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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Start date: February 26, 2023

Finish date: March 29, 2023

Why we're reading this: Braiding Sweetgrass is Books That Will Change Your Life: A Nonfiction Book Club's March selection! This b…more
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Mar 28, 2025 Karna Converse rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Meditative listen that encourages gratitude.

This book generated a wonderful discussion even though many hadn't completed the book. It's best read/listened to in small doses and in a quiet space that encourages contemplation.

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Mar 16, 2021 Katie Jones rated it it was amazing

A powerful, important, and hopeful book about humanity’s relationship to the rest of the natural world and how to address climate change. The author blends scientific and indigenous knowledge with poetic observations.

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Mar 10, 2022 Melissa rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I had to check this one out twice to finish reading it. A slow read because it was very thought provoking. Science and conservation combined with indigenous stories. It makes you sad for what has been taken from the natural world but also makes you consider if it is too late and the extent of the change in thought that it would take to repair some of the damaged that has been done and what the impacts are to human life.

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