Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

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Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

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MILK AND COOKIES
11 August 2015

Mathematics & Sciences; Trees, wildflowers & plants

"Called the work of ""a mesmerizing storyteller with deep compassion and memorable prose"" (""Publishers Weekly"") and the book that, ""anyone interested in natural history, botany, protecting nature, or Native American culture will love,"" by ""Library Journal,"" ""Braiding Sweetgrass"" is poised to be a classic of nature writing. As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer asks questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces indigenous teachings that consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. 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, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices."

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Imprint: MILK AND COOKIES
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 139mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 524g
ISBN: 9781571313560
ISBN 10: 1571313567
Pages: 408
Publication Date: 11 August 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: No Longer Our Product

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, a scientist, a decorated professor, and an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. A SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, she lives in Fabius, NY.

Reviews for Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer is writer of rare grace. She writes about the natural world from a place of such abundant passion that one can never quite see the world the same way after having seen it through Kimmerer's eyes. She is a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world. -- Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love and The Signature of All Things