Braiding Sweetgrass [electronic resource] : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Wall Kimmerer, Robin2016
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As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. 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.
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Author:
Wall Kimmerer, Robin, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Tantor Media, Inc, 2016
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
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Mode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781515925903
Language:
English
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BRN:
2802021