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

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Publisher Description

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.

GENRE
Science & Nature
NARRATOR
RWK
Robin Wall Kimmerer
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
16:44
hr min
RELEASED
2016
July 5
PUBLISHER
Tantor Media, Inc
SIZE
767.9
MB

Customer Reviews

Wordwashedup ,

Beautifully written and narrated by the author

I’m glad that I purchased this book in audio format. I’m not sure that I would have read it in print form. The author is highly eloquent and very enlightening about botanical specimens and ecology. Although my ancestors are not indigenous to this country, I found sound advice in the advice of her elders.

I listened to the book for about an hour a day, as I watched leaves changing, horses grazing and birds migrating. It was the perfect book for these endeavors, as well as a salve in stressful times.

BaBeRr|Zzz R*D*O* ,

An anchor in manifestation

This book was just the summer read I was hoping for.

CodenameBatman ,

Some of the finest writing of our generation

Robin is an amazing writer. Imaginative, scientific and poetic. The words flow like the rivers. This is truly a life-changing book.

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