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The Cycle Breakers PodcastRobin Wall Kimmerer: Braiding Sweetgrass, Lessons from Gift Economies, and the Reality of WindigoIn this conversation, Rachael is joined by Robin Wall Kimmerer - writer, scientist, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation - to explore what Indigenous teachings offer us in a time shaped by overconsumption, disconnection, and ecological crisis. Drawing from her work in Braiding Sweetgrass & The Serviceberry, Robin reflects on reciprocity as a way of life, the consequences of living in a market economy, and what happens when consumption replaces connection. Together, they examine how the Anishinaabe tale of Windigo is not relic of the past, but mirrors the systems shaping our present reality. ...
2026-02-2657 min
Matriarch MovementPlant Medicine, Reciprocity & Indigenous Futurism with Robin Wall KimmererIn this enlightening conversation, host Shayla Oulette Stonechild and renowned author Robin Wall Kimmerer explore the profound connections between Indigenous wisdom, language, and the natural world. You Robin shares her journey understanding the strength of the earth through plants and the importance of intergenerational knowledge. They discuss the responsibility we have towards the land, the healing power of nature, and the significance of curiosity in fostering relationships with the environment. The conversation also touches on the challenges of urban living, the importance of rituals for resilience, and the concept of two-eyed seeing, which integrates Indigenous and Western knowledge systems...
2026-02-1637 min
Plant PeopleMoss with Robin Wall KimmererHave you ever stopped to admire a patch of green moss—really gotten up close and SEEN the tiny forest of plantlife in all its complexity? For the first episode of Plant People Season 3, we’re doing just that. Today we’re joined by botanist and best-selling author Robin Wall Kimmerer, who sees moss and other up-close experiences in nature as the doorway to greater curiosity about our world. In today's episode, Kimmerer and host Jennifer Bernstein, NYBG CEO & President, explore the things ancient plantlife can teach us about surviving and truly thriving as people.
2026-02-0226 min
Reality RaincheckBonus Episode: The Serviceberry by Robin Wall KimmererEmbracing Abundance: Insights from "The Serviceberry" by Robin Wall Kimmerer In this engaging bonus episode of our book club, we delve into Robin Wall Kimmerer's profound work, "The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World." As we explore the intricate connections between nature, community, and economy, Kimmerer's insights challenge us to rethink our relationship with the environment and each other. 1. **The Essence of The Serviceberry** Janelle Morris introduces the podcast episode by highlighting the significance of Kimmerer's work, tying it to past discussions and upcoming highlights, including a future conversation with Robert Mc...
2026-01-311h 16
Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureMobilizing Communities, Plant by Plant with Braiding Sweetgrass’ Robin Wall Kimmerer [episode cut]Synopsis: In conversation with Laura Flanders, ecologist and activist Professor Robin Wall Kimmerer discusses how embracing ecological grief can be a powerful catalyst for change in restoring balance between humans and the Earth they inhabit.Make a tax deductible YEAR END DONATION and become a member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate. This show is made possible by you! Description: When was the last time you listened to the plants? Plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, a self-proclaimed “student of the plants,” has dedicated her life to helping people of all ages understand the symbiotic relationship between humans...
2026-01-0729 min
Laura Flanders and Friends: Solutions-Focused Progressive Perspectives on Politics, News, and CultureMobilizing Communities, Plant by Plant with Braiding Sweetgrass’ Robin Wall Kimmerer [Full Uncut Conversation]Synopsis: Plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, a self-proclaimed “student of the plants,” has dedicated her life to helping people of all ages understand the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature. Her latest initiative “Plant Baby Plant” does exactly that, by mobilizing communities to restore plants while building collective power for the Earth.Make a tax deductible YEAR END DONATION and become a member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate. This show is made possible by you! Description: When was the last time you listened to the plants? Plant ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer, a self-proclaimed “student of the plants,”...
2026-01-0245 min
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2025-12-1908 min
the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the DayRobin Wall Kimmerer - The responsibility does not lie with the maples alone. The other half belongs to us: we participate in its transformation. It is our work, and our gratitude...Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 17th.Today is National Maple Syrup Day – celebrating nature's sweetest gift and the patience required to create it.Real maple syrup is liquid gold, distilled from the sap of sugar maple trees. The process is ancient, dating back thousands of years to indigenous peoples who discovered how to collect and boil down sap into syrup long before European settlers arrived.Making maple syrup requires patience and timing. Trees must be at least 30-40 years old before they can be t...
2025-12-1705 min
The Nature Of with Willow DefebaughRobin Wall Kimmerer: The Land Loves You BackIn this week’s episode of The Nature Of, Willow sits down with Robin Wall Kimmerer, beloved scientist, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. They explore the shift from learning about to learning from nature, understanding that the land loves us back, and her new initiative Plant Baby Plant. Robin invites us to step back into belonging, and to see the natural world not as something separate from us, but as a generous teacher offering guidance every single day. This conversation is full of wonder and clarity, and it just might change the way yo...
2025-12-1649 min
Think Out LoudREBROADCAST: Author Robin Wall KimmererIndigenous author, botanist and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer is best known for her book “Braiding Sweetgrass,” which was published in 2013 and is about the reciprocal relationships between humans and the land. Her first book, “Gathering Moss,” was published a decade earlier by Oregon State University Press. We spoke to Kimmerer on May 17, 2024 when she was in Corvallis to accept Oregon State University’s 2024 Stone Award for Literary Achievement and give a lecture on campus.
2025-11-2752 min
Emergence Magazine PodcastPractical Reverence – A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer
This Thanksgiving holiday, we return to a conversation with Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer, where she talks about her new book The Serviceberry, which emerged from an essay she wrote for us about the potential of a gift economy to recognize the sacred nature of the Earth. Robin introduces a set of ethical and pragmatic principles, known as “the Honorable Harvest,” that orients us to take only what we need, share abundance, and offer gratitude for what is selflessly given to us; and leads us towards embodying a simple “practical reverence” for the Earth.
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2025-11-2559 min
Kendall BookwormsBonus Episode w/Guest Host Haley: Talking Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererIn this fantastic discussion, Haley has come back to join Joe to talk about her all-time favorite book. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer has become one of those late bloomers of books that everyone is talking about. And for good reason. We get a little hippy-dippy at times, but this book is not only worth reading, but talking about with everyone. Haley and Joe bring many of their personal stories of adventures in nature to add in with Robin's amazing tales.
A quick note from th...
2025-11-201h 34Kendall BookwormsBonus Episode w/Guest Host Haley: Talking Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererIn this fantastic discussion, Haley has come back to join Joe to talk about her all-time favorite book. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer has become one of those late bloomers of books that everyone is talking about. And for good reason. We get a little hippy-dippy at times, but this book is not only worth reading, but talking about with everyone. Haley and Joe bring many of their personal stories of adventures in nature to add in with Robin's amazing tales.
A quick note from th...
2025-11-201h 34
Relentless Indigenous Woman PodcastEp. 38: The Pedagogy of Moss: Lessons in Fluidity, Belonging, and Resilience with Dr. Robin Wall KimmererDr. Candace Manitopyes sits down with the beloved scientist, writer, and matriarch Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss. They weave a dialogue on remembrance, resistance, and relationality, where Indigenous knowledge and scientific thought meet in the shared soil of hope.Dr. Kimmerer reflects on her newest movement, Plant Baby Plant, which calls people to resist extraction by restoring reciprocity through regeneration. She and Candace speak candidly about despair, joy as an act of resistance, and the necessity of holding “two buckets”(one for grief, one for goodness) at once.Their exch...
2025-11-1554 min
Native America CallingThursday, September 25, 2025 – Robin Wall Kimmerer challenges us to re-examine what we know about the natural worldPropelled by the success of her runaway bestseller, “Braiding Sweetgrass”, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatomi) continues a passion for weaving together the science, the cultural knowledge, and the beauty of the natural environment and importance of taking notice of it. In her new children’s picture book, “Bud Finds Her Gift,” a young girl discovers what it means to receive and give the gifts of nature. And her book, “The Serviceberry,” lands on the small fruit clusters as a starting point to awaken one’s gratitude for the environment’s abundance. We’ll hear from Kimmerer about the arc of her work and the...
2025-09-2556 minNative America CallingThursday, September 25, 2025 – Robin Wall Kimmerer challenges us to re-examine what we know about the natural worldPropelled by the success of her runaway bestseller, “Braiding Sweetgrass”, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Potawatomi) continues a passion for weaving together the science, the cultural knowledge, and the beauty of the natural environment and importance of taking notice of it. In her new children’s picture book, “Bud Finds Her Gift,” a young girl discovers what it means to receive and give the gifts of nature. And her book, “The Serviceberry,” lands on the small fruit clusters as a starting point to awaken one’s gratitude for the environment’s abundance. We’ll hear from Kimmerer about the arc of her work and the...
2025-09-2556 min
The StacksEp. 386 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer — The Stacks Book Club (Alexis Madrigal)It's The Stacks Book Club Day, and we're talking about the plant world and nature with this month’s pick, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. The wonderful journalist and author Alexis Madrigal is back for this conversation on this modern nonfiction classic. We discuss the influence this book has had on writers and readers alike, as well as the essays that stuck with us most. We also dig into Kimmerer's relationship with city people and how she pushes the boundaries of what is possible.There are no spoi...
2025-08-271h 01
Emergence Magazine PodcastBecoming Earth: An Experimental Theology – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Potawatomi botanist and author Robin Wall Kimmerer visits the Andrews Experimental Forest in Oregon, where over the course of two centuries scientists will study how old-growth trees and their decomposition contribute to the biogeochemical cycles of the Earth. For the forest’s cedar trees, Robin says, death is merely a transition—a rearrangement of elements from one species to the next. What might this teach us about the nature of our own “afterlife?” Can this cyclical ecology be an experimental theology? This episode is the final in a series we are sharing in partnership with the Center for Humans and Natu...
2025-07-0129 min
Read Book Briefs PodcastWhispers of the Forest: The Wisdom of Moss in Robin Wall Kimmerer's 'Gathering Moss'1.Audiobook Experience:Gathering Moss byRobin Wall Kimmerer
Listening to the audiobook version of "Gathering Moss" by Robin Wall Kimmerer transforms the rich, sensory language of the text into an immersive auditory journey. The gentle cadence and thoughtful pacing of the narration allow the listener to savor the intricate details of mosses and their ecosystems, as well as Kimmerer’s profound reflections on nature and Indigenous wisdom. The soothing sounds of nature woven throughout the experience further enhance the connection to the environment, enabling a deeper contemplation of the themes and inviting readers to pa...
2025-06-1102 min
People I (Mostly) Admire159. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Manifesto for a Gift EconomyShe’s a botanist, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and the author of the bestselling Braiding Sweetgrass. In her new book she criticizes the market economy — but she and Steve find a surprising amount of common ground. SOURCES:Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. RESOURCES:The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2024).Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2015).Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses...
2025-06-0757 min
Going Conscious#169 Reading from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer'An extraordinary book, showing how the factual, objective approach of science can be enriched by the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people. It is the way she captures beauty that I love the most - the images will stay with you long after you read the last page.' Jane Goodall. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. In this episode I read a short passage on the Honourable Harvest and discuss its application to business and investment. I hope you wi...
2025-05-2711 min
Assigned Reading with Becky Mollenkamp: Conversations about Feminist EssaysObjectification Begins With Words: Reading Robin Wall Kimmerer with Nancy HarrisThis week’s text: ✍️ “Speaking of Nature” by Robin Wall KimmererThis week’s guest: Nancy Harris (she/her) is an executive coach, keynote speaker, and facilitator supporting leaders and organizations committed to equity, people-centered work, and transformational change. She’s the founder of Restart Consulting, host of The Intersection podcast, and a lifelong nature-lover rediscovering the power of slowing down.Find Nancy: 🌐 restartconsulting.com 🎧 The Intersection podcast 📱 LinkedInDiscussed in this episode:The objectification of nature—and the people we treat like ob...
2025-05-2047 min
Audiobook CaféReview of Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: A Journey Through Indigenous WisdomKaroline Bordeau unpacks Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, where Indigenous wisdom meet scientific exploration. Kimmerer’s reflections on traditional teachings and ecological science offer a transformative perspective on the gifts of the land, the power of gratitude, and the importance of reciprocity. Jacob is struck by the idea that protecting nature is a response to the earth’s love for us, and he unwinds the concept of Indigenous languages animating the natural world through verbs, not nouns.Plus, Karoline gives us her Solo Review of The Year We Turned Forty by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke, where...
2025-03-2629 min
Meanderings with TrudyMwT Book Review: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThis gentle book explores the deep knowledge coming out of the Indigenous way of living on the land. Using stories coming from her Potawatomi ancestors, Dr. Kimmerer shares traditional ways of gardening and harvesting, as well as some of the origin stories of her people. She then weaves these together with knowledge from botany and Western Science, showing us that both traditions have legitimacy. She underlines practices of gratitude in how we live on the land, and reminds us that we live in reciprocal relationships with our world. I especially love the chapter on language and how it holds...
2025-03-2518 min
Smologies with Alie WardMOSS with Robin Wall KimmererAn instant classic. You’ll listen on repeat as world-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the most beautifully doled-out information about hidden worlds, forests in miniature, making a home in the tiniest of spaces, why moss makes great diapers, whether they’re cozy to sleep on, and philosophies about science and ecology. Dr. Kimmerer, author of “Gathering Moss,” will change the way you see mosses forever, will inspire you to wear a loupe on a rope, and will soothe your soul with her beautiful voice an...
2025-03-2025 min
Forum on Religion and Ecology: Spotlights5.9 Reviewing The Serviceberry, by Robin Wall KimmererThis episode features our host reviewing the latest book by Robin Wall Kimmerer, The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, focusing specifically on the idea of a gift economy. The book invites us to transition from the extractive and exploitative market economy that is dominant around the globe to a gift economy oriented around abundance, reciprocity, and gratitude. It is an informative and inspiring book that works as a good introduction to Kimmerer's work for those unfamiliar with her while also adding more depth for those who have already read her previous works, like Braiding Sweetgrass.
2025-01-2023 min
Ask a BooksellerAsk a Bookseller: 'The Serviceberry' by Robin Wall KimmererOn The Thread’s Ask a Bookseller series, we talk to independent booksellers all over the country to find out what books they’re most excited about right now.Fans of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s “Braiding Sweetgrass” were looking forward to her new collection of short essays “The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World,” which was published shortly before Thanksgiving. Beth Hartung of Pearl Street Books in La Crosse, Wis., says it was at the top of her list of favorite books from last year. Weighing in at 128 pages with accompanying illustrations...
2025-01-1802 min
Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri MillerNaturalist Robin Wall Kimmerer on her new book, ‘The Serviceberry’Robin Wall Kimmerer embodies an abundance mindset. The naturalist and author sees the world through the lens of her Anishinaabe ancestors, where interdependence is reality, and humans are neither above nor below the natural world. We are just one part, kin to every animal and plant and stream. Her beloved book, “Braiding Sweetgrass,” laid out this philosophy. Published in 2013, it enjoyed a gentle rise to public consciousness, not jumping onto the bestseller list until six years after publication. But it remains there to this day, a beloved devotional to millions.Now...
2025-01-1057 min
Tree Book PassagesThe Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer - Tree Book Passages - Episode 1Welcome, listeners, to the Tree Book Passages (formerly Tree Book Fan Page), a tree book podcast and shop. We are Doug Still, arborist and host of This Old Tree podcast and Georgia Silvera Seamans, a lapsed arborist and host of the Your Bird Story podcast.Our first book review is of The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Folks might know Dr. Kimmerer as the author of Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss. I read Braiding Sweetgrass, but I have not read Gathering Moss. When I learned that Dr Kimmerer had a new book coming out, my ears perked up w...
2025-01-0606 min
Emergence Magazine PodcastThe Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
In this episode, we return to one of our most cherished stories: “The Serviceberry,” by Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer. Exploring how we can move away from an economy of scarcity to one rooted in relationship and gratitude, she draws our attention to the gift economies flourishing all around us to affirm that it is entirely within our power to create webs of interdependence outside the market economy. When we find the courage to honor the gifts given by the living world, the outcome, she says, is not only material, but spiritual. Read the essay. Read t...
2024-12-2448 min
Complete Service-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoSeeing Nature and Presence Through the Eyes of Robin Wall Kimmerer"Seeing Nature and Presence Through the Eyes of Robin Wall Kimmerer"
Sunday, December 1, 2024, 10:50 am
This sleepy Sunday of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend—one of the quietest times I know anymore (assuming you don't dive into Black Friday's melee)—is a great time to walk and wander with scientist, professor, mother, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate; Rami Bar-Niv, pianist; Akané Ota, songleader; Wm. García Ganz, pianist
Eric Shackelford, Camera Operator; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Thomas Brown, Jose Matias...
2024-12-011h 14Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San FranciscoSeeing Nature and Presence Through the Eyes of Robin Wall Kimmerer"Seeing Nature and Presence Through the Eyes of Robin Wall Kimmerer"
Sunday, December 1, 2024, 10:50 am
This sleepy Sunday of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend—one of the quietest times I know anymore (assuming you don't dive into Black Friday's melee)—is a great time to walk and wander with scientist, professor, mother, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Rev. Vanessa Rush Southern, Senior Minister; Richard Davis-Lowell, Worship Associate; Rami Bar-Niv, pianist; Akané Ota, songleader; Wm. García Ganz, pianist
Eric Shackelford, Camera Operator; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Thomas Brown, Jose Matias...
2024-12-0130 minThink Out LoudAuthor Robin Wall Kimmerer receives literary award at Oregon State UniversityIndigenous author, botanist and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer is best known for her book “Braiding Sweetgrass,” which was published in 2013 and is about the reciprocal relationships between humans and the land. Her first book, “Gathering Moss,” was published a decade earlier by Oregon State University Press. Kimmerer is in Corvallis to accept Oregon State University’s 2024 Stone Award for Literary Achievement. She will give a lecture on Friday, May 17th at 7pm.
2024-11-2752 min
Emergence Magazine PodcastPractical Reverence – A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer
In this conversation, Potawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer celebrates the serviceberry—both as a plant of joyous generosity, and as a living model for a gift economy that recognizes the sacred nature of the Earth. Delving into her latest book, which elaborates on an essay she wrote for us in 2020, Robin speaks about how a sense of “enoughness” can radically shift our habits of consumption; and how the ethical and pragmatic principles of the Honorable Harvest can invite us to honor a currency of relationship over a currency of money, helping us embody a practical reverence for the Earth and He...
2024-11-261h 00
Life Examined‘The Serviceberry’: Robin Wall Kimmerer’s guide to the gift economyPotawatomi botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer discusses the philosophy of a “gift economy” in her latest book The Serviceberry, expanding on the theme of reciprocity from her 2013 book Braiding Sweetgrass.
At a time of increasing consumerism and declining natural resources, gifting, Kimmerer reminds us, is a truly renewable resource. She draws on the example of the serviceberry and its remarkable ability to give:
“In my Potawatomi language, the word for berry ‘min’ is also the root word for gift and for gift giving. So when you see them hanging there ... They're just meant to attract us, right? And they do! T...
2024-11-2453 min
Cultivating Place: Conversations on Natural History and the Human Impulse to GardenAll flourishing is mutual, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Best Of)In honor of the season of gratitude, festivities, long nights, rest, and reflection upon us, this week we revisit a BEST OF conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous scholar, professor, land and culture tender, MacArthur Genius Grant award winner, mother, and all around wonderful human.
She is also a gardener. Her book, Braiding Sweetgrass (Milkweed Editions) is something of a philosophical north star for many of us, and this week Dr. Kimmerer's newest book The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World is out from Scribner press.
As always with Robin's work, The Serviceberry is perhaps exactly what we...
2024-11-2156 minCultivating PlaceAll flourishing is mutual, Robin Wall Kimmerer (Best Of)In honor of the season of gratitude, festivities, long nights, rest, and reflection upon us, this week we revisit a BEST OF conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer, Indigenous scholar, professor, land and culture tender, MacArthur Genius Grant award winner, mother, and all around wonderful human.
She is also a gardener. Her book, Braiding Sweetgrass (Milkweed Editions) is something of a philosophical north star for many of us, and this week Dr. Kimmerer's newest book The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World is out from Scribner press.
As always with Robin's work, The Serviceberry is perhaps exactly what we...
2024-11-2156 min
Free Audiobook: Because Folding Laundry Is More Exciting With a StoryServiceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance - Robin Wall KimmererListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and AbundanceAuthor: Robin Wall KimmererNarrator: TBDFormat: UnabridgedLength: 0:00:00Language: EnglishRelease date: 11-19-2024Publisher: PGRH UKGenres: Science & Technology, Animals & NatureSummary:Brought to you by Penguin.
As indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we...
2024-11-1900 min
Listen To The Full Audiobook That Keeps Book-Lovers Hooked.The Serviceberry by Robin Wall KimmererPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62097to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Serviceberry
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Length: 1 hr and 56 mins
Release date: 11-19-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 815 ratings
Genres: Outdoors & Nature
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As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the...
2024-11-191h 56
Embrace The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Heart-Pounding!The Serviceberry by Robin Wall KimmererPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/62317to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Serviceberry
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrator: John Burgoyne, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Format: mp3
Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
Release date: 11-19-24
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: Outdoors & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
As indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? The Serviceberry is an antidote to the...
2024-11-191h 55
10% Happier with Dan HarrisThe Antidote To Not-Enoughness | Robin Wall KimmererNew episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers. --- Radical strategies for the scarcity mindset. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in...
2024-11-131h 07
Poured OverRobin Wall Kimmerer on THE SERVICEBERRYThe Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer reflects with care and compassion on humanity's reciprocal relationship with nature and the economy. Kimmerer joins us to talk about the ways the natural world reflects human society, how we can reframe our views on the systems around us, what we can do to improve our connection to nature and more with cohost Jenna Seery. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from Donald and Jamie. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Jenna Seery and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) he...
2024-11-1246 min
Deep Dive PodcastBraiding Sweetgrass By Robin Wall KimmererBraiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer is a deeply reflective and lyrical work that weaves together indigenous teachings, ecological science, and personal memoir. As a botanist and a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer offers a unique perspective on the relationship between humans and the natural world.The book explores the importance of reciprocity, gratitude, and respect for nature through indigenous practices and the scientific understanding of plants. Kimmerer shares stories about the interconnectedness of life, the sacredness of the land, and the lessons we can learn from plants and...
2024-10-1244 min
Hourglass: United Way of King County#36: Spinning Yarns, Braiding Sweetgrass: Robin Wall KimmererSend a textGood news happens! This week’s episode features a conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer, an Indigenous scientist and storyteller whose book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants remained on the New York Times bestseller list for more than three years. Kimmerer will be a returning guest speaker for the Seattle Arts and Lectures Encore Series on December 9 at Town Hall, and United Way of King County is proud to co-sponsor that event. This week’s episode will also feature information about United Way’s Our Neighbor...
2024-10-0727 min
5x15Robin Wall Kimmerer And Alice Vincent, Live at Conway HallDue to phenomenal demand, 5x15 has programmed an additional London event with leading author and ecologist Robin Wall Kimmerer. Don't miss the chance to hear this extraordinary writer share her unique perspectives on plants, ecology and the natural world. She will be in conversation with Alice Vincent- author of Rootbound- at Conway Hall on May 30th.
Robin Wall Kimmerer's internationally bestselling books, Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss, not only teach us about the biology of different organisms, but show us other ways of living in the world. It is through celebrating our reciprocal relationship with nature that we can awaken...
2024-08-021h 15
Why Women GrowRobin Wall Kimmerer on gardening as loveRobin Wall Kimmerer is a is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She’s a rare example of someone who straddles the world of academic science and indigenous teaching; by crossing the gulf between the two, she’s transformed how people understand the outside world. Her book, Braiding Sweetgrass, is a remarkable example of wisdom that thrives on being passed on: it took seven years to land in the New York Times' bestseller list, then stayed there for months.
Robin lives in Upstate New York, but when she was in the U...
2024-07-2323 min
5x155x15 Presents: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Live at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew5x15 is delighted to announce an exclusive event with leading author Robin Wall Kimmerer, in the beautiful setting of Kew Gardens.
Robin Wall Kimmerer's internationally bestselling books, Braiding Sweetgrass and Gathering Moss, not only teach us about the biology of different organisms, but show us other ways of living in the world. It is through celebrating our reciprocal relationship with nature that we can awaken our ecological consciousness, and better protect our planet's gifts.
Don't miss the chance to hear this extraordinary writer share her unique perspectives on plants, ecology and the natural world.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother...
2024-06-101h 03
Don't Read DrunkEpisode 120: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererEnjoy a mushroom coffee or a mushroom hot cocoa to get in the mood for Braiding Sweet Grass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. Support this podcast on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/dontreaddrunkRobin Wall Kimmerer Websitehttps://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/ Robin Wall Kimmerer Wikihttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Wall_Kimmerer Mushroom Hot Cocoahttps://minimalistbaker.com/5-minute-mushroom-latte-2-ways/ Marinated Cattail Shoots Recipehttps://foragerchef.com/marinated-cattail-hearts/ Cattails in Cream Sauce Recipeh...
2024-04-2534 min
Emergence Magazine PodcastCorn Tastes Better on the Honor System – Robin Wall Kimmerer
In one of our favorite stories, “Corn Tastes Better on the Honor System,” Potawatomi mother, scientist, and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer takes us through the nine-thousand-year existence of maize, reflecting on the ancient circle of reciprocity that links humans and corn and what has been severed in this once deeply sacred relationship. With an eye to the unsustainable industrial practices—GMOs, monoculture, use of toxic fertilizers—that continue to dominate the landscape of agriculture, Robin invites us to reconnect with the age-old teachings and kinships, held within plants, that are waiting to be remembered.Explore this feature.Lea...
2023-11-2158 min
CarbonSessions[SUMMER SERIES 2/3] Carbon Connection - On Being - The Intelligence of Plants with Robin Wall KimmererEpisode Summary: In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we discover the Intelligence of Plants with Krista Tippett and her guest Robin Wall Kimmerer.For the summer, we are republishing episodes from other shows within our Network as CarbonSessions is a part of the Carbon Almanac Network of Podcasts Each of our shows is dedicated to a unique audience because we want to make sure that no one is left out of the climate change conversations.This week, we would like to introduce you to Carbon Connection.Because of the many d...
2023-08-1156 min
First Voices Radio06/11/23 - Robin Wall Kimmerer (Repeat from 2016)This week we are revisiting Tiokasin Ghosthorse's 2016 conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer.Robin is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of the widely acclaimed “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants” (Milkweed Editions, 2013). In 2022, the was adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith. This new edition reinforces how wider ecological understanding stems from listening to the earth’s oldest teachers—the plants around us. Robin’s first book, “Gathering Moss,” was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Robin’s writ...
2023-06-1257 min
Dive Into The Full Audiobook That Keeps Book-Lovers Hooked.Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/69771to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapter
Narrator: Monique Gray Smith
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 05-02-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings
Genres: Science & Technology
Publisher's Summary:
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edit...
2023-05-027h 44Embrace The Breakthrough Full Audiobook Experience!Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/67476to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapter
Narrator: Monique Gray Smith
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 05-02-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings
Genres: History & Culture
Publisher's Summary:
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edit...
2023-05-027h 44Power-Up With The Spellbinding Full Audiobook Experience!Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapterPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/66003to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith - adapter
Narrator: Monique Gray Smith
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
Release date: 05-02-23
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 14 ratings
Genres: Biographies
Publisher's Summary:
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things—from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen—provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her bestselling book Braiding Sweetgrass. Adapted for young adults by Monique Gray Smith, this new edition rein...
2023-05-027h 44
New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)Robin Wall Kimmerer on Attentiveness and AlliancesOn Earth Day this year, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus sat down with author and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer (Potawatomi), who was in Albuquerque to deliver the Leopold Writing Program’s annual lecture.
In the conversation you’re about to hear, Dr. Kimmerer talks about many of the themes in her best-selling and beloved book, Braiding Sweetgrass. We spoke outside on a lovely spring morning in the North Valley. That means you might hear an occasional bird … or airplane. And at the very end of the conversation,
you’ll hear a group of people walking past us and t...
2023-04-2825 min
Book Club with Julia and Victoria109 Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer — Indigenous Language, Knowledge, and HomeJulia and Victoria meet up with their internet friend Sofía Syntaxx (of the ANGR podcast) to talk about how much they loved Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, swap stories, compare languages and knowledge systems, and laugh about all the things American scientists “discovered” which indigenous peoples have known for thousands of years. A good deal of swearing is involved, but like, in a fun way.Become a Member! Follow the podcast on Instagram and hang out with Victoria on Storygraph:Book Club with Julia & Victoria (Episodes 1-100) Reading ChallengeBook...
2023-03-131h 13
ologies with alie wardBryology (MOSS) Encore with Dr. Robin Wall KimmererIt’s November and you need chill vibes. And Native American Heritage Month is the perfect time to encore this classic. World-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Gathering Moss” and “Braiding Sweetgrass,” talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the most beautifully doled-out information about hidden worlds, overlooked mysteries, botanical drama, forests in miniature, Native peoples’ uses for moss and philosophies about science and ecology. Dr. Kimmerer will change the way you see mosses forever, will inspire you to wear a loupe on a rope, and will soothe your soul with her beau...
2022-11-151h 16
Ologies with Alie WardBryology (MOSS) Encore with Dr. Robin Wall KimmererIt’s November and you need chill vibes. And Native American Heritage Month is the perfect time to encore this classic. World-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Gathering Moss” and “Braiding Sweetgrass,” talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the most beautifully doled-out information about hidden worlds, overlooked mysteries, botanical drama, forests in miniature, Native peoples’ uses for moss and philosophies about science and ecology. Dr. Kimmerer will change the way you see mosses forever, will inspire you to wear a loupe on a rope, and will soothe your soul with her...
2022-11-151h 13
SeedcastSpotlight: On Being with Krista Tippett - Robin Wall Kimmerer - The Intelligence of PlantsIt’s time for a new Seedcast Spotlight episode. This time we’re sharing an episode from the podcast On Being with Krista Tippett featuring mother, scientist, and professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. "In Indigenous ways of knowing, we say that we know a thing when we know it not only with our physical senses, with our intellect, but also when we engage our intuitive ways of knowing — of emotional knowledge and spiritual knowledge,” says Robin Wall Kimmerer in this episode. “Traditional knowledge engages us in listening.” Robin was just...
2022-11-0951 min
Artists on Writers | Writers on ArtistsBjörk and Robin Wall KimmererFor our October episode, musician-artist Björk talks with author-scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer across subjects ranging from how language connects us to the natural world; the consequences—both personal and global —of living apart from nature; and what it means in our transient society to live in right relationship to the land. Bjork’s latest album, Fossora, is out with One Little Independent Records. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s most recent book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, is available from Milkweed Editions.
2022-10-2652 min
Zoo-notableIndigenous People Day: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Zoo-notable S2E44)To celebrate Indigenous People's Day, I'm sharing the fantastic wisdom from the book Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
This is probably the most profound Zoonotable I feel I’ve ever done.
I have always revered Native Americans for their relationship with the earth. But to be honest, I’ve never felt connected to their way of life. It was THEIR way, and while I feel more connected to nature than I do to say, a city, I just didn’t feel I could practice the Indigenous principles. But with Braiding Sweetgrass, I feel as if I’v...
2022-10-1028 min
Climate ChangedWhat is Wrong with Me? with Keyana Pardilla, Robin Wall Kimmerer and Sherri MitchellWhat is Wrong with Me? with Keyana Pardilla, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Sherri Mitchell
In this episode of the Climate Changed podcast, you will experience:
A centering practice: Sean Dague helps us envision a world without fossil fuels.
A conversation with Keyana Pardilla
Excerpts from live BTS Center Zoom programs featuring Robin Wall Kimmerer and Sherri Mitchell
Next Steps for Engaged Hope
About Keyana Pardilla
Keyana Pardilla graduated in 2020 from the University of Maine with a bachelor's degree in marine science. She grew up on a Penobscot reservation where she continues to live. Her current work is in...
2022-08-2343 min
The Carbon ConnectionOn Being - The Intelligence of Plants with Robin Wall KimmererIn this episode of The Carbon Connection, we discover the Intelligence of Plants with Krista Tippett and her guest Robin Wall Kimmerer.Robin Wall Kimmerer's blend of indigenous wisdom and scientific exploration and her calm, kindly delivery have nurtured many. She shares her perspectives on plant wisdom and encourages reflection on the natural world and our relationship with it.This guest speaks of the interconnectedness of all things, which speaks to the urgency of looking after all things. We particularly liked her explanation of mosses "sharing limited resources and making the most of what they've...
2022-08-0954 min
Kindred16. Living In Reciprocity | In Review: Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Knowledge, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall KimmererIn this week's episode, Kate and Jenn take a deep dive into Robin Wall Kimmerer's book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Knowledge, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer takes us beyond the science of plants and into the intricate reciprocal relationship we have to plants and plants have to us through her deep understanding and experience of botany and ecology and ancient indigenous knowledge.
Buy Sweetgrass on book or via Audible at Amazon
Robin Wall Kimmerer Official Author Website
New episodes drop every other Tuesday morning (EST).
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2022-06-2154 min
On Being with Krista TippettRobin Wall Kimmerer — The Intelligence of PlantsFew books have been more eagerly passed from hand to hand with delight in these last years than Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass. Krista interviewed her in 2015, and it quickly became a much-loved show as her voice was just rising in common life. Robin is a botanist and also a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She’s written, “Science polishes the gift of seeing, Indigenous traditions work with gifts of listening and language.” An expert in moss — a bryologist — she describes mosses as the “coral reefs of the forest.” Robin Wall Kimmerer opens a sense of wonder and humility for...
2022-05-1249 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Robin Wall Kimmerer with Krista TippettFew books have been more eagerly passed from hand to hand with delight in these last years than Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass. Krista interviewed her in 2015, and it quickly became a much-loved show as her voice was just rising in common life. Robin is a botanist and also a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She’s written, “Science polishes the gift of seeing, Indigenous traditions work with gifts of listening and language.” An expert in moss — a bryologist — she describes mosses as the “coral reefs of the forest.” Robin Wall Kimmerer opens a sense of wonder and humility for...
2022-05-121h 26Emergence Magazine PodcastAncient Green: Moss, Climate, and Deep Time – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Long, long ago—before there were trees, before there were flowers, before life existed outside of the churning oceans—mosses bravely ventured onto dry land. In this special Earth Week episode Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, takes a long view of life on Earth, exploring how mosses—ancient beings who transformed the world—can teach us strategies for persisting amid a changing climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2022-04-2636 min
The Jane Goodall HopecastRobin Wall Kimmerer: Hope is the Power of Plants and Indigenous KnowledgeThis special bonus episode of the Jane Goodall Hopecast premiered at On Air Fest 2022. Join Dr. Goodall as she speaks with author, botanist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer. Dr. Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants and the founder of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, at The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. In this thoughtful conversation, Jane and Robin consider how much more there is to not only learn...
2022-02-2725 min
Characters165: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer | Book Club with Sameera Polavarapu
We’re discussing likely our most requested book club pick … the iconic Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer! Braiding Sweetgrass is a beautiful collection of essays through which author Kimmerer, a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, blends her Indigenous knowledge and appreciation of the natural world with her scientific lens. “Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings … offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices.”
We’re reading with Sameera Polavarapu, environmental...
2022-02-0451 min
Becoming Mindful PodcastEpisode7: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer - Book ReviewHello friends! Maria and Jackie here returning from the holiday break with an exciting episode!
This month, we dive into the mindful practice of connecting with nature and our role in it through the beautiful book Braiding Sweetgrass. Written by Robin Wall Kimmerer, a botanist and Citizen of Potawatomi Nation, this book weaves indigenous wisdom and scientific data to illustrate how our we must become mindful to our connectedness to the natural world.
We both loved this book and recommend it to everyone. Thank you for this gift, Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Find her book here: https://milkweed.org/book/braiding-sweetgrass
B...
2022-01-311h 03
Enjoy Lot of Full Audiobooks in Fiction & Literature, Literary FictionGeflochtenes Süßgras. Die Weisheit der Pflanzen: inklusive 'Die ehrenhafte Ernte' - Robin Wall KimmererHören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos beihttps://epod.spaceTitel: Geflochtenes Süßgras. Die Weisheit der Pflanzen: inklusive 'Die ehrenhafte Ernte'Autor: Robin Wall KimmererErzähler: Eva MattesFormat: UnabridgedSpieldauer: 18:20:06Sprache: DeutschVeröffentlichungsdatum: 10-21-2021Herausgeber: BookwireKategorien: Science & Technology, Animals & NatureZusammenfassung:»Es ist die Art und Weise, wie sie Schönheit einfängt, die ich am meisten liebe, die Bilder von riesigen Zedern und wilden Erdbeeren, ein Wald im Regen und eine Wiese aus duftendem Süßgras werden bei...
2021-10-216h 20
5x15Robin Wall Kimmerer & Lucy Jones: Gathering MossWhat can the planet’s oldest plants teach us about our humanity and our place in the world?
In this special 5x15 podcast, journalist Lucy Jones, author of the best-selling book Losing Eden, is joined by acclaimed thinker, writer and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment conversation Robin Wall Kimmerer, who explains the biology of mosses, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wi...
2021-08-031h 01
5x15Robin Wall Kimmerer & Lucy Jones: Gathering MossWhat can the planet’s oldest plants teach us about our humanity and our place in the world?In this special 5x15 podcast, journalist Lucy Jones, author of the best-selling book Losing Eden, is joined by acclaimed thinker, writer and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment conversation Robin Wall Kimmerer, who explains the biology of mosses, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us.Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wi...
2021-08-031h 01
Saving the WorldBraiding Sweetgrass with Robin Wall KimmererBraiding Sweetgrass is a metaphor for Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer's weaving together her Potowatomie teachings with western scientific training and her own being as a human. Braiding is better done in concert with others. Dr. Kimmerer tells us, "For all of us, becoming indigenous to a place means living as if your children's future mattered, to take care of the land as if our lives, both material and spiritual, depended on it. To be native to a place we must learn to speak its language ... " Nick Vander Puy from the Superior Broadcast Network reports.
2021-07-2641 min
Eaarth FeelsBEST IN CLIMATE: Skywoman Falling, an excerpt from Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThe opening chapter from Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass recounts the Indigenous story of Creation, Skywoman Falling, and asks if humanity can learn from its elders.
2021-05-2421 min
PHIL 2500 Introduction to Feminist PhilosophyWeek 12-Class 1 Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Grammar of AnimacyThis is the lecture on Robin Wall Kimmerer's article "A Grammar of Animacy" in Anthropology of Consciousness, Vol. 28, Issue 2, pp. 128-34.
2021-03-3028 min
ConfluenceRobin Wall Kimmerer: The Earth Calls us to ReciprocityIn this episode of the Confluence Podcast, Robin Wall Kimmerer speaks to Confluence about unlearning the settler view of land and listening to the land.
2021-01-2124 min
ConfluenceRobin Wall Kimmerer: What Does the Earth Ask of Us?In this episode of the Confluence Podcast, Robin Wall Kimmerer asks the audience to consider what the earth asks of us and how we can do right by the land.
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim.
2021-01-1424 minEmergence Magazine PodcastThe Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance – Robin Wall Kimmerer
As Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. While the free market system we embrace in the United States touts individualism and defines value by monetary worth, a gift economy functions through an ethic of reciprocity and interconnection. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and ecological systems to reimagine currencies of exchange? “Thriving is possible,” she writes, “only if you have nurtured strong relations with your community.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
2020-12-2247 min
Living From HappinessGrief & Loss & Love with Katy Butler & Robin Wall Kimmerer 12/21/20 Living From HappinessKaty Butler is an award-winning journalist, public speaker, and bestselling author. She's a thought leader about end-of-life care in the national movement for medical reform. Her first book was Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death and was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2013 by the New York Times. It may seem a bit macabre to be talking about death, and yet … paradoxically, the more we learn about the softer technologies of the human heart, a phrase from Ms. Butler's piece, the more we enhance our happiness and we...
2020-12-2225 min
The Plant Book ClubLet's All Move to the Woods: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
This month, Tegan, Joram and Ellen read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We were all spellbound by this book. Come listen as we discuss ponds, United States history, mushroom-related double entendres and the texture of salamanders.
2020-09-1900 min
The Plant Book ClubLet's All Move to the Woods: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererThis month, Tegan, Joram and Ellen read Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. We were all spellbound by this book. Come listen as we discuss ponds, United States history, mushroom-related double entendres and the texture of salamanders.
2020-09-1900 min
On Being with Krista TippettRobin Wall Kimmerer — The Intelligence in All Kinds of LifeThe problem with calling another living being “it.” Photosynthesis envy. The renewal of the world for the privilege of breath. Mosses as a celebration of the power of smallness. The science of why goldenrod and asters look so beautiful together.“The rocks are beyond slow, beyond strong, and yet yielding to a soft green breath as powerful as a glacier, the mosses wearing away their surfaces, grain by grain bringing them slowly back to sand. There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. About light and shadow and the drift of con...
2020-08-2051 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Robin Wall Kimmerer with Krista Tippett“The rocks are beyond slow, beyond strong, and yet yielding to a soft green breath as powerful as a glacier, the mosses wearing away their surfaces, grain by grain bringing them slowly back to sand. There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. About light and shadow and the drift of continents.” This is how Robin Wall Kimmerer writes about moss, which she studies as a botanist and bryologist. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she joins science’s ability to “polish the art of seeing” with her personal, civilizational lineage of...
2020-08-201h 26On Being with Krista TippettRobin Wall Kimmerer — The Intelligence in All Kinds of LifeThe problem with calling another living being “it.” Photosynthesis envy. The renewal of the world for the privilege of breath. Mosses as a celebration of the power of smallness. The science of why goldenrod and asters look so beautiful together.“The rocks are beyond slow, beyond strong, and yet yielding to a soft green breath as powerful as a glacier, the mosses wearing away their surfaces, grain by grain bringing them slowly back to sand. There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. About light and shadow and the drift of con...
2020-08-2051 minOn Being with Krista Tippett[Unedited] Robin Wall Kimmerer with Krista Tippett“The rocks are beyond slow, beyond strong, and yet yielding to a soft green breath as powerful as a glacier, the mosses wearing away their surfaces, grain by grain bringing them slowly back to sand. There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. About light and shadow and the drift of continents.” This is how Robin Wall Kimmerer writes about moss, which she studies as a botanist and bryologist. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she joins science’s ability to “polish the art of seeing” with her personal, civilizational lineage of...
2020-08-201h 26Ologies with Alie WardBryology (MOSS) with Dr. Robin Wall KimmererAn instant classic. You’ll listen on repeat as world-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the most beautifully doled-out information about hidden worlds, overlooked mysteries, botanical drama, forests in miniature, Native peoples’ uses for moss and philosophies about science and ecology. Dr. Kimmerer, author of “Gathering Moss” and “Braiding Sweetgrass,” will change the way you see mosses forever, will inspire you to wear a loupe on a rope, and will soothe your soul with her beautiful voice and prose. Also bathmats, lawns and smoothies made of moss...
2020-06-301h 13ologies with alie wardBryology (MOSS) with Dr. Robin Wall KimmererAn instant classic. You’ll listen on repeat as world-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the most beautifully doled-out information about hidden worlds, overlooked mysteries, botanical drama, forests in miniature, Native peoples’ uses for moss and philosophies about science and ecology. Dr. Kimmerer, author of “Gathering Moss” and “Braiding Sweetgrass,” will change the way you see mosses forever, will inspire you to wear a loupe on a rope, and will soothe your soul with her beautiful voice and prose. Also bathmats, lawns and smoothies made of moss? We...
2020-06-301h 14
The Wilderness and Wellness Podcast*Article Review* - Nature Needs a New Pronoun: To Stop the Age of Extinction, Let’s Start by Ditching “It”, by: Robin Wall KimmererIn this episode, I engage in an article review of Robin Wall Kimmerer's (author of Braiding Sweetgrass) 2015 article entitled Nature Needs a New Pronoun: To Stop the Age of Extinction, Let’s Start by Ditching “It”. Through Dr. Kimmerer's words we explore the power of everyday language and a way suggested by Dr. Kimmerer to deepen our relationship with the more than human beings (animals, plants, trees) in the natural world by changing one single pronoun.Article LinkRobin Wall Kimmerer's Amazon Author Page
2020-05-2519 minEmergence Magazine PodcastRobin Wall Kimmerer in Conversation with Robert Macfarlane
As part of our recent series of online offerings, the Emergence Magazine Book Club spent the month of April reading Robin Wall Kimmerer’s celebrated, best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. For the Book Club’s last meeting, Robin joined us in a vibrant live video zoom conversation, hosted by acclaimed writer Robert Macfarlane. Responding to questions asked by readers from around the globe, Robin discussed dandelions as global citizens, the role of the writer as a conduit for story, and the spirit of reciprocity that lies at the heart of our rela...
2020-05-121h 02
The Permanent Culture PodcastEpisode 2: Robin Wall Kimmerer - Healing our Relationship to Land"It's not just land that is broken, more importantly, it's our relationship to land that is broken" Internationally beloved indigenous author and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of your host's favorite book Braiding Sweetgrass) joins Michael for a beautiful discussion about healing and ecological principles. Feeling lucky to have had her in person while she was sharing her work in Utah, they cover topics like the disastrous Inland Port project currently threatening the Great Salt Lake, the nature of the always hungry "wendigo spirit", and how language plays a surprising role in our dehumanization of Nature.
2019-11-2534 min
Cultivating PlaceRobin Wall Kimmerer On Gardening And CitizenshipOn this Fourth of July – Cultivating Place is pleased to be in conversation with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge And The Teachings Of Plants.” Together we explore the interrelationship between gardening and citizenship. She states: "I think that is our deepest longing - to belong to each other and to belong to this larger community of life and for me this notion of tending the garden at all the scales we’ve been implying here is a powerful way to belong." Join us!
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2019-07-0555 min
Emergence Magazine PodcastCorn Tastes Better on the Honor System – Robin Wall Kimmerer
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a writer, scientist, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is author of the acclaimed book "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants." In this essay, Robin reflects on the ancient technology embedded in our relationship with maize, recalling that a grinding stone, an irrigation system, and an ear of corn are also technology. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2018-11-0356 min
Discover A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Breakthrough.Gathering Moss by Robin Wall KimmererPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/236076to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Gathering Moss
Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrator: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Format: mp3
Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
Release date: 09-19-18
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 1,852 ratings
Genres: Biology
Publisher's Summary:
Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.
2018-09-197h 46
For The WildROBIN WALL KIMMERER on Indigenous Knowledge for Earth Healing ⌠ENCORE⌡ /35Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a mother, scientist and writer, a Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY, and the founding Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Support the show
2018-08-021h 00
On BeingRobin Wall Kimmerer — The Intelligence In All Kinds Of Life“The rocks are beyond slow, beyond strong, and yet yielding to a soft green breath as powerful as a glacier, the mosses wearing away their surfaces, grain by grain bringing them slowly back to sand. There is an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, poetry to be sure. About light and shadow and the drift of continents.” This is how Robin Wall Kimmerer writes about moss, which she studies as a botanist and bryologist. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she joins science’s ability to “polish the art of seeing” with her personal, civilizational lineage of “listen...
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