Product Overview
A New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Readers Pick
#1 New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
As 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.
Product Details
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 9781571313560
MSRP: $22.00
Binding: Paperback
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Audience Type: Adults
Published On: 08-11-2015
Braiding Sweetgrass : Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge And The Teachings Of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer
$22.00
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Nature | Essays
- Nature | Ecology
- Social Science | Native American Studies
- Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects
- Science | Life Sciences | Botany
- Nature | Plants | General
- Science | Life Sciences | Ecology
LC Subjects:
- Nature
- Philosophy
- Ecology
- Human ecology
- Botany
- Philosophy of nature
- Indian philosophy
- Indigenous peoples
- Human-plant relationships
- Effect of human beings on
- Social life and customs
- Potawatomi Indians
- Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Ingram Categories:
Ethnic Orientation | Native American
Dewey:
305.897
Features:
Bibliography,Price on Product,Table of Contents,
Target Age Group:
NA to NA
Physical Info:
1.10" H x 8.40" L x 5.50" W (1.15 lbs) 408 Pages
Number of Units in Package:
1
Product Overview
A New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Readers Pick
#1 New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
As 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.
Product Details
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 9781571313560
MSRP: $22.00
Binding: Paperback
Author: Kimmerer, Robin Wall
Audience Type: Adults
Published On: 08-11-2015
A New York Times 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Readers Pick
#1 New York Times Bestseller
A Washington Post and Los Angeles Times Bestseller
As 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.