When Studying Ecology Means Celebrating Its Gifts

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🗓️ 26 October 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

In a conversation from 2019, bestselling author Robin Wall Kimmerer discusses the role of ceremony in our lives, and how to celebrate reciprocal relationships with the natural world.

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0:00.0	What if we thought about nature like it was a person?
0:07.0	And I have to think we would live in a really different world if we spoke of the beings
0:13.2	around us as beings, as relatives, and not as natural resources.
0:19.3	It's Thursday, October 26th, but just like every day, today is Science Friday.
0:28.0	I'm Sci-Fi producer Kathleen Davis.
0:30.4	Dr. Robin Walkimmerer thinks a lot about the relationship between humans and plants.
0:36.9	She's a scholar who draws on her dual perspective as a scientist and a member of the citizen
0:42.4	Potawatomi Nation.
0:43.8	A year ago, I spoke with Dr. Kimmerer about her book, Braiding Sweetgrass, Indigenous
0:49.9	Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.
0:54.4	Take a listen.
0:56.5	Dr. Kimmerer is a member of the citizen Potawatomi Nation, and she is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass,
1:03.5	Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants.
1:07.4	She is also the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
1:12.8	at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Basin Syracuse, New York.
1:18.8	And last but not least, she recently received the MacArthur Genius Award, that is quite
1:24.0	a resume.
1:25.0	Dr. Kimmerer, welcome to Science Friday, and congratulations on such a high honor.
1:29.0	Thank you.
1:30.0	I'm delighted to be with you as a regular listener of Science Friday.
1:34.2	I'm really excited.
1:36.0	We are so excited to have you as well.
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