Robin Kimmerer’s voice is soothing and hearing her stories in her own voice and enriched with her spirit, sets the mood for connection and authenticity. If you are anything like me and you have a hard time sitting and reading, purchase the audiobook. Kimmerer and other Indigenous Peoples and share that sacred knowledge in all of my practices. It is the way she captures beauty that I love the most-the images of giant cedars and wild strawberries, a forest in the rain and a meadow of fragrant sweetgrass will. I hope that I can borrow the wisdom of Ms. 'Robin Wall Kimmerer has written an extraordinary book, showing how the factual, objective approach of science can be enriched by the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people. Our current lack of connection to the land and the natural world is the reason we must take immediate, drastic action to heal the planet. What I got from this book is that our historic relationship to the land was based on reciprocity, respect and gratitude. Out of all of the books I have read, this information has grounded me to our history as a species amongst species.Īfter listening to Robin Kimmerer’s book for the second time, I yearn for more. Each chapter is a different story, lesson or research account that will guide one’s spirit home to Mother Nature. This book has very little to do with landscape design theory, but more specifically, regards our practices and relationship to nature. Scored 12/20 in Ethical Consumers Guide to Booksellers Ranked 9th in Ethical Revolutions Top Ethical Online Booksellers Works with local bookshops Carbon. ― Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
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