Key insights from
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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12 minute read
Published Sep 16, 2013
What you'll learn
Nature is more than the multicolored plants we use to adorn our windowsills, and caring for the earth requires more than simply placing a recycling bin on the curb every Tuesday. In an environment filled with variety, mystery, and beauty beneath every fallen leaf and tilted tree, we are called to do more than complete a few superficial tasks. Nature simultaneously provides, instructs, and inspires human beings, blooming a world for which we should be thankful. Spiritual writer and scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer nurtures scientific and Native knowledge to plant a renewed understanding of the land—one that sustains the flourishing of people, plants, and animals as seeds of a single, winding relationship rooted in the earth.
Key insights
- • What you'll learn
- 1 Nature isn’t a product on a shelf—it’s a blessing beneath our feet.
- 2 Before you can change the world, first you must say “thank you” for it.
- 3 The Three Sisters provide a model for reciprocal relationships.
- 4 Changing our language changes our minds.
- 5 Fusing the knowledge of science and traditional Indigenous culture fosters a fuller understanding of the earth.
- 6 Shkitagen is our bright answer within ecological darkness.
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