Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She made her name as a thinker at the intersection of science, Indigenous knowledge and a deep love of nature.
is a single essay I read over a few commutes. Her warm, inviting style feels like you are having a conversation as you pick serviceberries (pictured above), which taste like a mix of blueberries, strawberries and almonds.
She outlines her idea of an economy built on gift-giving, reciprocity and relationships 鈥� a currency that could replace today鈥檚 鈥渃utthroat capitalism鈥�, she argues. While her standpoint is one of environmental concern and sadness for the effects of corporate greed, and she is stern and full of conviction, Kimmerer isn鈥檛 didactic or condescending.
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Her book offers a good dose of optimism and encouragement, which makes it a lovely read and a potentially transformative one.
