Description: A New York Times BestsellerA Washington Post BestsellerNamed a "Best Essay Collection of the Decade" by Literary HubAs 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. Thank you for your business!
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Publication Name: Braiding Sweetgrass
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Title: Braiding Sweetgrass
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Vintage: No
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Subtitle: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plan
EAN: 9781571313560
Unit Type: Unit
ISBN: 9781571313560
Release Year: 2015
Era: 2010s
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Release Date: 09/24/2015
Book Title: Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Number of Pages: 408 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Ecology, Essays
Publication Year: 2015
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Social Science, Science
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Not Available
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
