Robin Wall Kimmerer

Explains how developing a wider ecological consciousness can foster an increased understanding of both nature's generosity and the reciprocal relationship humans have with the natural world.

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

Braiding Sweetgrass

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering moss is a mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses. In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us. Drawing on her experiences as a scientist, a mother, and a Native American, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing. In her book, the natural history and cultural relationships of mosses become a powerful metaphor for ways of living in the world.

A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

Gathering Moss

The Democracy of Species

Gavin Van Horn

John Hausdoerffer

We live in an astounding world of relations. We share these ties that bind with our fellow humans--and we share these relations with nonhuman beings as well. From the bacterium swimming in your belly to the trees exhaling the breath you breathe, this community of life is our kin. For many cultures around the world, being human is based upon this extended sense of kinship. Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations is a lively series that explores our deep interconnections with the living world. These five Kinship volumes--Planet, Place, Partners, Persons, Practice--offer essays, interviews, poetry, and stories of solidarity, highlighting the interdependence that exists between humans and nonhuman beings. More than 70 contributors--including Robin Wall Kimmerer, Richard Powers, David Abram, J. Drew Lanham, and Sharon Blackie--invite readers into cosmologies, narratives, and everyday interactions that embrace a more-than-human world as worthy of our response and responsibility. These diverse voices render a wide range of possibilities for becoming better kin. From the recognition of nonhumans as persons to the care of our kinfolk through language and action, Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations is a guide and companion into the ways we can deepen our care and respect for the family of plants, rivers, mountains, animals, and others who live with us in this exuberant, life-generating, planetary tangle of relations.

Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, 5-Volume Set

Como botánica, Kimmerer formula preguntas sobre la naturaleza con las herramientas de la ciencia. Como miembro de la Citizen Potawatomi Nation, comparte la idea de que las plantas y los animales son nuestros maestros más antiguos. Esta obra es una reflexión que va desde la creación de Isla Tortuga hasta las fuerzas que amenazan hoy su florecimiento. Kimmerer despliega su idea central: el despertar de una conciencia ecológica requiere el reconocimiento y la celebración de nuestra relación recíproca con el resto del mundo viviente.

saber indígena, conocimiento científico y las enseñanzas de las plantas

Una Trenza de hierba sagrada

Naomi Klein

Tim Flannery

Timothy Morton

Jared Diamond

Amitav Ghosh

Michael Pollan

James Lovelock

Bill McKibben

Arne Næss

Aldo Leopold

George Monbiot

Wendell Berry

Greta Thunberg

Masanobu Fukuoka

Terry Tempest Williams

Rachel Carson

Wangari Maathai

Edward O Wilson

Dai Qing

Green Ideas Slipcase

Articles about trees that have appeared in Orion Magazine.

The Best Writing about Trees from Orion Magazine

Old Growth

Die Weisheit der Pflanzen

Geflochtenes Süßgras

Bitkilerin Ruhu

"As a leading researcher in the field of biology, Robin Wall Kimmerer understands the delicate state of our world. But as an active member of the Potawatomi nation, she senses and relates to the world through a way of knowing far older than any science. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she intertwines these two modes of awareness--the analytic and the emotional, the scientific and the cultural--to ultimately reveal a path toward healing the rift that grows between people and nature. The woven essays that construct this book bring people back into conversation with all that is green and growing; a universe that never stopped speaking to us, even when we forgot how to listen"--

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"Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation"--

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults

Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, is a mother, plant ecologist, professor and inspiring writer. Her New York Times Bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass - from which these quotes are drawn - has received rave reviews from our customers for years (see page 20). Art by Wendy Harris. Royalties paid to the Onondaga Nation.

Robin Kimmerer Note Card Collection

Earth Notes

Dünyanın evimiz olduğunu unuttuk. Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potawatomi halkının bir üyesi ve bir botanikçi olarak doğayla birden fazla dilde konuşabilen bir araştırmacı: Bir yandan çocukluğundan itibaren bitki ve hayvanlarla kurduğu ilişki ona doğanın en eski öğretmenimiz olduğunu göstermiş, öbür yandan ise botanik eğitimi ona bütünün parçalarını görmeyi öğretmiş. Halkının öğretilerini ve bilimin sesini kendinde birleştiren Kimmerer, Bitkilerin Ruhu’nda bu iki farklı bilgi merceğinden bakarak edindiği tecrübeleri bir araya getiriyor ve canlıların dünyasıyla kurduğumuz ilişkinin karşılıklı olması gerektiğini hatırlatıyor. Çünkü ancak diğer canlıların dillerini anlayabildiğimiz zaman dünyanın cömertliğini anlayabilir, bu cömertliğe karşılık kendi hediyelerimizi vermeyi öğrenebiliriz. Gezegenimizin sesini duymak bizim sorumluluğumuz... “Robin Wall Kimmerer olağanüstü bir kitap yazmış; kanıtlara dayalı, objektif bir bilim anlayışının, yerlilerin kadim öğretileriyle nasıl zenginleşebileceğini gösteriyor. Güzelliği o kadar iyi yakalayıveriyor ki… boylu mazıların, yabani çileklerin, yağmurun eksik olmadığı ormanların, mis gibi kokan kutsal ot dolu çayırların manzarası kitabı kenara koyduğunuzda bile gözünüzün önünden gitmiyor.” Jane Goodall

Monique Gray Smith

Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth’s oldest teachers: the plants around us. With informative sidebars, reflection questions, and art from illustrator Nicole Neidhardt, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults brings Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.

Głos naszej planety, za którego wysłuchanie jesteśmy odpowiedzialni Posłuchaj opowieści o kobiecie, która przybyła z nieba. Zwierzęta ofiarowały jej błoto z dna morza, a ona stworzyła ląd. Kiedy tańczyła, ląd się rozrastał. A gdy ofiarowała ziemi nasiona, dzikie trawy, kwiaty i drzewa rozprzestrzeniły się wszędzie. Tak powstała Ziemia – dzięki współpracy człowieka i przyrody. Dziś jednak trudno nam usłyszeć jej wołanie. Jako ludzie Zachodu zapomnieliśmy, że Ziemia to nasz dom. Ale nie jest jeszcze za późno. Posłuchaj pieśni Ziemi. ** Robin Wall Kimmerer, profesor botaniki i członkini plemienia Potawatomi, pokazuje, że nie jest za późno, by naprawić relację z otaczającym nas światem. Łącząc obszerną wiedzę naukową z rdzenną mądrością przodków, przypomina o lekcjach naszego najstarszego nauczyciela – natury. Zebrane w pięciu rozdziałach opowieści o wspólnych korzeniach ludzkości i planety pokazują, czego nauczyć mogą nas indiańskie dialekty, historia Skywoman i powstania świata oraz magiczne cykle przyrody. Ponadczasowa opowieść dla tych, których zachwyciła Biegnąca z wilkami Estes Pinkoli Clarissy. Powyższy opis pochodzi od wydawcy.

Pieśń Ziemi. Rdzenna mądrość, wiedza naukowa i lekcje płynące z natury

Como botánica, Kimmerer formula preguntas sobre la naturaleza con las herramientas de la ciencia. Como miembro de la Citizen Potawatomi Nation, comparte la idea de que las plantas y los animales son nuestros maestros más antiguos. En Una trenza de hierba sagrada, Kimmerer une estas dos lentes del conocimiento para guiarnos en "un viaje que es tan mítico como científico, tan sagrado como histórico, tan inteligente como sabio", en palabras de la escritora Elizabeth Gilbert. Basándose en su vida como científica, indígena, madre y mujer, nos muestra cómo otros seres vivos nos ofrecen regalos e importantes lecciones, incluso aunque hayamos olvidado cómo escuchar sus voces. En una rica trenza de reflexiones que van desde la creación de Isla Tortuga hasta las fuerzas que amenazan hoy su florecimiento, Kimmerer despliega su idea central: el despertar de una conciencia ecológica requiere el reconocimiento y la celebración de nuestra relación recíproca con el resto del mundo viviente. Solo cuando podamos escuchar los lenguajes de otros seres seremos capaces de comprender la generosidad de la tierra y aprender a dar nuestros propios dones a cambio. Una trenza de hierba sagrada está destinado a ser un clásico de la escritura sobre la naturaleza.

Una trenza de hierba sagrada

Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things--from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen--provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth's oldest teachers: the plants around us. With informative sidebars, reflection questions, and art from illustrator Nicole Neidhardt, Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults brings Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation.

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