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Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Her first book, Garhering Moss, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing. Her writings haw appeared in Orion, O Magazine, and numerous scientific vis mere journals. She lives in Fablus, New York, where she is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. vis mindre

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A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader (2018) — Bidragyder — 238 eksemplarer
The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions (2022) — Bidragyder — 220 eksemplarer
The Colors of Nature: Culture, Identity, and the Natural World (2002) — Bidragyder — 81 eksemplarer
Penguin Green Ideas Collection (2021) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer

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This book is truly amazing and I think everybody should read it. It was really eye-opening and made me look at many things from a different perspective.
 
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dacejav | 119 andre anmeldelser | May 22, 2024 |
Amazing, enlightening, storytelling at its finest. It both teaches and inspires.
 
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elizasani | 119 andre anmeldelser | May 14, 2024 |
no words. such a wonderful book. braiding sweetgrass follows the course of a poetic narrative in which kimmerer's style of prose is prominent throughout. she effectively blends evocative language with her scientific and traditional knowledge while drawing readers into an aspect of storytelling that is prominent in indigenous culture. her argument is structured within a larger analytical dialogue that investigates how and why people have become so disconnected from the natural world. i think everyone should read this book at least once--i have not been able to stop thinking about everything she says since.… (mere)
 
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clams64 | 119 andre anmeldelser | May 8, 2024 |
Viviendo en los límites de nuestra percepción ordinaria, los musgos son un elemento común, pero en gran medida desapercibido del mundo natural. ‘Reserva de musgo' es una hermosa mezcla de ciencia y reflexión personal que invita a los lectores a explorar y aprender de la vida elegantemente sencilla de los musgos. En esta serie de ensayos personales relacionados, Robin Wall Kimmerer lleva a lectores generales y científicos por igual a comprender cómo viven los musgos y cómo sus vidas se entrelazan con las de innumerables seres. Kimmerer explica la biología de los musgos con claridad y arte, al tiempo que reflexiona sobre lo que estos fascinantes organismos tienen que enseñarnos. Basándose en sus diversas experiencias como científica, madre, profesora y escritora de ascendencia indígena americana, Kimmerer explica las historias de los musgos en términos científicos, así como en el marco de las formas de conocimiento indígenas.… (mere)
 
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