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SUMMARY:Environmentalism Book Club
LOCATION:Westlake Porter Public Library\nWestlake Porter Public Library
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DESCRIPTION:Indigenous wisdom\, scientific knowledge\, and the teachings o
 f plants. "A journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific\, as 
 sacred as it is historical\, as clever as it is wise.".\nhttps://westlakel
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="text-align: center\;">Our 5th selec
 tion is Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer</p>\n<p><strong>FROM AM
 AZON</strong></p>\n<p>A New York Times Bestseller | A Washington Post Best
 seller | A Los Angeles Times Bestseller | Named a "Best Essay Collection o
 f the Decade" by Literary Hub | A Book Riot "Favorite Summer Read of 2020"
  | A Food Tank Fall 2020 Reading Recommendation</p>\n<p>Updated with a new
  introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer\, the special edition of Braiding S
 weetgrass\, reissued in honor of the fortieth anniversary of Milkweed Edit
 ions\, celebrates the book as an object of meaning that will last the ages
 . Beautifully bound with a new cover featuring an engraving by Tony Drehfa
 l\, this edition includes a bookmark ribbon and five brilliantly colored i
 llustrations by artist Nate Christopherson. In increasingly dark times\, w
 e honor the experience that more than 350\,000 readers in North America ha
 ve cherished about the book--gentle\, simple\, tactile\, beautiful\, even 
 sacred--and offer an edition that will inspire readers to gift it again an
 d again\, spreading the word about scientific knowledge\, indigenous wisdo
 m\, and the teachings of plants.</p>\n<p>As a botanist\, Robin Wall Kimmer
 er 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 tha
 t plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass\, Kim
 merer brings these two lenses of knowledge together to take us on "a journ
 ey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific\, as sacred as it is hi
 storical\, as clever as it is wise" (Elizabeth Gilbert).</p>\n<p>Drawing o
 n her life as an indigenous scientist\, and as a woman\, Kimmerer shows ho
 w other living beings--asters and goldenrod\, strawberries and squash\, sa
 lamanders\, algae\, and sweetgrass--offer us gifts and lessons\, even if w
 e've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from th
 e creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing to
 day\, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecologi
 cal consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our recip
 rocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can
  hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding th
 e generosity of the earth\, and learn to give our own gifts in return</p>\
 n<p></p>\n<p><strong>This group will meet the <span style="text-decoration
 : underline\;">second Wednesday of each month</span>. Registration is requ
 ired.</strong></p>\n<p><strong></strong></p>\n<p><strong>Copies of this ti
 tle will be available for checkout at the Circulation Desk.</strong></p>\n
 <p><strong></strong></p>\n<p>If you have any questions\, please email: <a 
 href="mailto:elyse.kaderli@westlakelibrary.org">elyse.kaderli@westlakelibr
 ary.org</a>.</p>\nhttps://westlakelibrary.libnet.info/event/12757642
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