A review by ssgcedits
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

The most beautiful, educational, well-structured and hopeful book on sustainability I have ever come across and I read a lot on the topic. So much is woven into this book--this is science in context, nature in context. The idea that we are actually part of it seems so foreign these days, yet Kimmerer writes seemingly effortlessly about our own role in the ecosystem. She makes it personal by sharing her own life in her essays and those of her community without dismissing much wider economic, political, colonial forces. I hope it is ever more successful and reaches more and more people because its message is urgent: we need not be the destroyer; we need not tear apart to survive; we can be carers, good neighbours, messengers, good children. This is one to pass on and discuss with everyone in your life.