Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Named a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary Hub

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on â€œa journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert).

Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beingsâ€•asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrassâ€•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. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
Country USA
Brand Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer Milkweed Editions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 22188640
ReleaseDate 2015-08-11
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884852638297
EANs 9781571313560

Country	USA
Brand	Milkweed Editions
Manufacturer	Milkweed Editions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	22188640
ReleaseDate	2015-08-11
UnitCount	1
UPCs	884852638297
EANs	9781571313560

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

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