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This group reads a variety of contemporary non-fiction and meets once a month for discussion. Join us in person or virtually via Zoom. July selection: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
For more information, contact discussion facilitator Cesar Ortega at 630-264-3612 or email cortega@aurorapubliclibrary.org. Copies of the book are available for checkout at the West Branch reference desk.
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.
AGE GROUP: | Adults - ages 19+ |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual Program | Reading and Literacy |
TAGS: | book discussion | Book Club |
This branch is connected to Washington Middle School and known for its creative displays and programs for adults. Complete with three study rooms and two conference rooms.