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
Book Title: Braiding Sweetgrass
Original Language: English
Item Length: 8.5 in
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Unit Type: Unit
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781571313560
Release Year: 2015
Language: English
Item Height: 1 in
Personalized: No
Features: Bibliography, Table of Contents
Topic: Life Sciences / Botany, Plants / General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Ecology, Essays
Item Width: 5.5 in
Ex Libris: No
Title: Braiding Sweetgrass
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Inscribed: No
Intended Audience: Adults
Subtitle: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plan
Publication Year: 2015
EAN: 9781571313560
Era: 2010s
Illustrator: Yes
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Not Available
Genre: Nature, Social Science, Science
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Release Date: 09/24/2015
Number of Pages: 408 Pages