Robin Wall Kimmerer Quote

Names are the way we humans build relationship, not only with each other but with the living world.

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Names are the way we humans build relationship, not only with each other but with the living world.

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About Robin Wall Kimmerer

Robin Wall Kimmerer (born September 13, 1953) is a Potawatomi botanist, author, and the director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF).
As a scientist and a Native American, her work is informed by both Western science and indigenous environmental knowledge.
Kimmerer has written numerous scientific articles and the books Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (2003), and Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (2013). She narrated an audiobook version released in 2016. Braiding Sweetgrass was republished in 2020 with a new introduction.