Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (748 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01H4772CU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 421 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-01-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
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 botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature usin
I can't recommend this book more highly This book changed my life. I have been a gardener most of my life, and have felt a connection to nature even as a city dweller. But reading this book has deepened my experience of the natural world into a much more spiritual level unlike any other book I have read previously. The science is fascinating and understandable; the wisdom is awe-inspiring. It is a book that I open and read whenever I need to p. B. Aiken said this is how any subjects you wish to be understood and loved are best taught. I'm glorying in the thought of this gem being required reading for graduates of all ages. What a different world we'd all live in.First, rest assured this is a deeply enjoyable read. Also, this is how any subjects you wish to be understood and loved are best taught: in story.Robin has mastered storytelling. And, athough she is a relatively new weaver, she seamlessly weaves botany, ancient and modern hist. DOESN"T GET ANY BETTER. This book is so wonderful. I found the book at my public library sitting on the counter where someone had just returned it. Since I grown my own sweetgrass I was curious and began reading it while waiting in the check line. Then I asked if I could borrow it. I could not put it down. It is so lovely and written from the heart, combining scientific information about plants with oral history, prose, and cul