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Robin kimmerers braiding sweetgrass hits new york times. She won a second burroughs award for an essay, council of the pecans. Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants english edition ebook. With the growing concerns about climate change, deforestation and the depletion of our natural resources, it is more important than ever to reevaluate how we treat the. Braiding sweetgrass indigenous wisdom scientific knowledge. She lives in syracuse, new york, where she is a suny distinguished teaching professor of environmental. Her first book, gathering moss was awarded the 2005 john burroughs medal for outstanding nature writing.
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