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“It is an important idea and a serious challenge for me, at which I consistently fail,” says the author of the best-selling “Braiding Sweetgrass.” Her new book is “The Serviceberry.” ...
Indigenous ecologist and MacArthur Genius, Robin Wall Kimmerer has a brand new book, "The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World." Robin never set out to be the celebrity ...
In her new book The Serviceberry, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular economies of reciprocity and abundance that play out in natural ecosystems.
In her new book The Serviceberry, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular economies of reciprocity and abundance that play out in natural ecosystems.
CANANDAIGUA, NY — For author and botany professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, the "drill, baby, drill” rhetoric adopted by President Donald Trump and his supporters is painful to hear. The slogan ...
Instead, Robin Wall Kimmerer’s essay collection had been passed from hand to hand, from friend to friend. Which, in a bit of poetry, is how sweetgrass the plant is disseminated — not by seed ...
This week, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous ecologist and author of “The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance,” talks about the virtues of the ‘gift economy,” and explains that gifting is ...
For the Talk of Iowa book club, expert readers join host Charity Nebbe to discuss Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.