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Kimmerer, Robin Wall

Kimmerer, Robin Wall

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"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation." As she explores these themes she circles toward a central argument: the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return"-- "As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature. The woven essays that construct this book bring people back into conversation with all that is green and growing; a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even when we forgot how to listen"--

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Biographies
Botany -- Philosophy
Ethnoecology
Human ecology -- Philosophy
Human-plant relationships
Indian philosophy
Indigenous peoples -- Ecology
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
Philosophy of nature
Potawatomi Indians -- Biography
Potawatomi Indians -- Social life and customs

Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants

Braiding Sweetgrass Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants / Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding sweetgrass : indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teachings of plants / Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding sweetgrass

indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants

Botany
Ecology
Effect of human beings on
Ethnoecology
Human ecology
Human-plant relationships
Indian philosophy
Indigenous peoples
Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Nature
Nonfiction
Philosophy
Philosophy of nature
Potawatomi Indians
Social life and customs
Sociology