Teaching
Tierra has taught at many schools, including Norma Meier's Herb School in Vancouver, Canada, The California School of Herbology, Heartwood College, the Esalen Institute, the American Herbal Academy, Santa Barbara Center for Holistic Studies, Antioch University and the Ojai Institute. Tierra is co-founder of the American School of Botanical Medicine with Amanda McQuade Crawford.
Tierra lectures internationally in England, New Zealand, and a number of other countries. He founded the East West College of Herbalism with David and Sarah Holland, recognized as an accredited professional herbal college in the United Kingdom. Each spring, Tierra and his wife Lesley teach in England at the East West College. His East West College correspondence course has had thousands of students.
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