Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Booktrust Teenage Prize (2007) Garth Risk Hallberg

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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Booktrust Teenage Prize (2007) Garth Risk HallbergBraiding Sweetgrass weaves Indigenous wisdom with scientific knowledge to show how recognizing our reciprocal relationship with the living world can awaken ecological consciousness. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, argues that listening to the languages of other beingsplants, animals, and ecosystemshelps us understand the Earth's generosity and learn to give our own gifts in return.