Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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.
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"I fear that a world made of gifts connot coexist with a world made of commodities.
I fear that I have no power to protect what I love against the windigo. p 371
This book feels like it deserves a permanent spot on my physical shelf. I plan to return to this book time and again for perspective, hope, and action.
I first read this book as an audiobook, read by the author. I was so entranced and had so many "stop, I want to hear that again" moments that I bought the audio book. Kimmerer has helped me re-see the plants and trees on my daily walks and think more deeply about what my brother and I might do with the land we will one day inherit
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