Murilo Bellese
Within Kaluanã, Murilo is the President and Founder of the organisation. Starting in 2001, Murilo has since directed Kaluanã to become what it is today. Murilo was one of the pioneers to spread Outdoor Activities and Education in Northern Brazil.
Murilo has a degree in Tourism Management from University of Amazônia (PA) and an MBA in Business Management in Tourism, with an emphasis on Nature Tourism, from Cândido Mendes and SEBRAE (RJ).
In 2004 Murilo deepened his experience in Outdoor Education, as an Outdoor Education Instructor at the English school Outward Bound Brazil - OBB.
During several years of working with his students, Murilo has developed numerous techniques for sequential learning experiences where he masterfully guides people to deeply experience their relationship with the natural world. These techniques were inspired by the work of the Sharing Nature Foundation, an organization he has been instructing since 2005 and also within his own approach and philosophy of life.
Murilo is also an Outdoor Life Educator and Master of Low Impact Techniques “Leave No Trace” by Leave at Trace Outdoor Ethics Center USA since 2008.
Much of the year Murilo spends on expeditions in remote areas, in which he takes students of all ages from the North American school National Outdoor Leadership School - NOLS (USA), of which he is Chief instructor of ocean kayak and Canadian canoe, Hiking in terrains (forests, jungle and mountain) since 2008.
Murilo is also a specialist in first aid in remote areas (Wilderness First Responder) by the Wilderness Medicine Institute - WMI (USA) since 2008. It has PADI scuba diving courses; rescue in white waters (Swift Water Rescue), by Rescue 3 International (California, USA); ACA Ocean Kayak Instructor since 2011 (American Canoe Association).
He currently has more than 250 weeks of long-term expeditions as a NOLS instructor in Ocean Kayaking, Canadian Canoe and hiking in remote places in Chilean Patagonia, Alaska, Scandinavia and the Brazilian Amazon. He was Director of events at Kaluanã Amazônia Extrema, a paraense adventure racing circuit, from 2001 to 2011, where he has already directed more than 30 events.
Murilo's lifestyle is light and inspiring where he emphasizes in himself and in everyone around him states of self-knowledge and reflections on personal development and connection with Nature. Murilo loves meditation, gardening, outdoor sports and everything that is done in nature.
"I am passionate about life and the planet Earth. I am a father, planter, meditator, Outdoor Educator, surfer and activist for the preservation of life. My greatest motivation is to promote compassion among all of us (living beings). I consider myself an expeditionary and profound admirer of the natural world, I believe that I am not a dreamer, but a visionary whose main goal is to see all of us human beings, more evolved, lucid and awake. I hope to generate, through Kaluanã, experiences that make it easier for us to manifest role of Guardian of Life, which I believe is our true place, our mission here on this beautiful Planet. "