Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world.
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I love this book! It is science and spirituality and a profoundly different way of thinking about the future of Mother Earth. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, has given us a gift. We need to choose the green path. We need the eighth and final fire of peace and brotherhood. Read this book. It will change your life.
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Robin Wall Kimmerer says something early in this book - that plants and animals have been on this earth far longer than we have. They are the elders. Humans have the least experience of anyone here. We are the youngest species at the table.
I reflected on how my Greek immigrant grandmother knew this. At the laurel tree she'd say take only what you need. It's the obvious way to be in relationship with something older and wiser than you.
I feel like Kimmerer gave that instinct a name. Our ancestors were already living the answer.
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