Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Braiding Sweetgrass
Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Bestseller

Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer

Narrator: Robin Wall Kimmerer

Unabridged: 16 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/05/2016

Categories: Nonfiction, Nature, Ecology


Synopsis

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.

About Robin Wall Kimmerer

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Her first book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Her writings have appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lucy on March 28, 2020

This book has taught me so much, hopefully changed me for the better forever. It was heartbreaking to realize my nearly total disconnection from the earth, and painful to see the world again, slowly and in pieces. I'm sure there is still so much I can't see. But I'm grateful for this book and I reco......more

Goodreads review by Miranda on March 09, 2021

February's Reading Vlog is out today!The Written ReviewThis is a gorgeous book all about nature and science - what more can a girl ask for? Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist by trade and a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation- and she combines her passion for plants and history in this......more

Goodreads review by Nick on March 05, 2025

Just so lovely.......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on November 21, 2020

Powerful book with lots of indigenous wisdom related to science, gratitude, and how we relate to the land. I appreciated Robin Wall Kimmerer’s perspective on giving back to the land considering how much the land gives to us. As a social scientist myself, I found her nuanced ideas about the relations......more