{"id":88792,"date":"2023-01-08T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T19:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=88792"},"modified":"2023-01-16T12:51:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T16:51:35","slug":"braiding-sweetgrass-robin-wall-kimmerer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/braiding-sweetgrass-robin-wall-kimmerer\/","title":{"rendered":"Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer: Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is <em>Braiding Sweetgrass<\/em> by Robin Wall Kimmerer about? What are the main takeaways of the book?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>Braiding Sweetgrass<\/em>, Robin Wall Kimmerer explains how three sources of knowledge show us how to flourish through a practice of mutual care. She dives deep into the three sources of knowledge, which are plants, Anishinaabe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/indigenous-worldviews\/\">Indigenous worldviews<\/a>, and science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read below for a brief overview of <em>Braiding Sweetgrass<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-braiding-sweetgrass-by-robin-wall-kimmerer\"><strong><em>Braiding Sweetgrass<\/em> by Robin Wall Kimmerer<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In a society troubled by overconsumption and disconnection, what are plants, Anishinaabe Indigenous worldviews, and science all trying to teach us about restoring balance?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In<em> Braiding Sweetgrass, <\/em>Robin Wall Kimmerer contends that these three sources of knowledge show us how to flourish by practicing mutual care:<strong> acting in ways that help us as well as other people and the environment. <\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As our industrial society puts increasing stress on ecosystems and climate change threatens the well-being of us all, we must shift from a mindset of consumption and competition to one recognizing our interdependence.<strong> Then we can practice mutual care to enable all living beings to thrive.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimmerer is a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and a professor at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) in Syracuse. She <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/class-of-2022\/robin-wall-kimmerer#searchresults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">received a MacArthur Fellowship in 2022<\/a> for her work in education, writing, and outreach in Indigenous communities. As the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples in the Environment at SUNY-ESF, Kimmerer teaches environmental studies to Indigenous students and helps science benefit from Indigenous knowledge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published in 2013, <em>Braiding Sweetgrass <\/em>is a collection of essays that integrate Kimmerer\u2019s personal experiences, Anishinaabe Indigenous worldviews, and scientific knowledge. These three components represent the strands of a braid of sweetgrass, a sacred plant in the Indigenous Potawatomi culture. Like the strands of sweetgrass, the three knowledge sources are woven together to create something sacred: a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-understand-anything-deeply\/\">deeper understanding<\/a> of how we can practice mutual care. (Shortform note: The Potawatomi are a subgroup of the Anishinaabe people, currently in the Northeast United States.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Braiding Sweetgrass<\/em> became a <em>New York Times<\/em> bestseller in February 2020, seven years after its initial publication, and it stayed on the bestseller list for 129 weeks. One explanation for this is that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/books\/2022\/10\/12\/braiding-sweetgrass-robin-wall-kimmerer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the book resonated with readers during the Covid-19 pandemic<\/a> when many people were feeling isolated and anxious about the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Plants Teach Us About Mutual Care<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Observing plants provides insight into how mutual care helps individuals and communities flourish. Plants engage cooperatively in symbiotic relationships, collective solidarity, natural succession, and generosity, which<strong> can inspire us to practice mutual care <\/strong>with other humans as well as non-human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Traditional Indigenous Culture Teaches Mutual Care<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigenous culture is the second source of inspiration and knowledge for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-practice\/\">how to practice<\/a> mutual care with other beings. Kimmerer draws on three main areas of Indigenous culture that embody this concept: stories and language, honorable harvesting, and ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Science Can Help Us Practice Mutual Care<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Plants and Indigenous wisdom can teach us to practice mutual care, but science also provides useful tools for mutual care. 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