Alice Grossmann-Guentert

At age 27 I left my original homeland, USA, and moved to Switzerland. Since then I have been reflecting on the origin of human values, I believe that social values arise out of a community’s evolution within its natural landscape. For centuries Swiss communities lived isolated from each other, and so had to become self reliant. From valley to valley diverse dialects developed. Swiss communities were also often divided by being at the border of opposing empires. Swiss diplomacy is a result of centuries of service and cunning communication. Besides water, and rocks, Switzerland has no natural resources. They have only their people, and so they invest themselves in embellishing the industries of others.

Genetic Manipulation is no exception. But rather than invest in CRISPR-cas9 I wish to influence my current homeland to focus on the new wing of Epigenetics, and so lay a robust foundation for the new age of the Syntropocene. Building international relations on the basis of Syntropic Farming. Too often swiss politics overlook potential of their own. Ernst Götsch turned his back on the budding GMO industry here, to instinctively demonstrate how Epigenetics could be put to the test to resolve the demise of our planets ecological and environmental functions while producing nutrient dense food.

28 May to 3 June 2026 I began the FORUM schooling in Schloss Glärisegg, Steckborn, St.Gallen to pioneer a new way to somehow convey the essence of the intra-species communication of syntropic farming as a metapher for the neurological finesse of human interaction. Mindfulness plays a role. So being, I hope eventually to somehow open or end some practices of FORUM with Duduum.ch From this first intensive exposure I do believe that FORUM resonates with the neurological epigenetics of human physiology and biochemistry. FORUM is a fine sensual practice of group connection and psychological collaboration. It is extremely practical, facilitation takes intense focus, and deep listening skills. Intuitively I feel that these skills may be jeopardized if medicine begins tampering with human genetic development...which theoretically can occur by merely introducing certain genetic manipulated products into our own bodies....including those of CRISPR-cas9.