This October, the SciFri Book Club will delve into the meditations and scientific explorations of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by botanist, ...

In braiding sweetgrass — so that it is smooth, glossy, and worthy of the gift — a certain amount of tension is needed. As any little girl with tight braids will tell you, you have to pull a bit.

In “Braiding Sweetgrass,” she weaves Indigenous wisdom with her scientific training. The book is simultaneously meditative about the abundance of the natural world and bold in its call to ...

In her new book, “The Serviceberry ... When “Braiding Sweetgrass” came out in the fall of 2013, it had a print run of 8,000 copies, and wasn’t reviewed by any major newspapers or magazines.

Kimmerer’s book Braiding Sweetgrass was published more than 10 years ago but is still finding new audiences today, including at Michigan State University. Search Query Show Search.

The presentation “Teaching Braiding Sweetgrass” will run from 4 to 5 p.m. in Old Main Colloquium. Book discussion. On Wednesday, March 20, students in Sigma Tau Delta will analyze the “Braiding ...

This philosophy of the “gift economy” is one she touched on in her 2013 book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” which draws on native beliefs and traditions as well as science to place humans in the ...

Braiding Sweetgrass also appeared on the most-borrowed lists this year at public libraries in San Francisco, Seattle and Amherst, Mass. Books We Love 12 novels that NPR critics and staff were ...

This October, the SciFri Book Club will delve into the meditations and scientific explorations of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants by botanist, ...

In braiding sweetgrass — so that it is smooth, glossy, and worthy of the gift — a certain amount of tension is needed. As any little girl with tight braids will tell you, you have to pull a bit.

With her blockbuster book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” Kimmerer’s ideas about how to repair humanity’s broken relationship with the natural world have spread far.