The Teachings of Grass: Take What Is Given (Robin Wall Kimmerer)

"Indigenous peoples worldwide honor plants, not only as our sustainers, but as our oldest teachers who share teachings of generosity, creativity, sustainability and joy. By their living examples, plants spur our imaginations of how we might live. By braiding indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) with modern tools of botanical science, Robin Kimmerer, professor of Environmental Science and Forestry, of Potawatomi ancestry, explores the question: "If plants are our teachers, what are their lessons, and how might we become better students?"'

Reposted from Bioneers.org. Learn more about Robin's work at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and at the Center for Humans and Nature. 

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