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Old Growth

Old Growth

The Best Writing about Trees from Orion Magazine
EssaysScience & Nature
Published
2022
Language
English

Synopsis

Robin Wall Kimmerer, a botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, explores the intricate relationships between humans and the natural world. Drawing on both scientific understanding and Indigenous wisdom, this book offers a profound look at how we can learn from plants and ecosystems. It encourages readers to reconsider their place within the living community of Earth.

Prose complexity
7/10

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InformativeReflectiveThought-ProvokingPhilosophical

Genres

Essays Science & Nature Nature

About the author

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Robin Wall Kimmerer

Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer (also credited as Robin W. Kimmerer) (born 1953) is Associate Professor of Environmental and Forest Biology at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). She is the author of numerous scientific articles and books, including her most famous book, Braiding Sweetgrass. She is Potawatomi and combines her heritage with her scientific and environmental passions.