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Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Robin Wall Kimmerer is a Potawatomi botanist, educator, and author whose work draws on Western science and Indigenous environmental knowledge.
Biography
Robin Wall Kimmerer, born September 13, 1953, is a botanist, educator, author, and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She formerly directed the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Her work brings Western scientific approaches into conversation with Indigenous environmental knowledge.
Kimmerer has written numerous scientific articles and books exploring the natural world. Her books include Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (2003), Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (2013), The Democracy of Species (2021), and The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (2024). She also narrated the audiobook of Braiding Sweetgrass, released in 2016.
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Books by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass
Braiding Sweetgrass brings botanical science together with Indigenous knowledge to explore what plants and animals can teach people. It presents ecological consciousness as grounded in recognizing and celebrating reciprocal relationships with the living world.