional knowledge and the power of intergenerational exchange, two aspects of recovery and remembering that are important for Vincentian consciousness. The documentary dives into stories of elders and younger practitioners across Bequia and St. Vincent, and engages in their memories of the land, the importance of bush medicine in daily living, subsistence agriculture and traditions that were once important in our communities.
The Hub Collective Inc. is a community-rooted nonprofit based in Bequia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Based on the work you've shared with me, its mission centres on community wellbeing and resilience through three interconnected pillars: arts and culture, environment and ecological stewardship, and healing and psychosocial support.
In practice, this translates into programming like the Bush Medicine Revival initiative (medicinal plant biodiversity and traditional ecological knowledge), the Psychological First Aid training, the Healing Together editorial series, and the Hub Creative Arts Centre's facilitated workshops. The organisation approaches all of this through a community-rooted, place-based lens specific to Bequia and the broader Grenadines context.