Seaweeds have long been vital foods and medicines among coastal peoples around the world — and they remain powerful superfoods for our times. With their remarkable healing compounds and rich nutrient diversity, seaweeds may be critical in sustaining human health and supporting detoxification at a time when we are most vulnerable to nutrient deficiencies and toxicity in our foodstream and environment.

Whether you’re a foodie, herb student, clinician, or devoted phycophile (seaweed lover), this class — and its companions Seaweed Meet and Greet and Seaweeds in the Herbal Kitchen— will help you find your own way of connecting with these magical macroalgae in daily life.

In this class, we’ll explore:

• Types of seaweeds

• Seaweed ecosystems

• Nutrients and medicinal phytochemicals

• Healing properties for home or clinical use

• Iodine and thyroid health

• Mucopolysaccharides: seaweeds’ unique medicinal gels

• External uses of seaweeds

• Pollution and sustainability

Simply learning to work with seaweeds — or understanding how they live and grow — can open a doorway to deeper connection with coastal ecosystems and the elemental resources that still sustain us.

🎥 Class recordings will be available to all registrants. Presentation slides will be available for viewing during the course, and a printed copy will be mailed to you following the completion of the series.

This class is part of the three-part Seaweed Immersion online series. Purchase discount class bundle here. If you decide to continue after the first class, the cost of your Introduction registration may be applied toward the Three-Class Immersion (provided you register before the second class).

➡️ Register just for Introduction to Marine Herbalism here.