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

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Cover of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Hardcover
Pages 391 pages
Published 2013
Audiobook 16h 44m
Languages English, Catalan, German +4

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Publisher's Summary

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.…

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4.42 out of 5.0
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v (Ratings Count): 316
C (Catalog Average): 3.89 ★
m (Min Weight Threshold): 50
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Hardcover Avg: 4.50
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Featured Characters

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The Guardian
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Janine Benyus

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