Braiding Sweetgrass
About: Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beingsāasters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrassāoffer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return.
Feels: 5 āļø āWe restore the land, and the land restores us.ā Possibly the best nature writing Iāve ever read! Definitely a book Iāll read multiple times throughout my life and if anyone else had read it, Iād love to chat!