Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
"An inspired weaving of indigenous knowledge, plant science, and personal narrative from a distinguished professor of science and a Native American whose previous book, Gathering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. 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"--
390 pages, 11 editions
English edition · First published 2013 by Milkweed Editions · ISBN 9781571313560
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Editions
11 editions
English
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants · Milkweed Editions · 2015 · ISBN 9781571313560 · 1 reader This page
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants · Tantor and Blackstone Publishing · 2021 · ISBN 9781799983156
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants · Tantor and Blackstone Publishing · 2021 · ISBN 9781799983163
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants · Penguin Books · 2020 · ISBN 9780141991962
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants · Milkweed Editions · 2020 · ISBN 9781571311771
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants · Penguin Books · 2020 · ISBN 9780141991955
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants · Tantor Audio · 2016 · ISBN 9781515955900
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants · Tantor Audio · 2016 · ISBN 9781515905905
- Braiding Sweetgrass · Milkweed Editions · 2013 · ISBN 9781571313355
- Braiding Sweetgrass · Milkweed Editions · 2013 · ISBN 9781306435529
- Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants · Milkweed Editions · 2013 · ISBN 9781571318718
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