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Braiding Sweetgrass

By Kimmerer, Robin Wall

Braiding Sweetgrass Books

Braiding Sweetgrass

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A New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Readers Pick  #1 New York Times Bestseller A Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Bestseller 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 "a 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 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. 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
408
Release Date:
2015-08-11
Publication Date:
2014-09-01
Publisher:
Ingram Publisher Services
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1571313567
ISBN13:
9781571313560
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
521 g
Height:
139 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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