You talked about goldenrods and asters a minute ago, and you said, When I am in their presence, their beauty asks me for reciprocity, to be the complementary color, to make something beautiful in response.. Kimmerer: Yes. The On Being Project Her books include Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses and Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants. 2004 Listening to water LTER Forest Log. Its good for people. Fleischner, Trinity University Press. In English her Potawatomi name means Light Shining through Sky Woman. While she was growing up in upstate New York, Kimmerers family began to rekindle and strengthen their tribal connections. Abide by the answer. And thank you so much. It is centered on the interdependency between all living beings and their habitats and on humans inherent kinship with the animals and plants around them. She is also founding director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. College of A&S. Departments & Programs. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Kimmerer: Thats right. This idea extends the concept of democracy beyond humans to a democracy of species with a belief in reciprocity. 2004 Environmental variation with maturing Acer saccharum bark does not influence epiphytic bryophyte growth in Adirondack northern hardwood forests: evidence from transplants. And it comes from my years as a scientist, of deep paying attention to the living world, and not only to their names, but to their songs. Kimmerer: I have. Kimmerer is the author of Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (2003) as well as numerous scientific papers published in journals such as Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences and Journal of Forestry. She is not dating anyone. Learning the Grammar of Animacy in The Colors of Nature, culture, identity and the natural world. That is onbeing.org/staywithus. Kimmerer's efforts are motivated in part by her family history. Robin is a botanist and also a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. 55 talking about this. CPN Public Information Office. [laughs]. Nothing has meant more to me across time than hearing peoples stories of how this show has landed in their life and in the world. She writes, while expressing gratitude seems innocent enough, it is a revolutionary idea. 10. Under the advice of Dr. Karin Limburg and Neil . Tippett: And were these elders? That means theyre not paying attention. M.K. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses , was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has . In the English language, if we want to speak of that sugar maple or that salamander, the only grammar that we have to do so is to call those beings an it. And if I called my grandmother or the person sitting across the room from me an it, that would be so rude, right? Select News Coverage of Robin Wall Kimmerer. Krista Tippett, host: Few books have been more eagerly passed from hand to hand with delight in these last years than Robin Wall Kimmerers Braiding Sweetgrass. Kimmerer: Id like to start with the second part of that question. Robin Wall Kimmerer Net Worth Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2020-2021. Tippett: And inanimate would be, what, materials? The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy . She fell like a maple seed, pirouetting on an . And I was just there to listen. Robin Wall Kimmerer to present Frontiers In Science remarks. 2004 Population trends and habitat characteristics of sweetgrass, Hierochloe odorata: Integration of traditional and scientific ecological knowledge . And thats all a good thing. Its always the opposite, right? Transformation is not accomplished by tentative wading at the edge. Hazel and Robin bonded over their love of plants and also a mutual sense of displacement, as Hazel had left behind her family home. Amy Samuels, thesis topic: The impact of Rhamnus cathartica on native plant communities in the Chaumont Barrens, 2023State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cumEQcRMY3c, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4nUobJEEWQ, http://harmonywithnatureun.org/content/documents/302Correcta.kimmererpresentationHwN.pdf, http://www.northland.edu/commencement2015, http://www.esa.org/education/ecologists_profile/EcologistsProfileDirectory/, http://64.171.10.183/biography/Biography.asp?mem=133&type=2, https://www.facebook.com/braidingsweetgrass?ref=bookmarks, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants, http://www.humansandnature.org/earth-ethic---robin-kimmerer response-80.php, Bioneers 2014 Keynote Address: Mishkos Kenomagwen: The Teachings of Grass, What Does the Earth Ask of Us? She is the New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants, which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim.Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John . She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild. But a lot of the problems that we face in terms of sustainability and environment lie at the juncture of nature and culture. One of the leaders in this field is Robin Wall Kimmerer, a professor of environmental and forest biology at the State University of New York and the bestselling author of "Braiding Sweetgrass." She's also an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, and she draws on Native traditions and the grammar of the Potawatomi language . Balunas,M.J. And thats really what I mean by listening, by saying that traditional knowledge engages us in listening. Think: The Jolly Green Giant and his sidekick, Sprout. The large framework of that is the renewal of the world for the privilege of breath. Thats right on the edge. 2104 Returning the Gift in Minding Nature:Vol.8. Talk about that a little bit. 9. And its a really liberating idea, to think that the Earth could love us back, but it also opens the notion of reciprocity that with that love and regard from the Earth comes a real deep responsibility. in, Contemporary Studies in Environmental and Indigenous Pedagogies (Sense Publishers) edited by Kelley Young and Dan Longboat. And I have some reservations about using a word inspired from the Anishinaabe language, because I dont in any way want to engage in cultural appropriation. Together, we are exploring the ways that the collective, intergenerational brilliance of Indigenous science and wisdom can help us reimagine our relationship with the natural world. and C.C. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, plant ecologist, writer and SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York. And Id love for you to just take us a little bit into that world youre describing, that you came from, and ask, also, the question I always ask, about what was the spiritual and religious background of that world you grew up in of your childhood? Kimmerer, R.W. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, botanist, writer, and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York, and the founding Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. "[7][8], Kimmerer received the John Burroughs Medal Award for her book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. We say its an innocent way of knowing, and in fact, its a very worldly and wise way of knowing. Kimmerer, R.W. Schilling, eds. A&S Main Menu. In a consumer society, contentment is a radical idea. A recent selection by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants (published in 2014), focuses on sustainable practices that promote healthy people, healthy communities, and a healthy planet. Robin Wall Kimmerer: I cant think of a single scientific study in the last few decades that has demonstrated that plants or animals are dumber than we think. Robin Wall Kimmerer is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants. In addition to writing, Kimmerer is a highly sought-after speaker for a range of audiences. It will often include that you are from the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, from the bear clan, adopted into the eagles. "Witch-hazels are a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, with three species in North America, and one each in Japan and China. . 2011 Witness to the Rain in The way of Natural History edited by T.P. "Another Frame of Mind". And I wonder if you would take a few minutes to share how youve made this adventure of conversation your own. The Rights of the Land. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. 2011. 2003. The Pause is our Saturday morning ritual of a newsletter. November/December 59-63. Adirondack Life. Of European and Anishinaabe ancestry, Robin is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. It doesnt work as well when that gift is missing. The Bryologist 98:149-153. And I sense from your writing and especially from your Indigenous tradition that sustainability really is not big enough and that it might even be a cop-out. Its unfamiliar. Kimmerer spends her lunch hour at SUNY ESF, eating her packed lunch and improving her Potawatomi language skills as part of an online class. Tippett: You said at one point that you had gotten to the point where you were talking about the names of plants I was teaching the names and ignoring the songs. So what do you mean by that? Just as the land shares food with us, we share food with each other and then contribute to the flourishing of that place that feeds us. Traditional knowledge is particularly useful in identifying reference ecosystems and in illuminating cultural ties to the land. Journal of Ethnobiology. and R.W. Kimmerer: Yes. 36:4 p 1017-1021, Kimmerer, R.W. And it was such an amazing experience four days of listening to people whose knowledge of the plant world was so much deeper than my own. : integration of traditional and scientific ecological knowledge. Kimmerer, R.W. She serves as the founding Director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment whose mission is to create programs which draw on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge for our shared goals of sustainability. Her second book, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants, received the 2014 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. Kimmerer: That is so interesting, to live in a place that is named that. Tippett: And you say they take possession of spaces that are too small. 2013 Where the Land is the Teacher Adirondack Life Vol. Maple received the gift of sweet sap and the coupled responsibility to share that gift in feeding the people at a hungry time of year Our responsibility is to care for the plants and all the land in a way that honors life.. Journal of Forestry 99: 36-41. In winter, when the green earth lies resting beneath a blanket of snow, this is the time for storytelling. And I think thats really important to recognize, that for most of human history, I think, the evidence suggests that we have lived well and in balance with the living world. Mauricio Velasquez, thesis topic: The role of fire in plant biodiversity in the Antisana paramo, Ecuador. Her first book, "Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses," was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for . The On Being Project is located on Dakota land. By Robin Wall Kimmerer. Kimmerer, R.W, 2015 (in review)Mishkos Kenomagwen: Lessons of Grass, restoring reciprocity with the good green earth in "Keepers of the Green World: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Sustainability," for Cambridge University Press. Find them at fetzer.org; Kalliopeia Foundation, dedicated to reconnecting ecology, culture, and spirituality, supporting organizations and initiatives that uphold a sacred relationship with life on Earth. Human ecology Literacy: The role of traditional indigenous and scientific knowledge in community environmental work. If something is going to be sustainable, its ability to provide for us will not be compromised into the future. Keon. Im attributing plant characteristics to plants. Allen (1982) The Role of Disturbance in the Pattern of Riparian Bryophyte Community. 2008 . Her research interests include the role of traditional ecological knowledge in ecological restoration and the ecology of mosses. It feels so wrong to say that. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (2005) and Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (2013) are collections of linked personal essays about the natural world described by one reviewer as coming from a place of such abundant passion that one can never quite see the world the same way after having seen it through her eyes. Part of that work is about recovering lineages of knowledge that were made illegal in the policies of tribal assimilation, which did not fully end in the U.S. until the 1970s. Annual Guide. and T.F.H. Journal of Forestry. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 2(4):317-323. As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. So I think, culturally, we are incrementally moving more towards the worldview that you come from. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a writer of rare grace. She spent two years working for Bausch & Lomb as a microbiologist. Reciprocity also finds form in cultural practices such as polyculture farming, where plants that exchange nutrients and offer natural pest control are cultivated together. She describes this kinship poetically: Wood thrush received the gift of song; its his responsibility to say the evening prayer. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. She brings to her scientific research and writing her lived experience as a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and the principles of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). For inquiries regarding speaking engagements, please contact Christie Hinrichs at Authors Unbound. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this. Kimmerer: You raise a very good question, because the way that, again, Western science would give the criteria for what does it mean to be alive is a little different than you might find in traditional culture, where we think of water as alive, as rocks as alive;alive in different ways, but certainly not inanimate. Trinity University Press. Maintaining the Mosaic: The role of indigenous burning in land management. These are these amazing displays of this bright, chrome yellow, and deep purple of New England aster, and they look stunning together. By Robin Wall Kimmerer. Tippett: I keep thinking, as Im reading you and now as Im listening to you, a conversation Ive had across the years with Christians who are going back to the Bible and seeing how certain translations and readings and interpretations, especially of that language of Genesis about human beings being blessed to have dominion what is it? Kimmerer is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a Native American people originally from the Great Lakes region. It was my passion still is, of course. 16 (3):1207-1221. I thank you in advance for this gift. P 43, Kimmerer, R.W. Kimmerer presents the ways a pure market economy leads to resource depletion and environmental degradation. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals. I created this show at American Public Media. Kimmerer: The passage that you just read and all the experience, I suppose, that flows into that has, as Ive gotten older, brought me to a really acute sense, not only of the beauty of the world, but the grief that we feel for it; for her; for ki. "Robin Wall Kimmerer is a talented writer, a leading ethnobotanist, and a beautiful activist dedicated to emphasizing that Indigenous knowledge, histories, and experience are central to the land and water issues we face todayShe urges us all of us to reestablish the deep relationships to ina that all of our ancestors once had, but that An integral part of her life and identity as a mother, scientist, member of a first nation, and writer, is her social activism for environmental causes, Native American issues, democracy and social justice: Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. Pember, Mary Annette. Tippett: After a short break, more with Robin Wall Kimmerer. Robin Wall Kimmerer She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge/ and The Teaching of Plants , which has earned Kimmerer wide acclaim. Her time outdoors rooted a deep appreciation for the natural environment. And the last voice that you hear singing at the end of our show is Cameron Kinghorn. It is a prism through which to see the world. They have this glimpse into a worldview which is really different from the scientific worldview. Tom Touchet, thesis topic: Regeneration requirement for black ash (Fraxinus nigra), a principle plant for Iroquois basketry. Restoration and Management Notes, 1:20. Robin Wall Kimmerer . 2008. Its an expansion from that, because what it says is that our role as human people is not just to take from the Earth, and the role of the Earth is not just to provide for our single species. And we reduce them tremendously, if we just think about them as physical elements of the ecosystem. Ecological Applications Vol. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. She is founding director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Robin Wall Kimmerer is a professor of environmental biology at the State University of New York and the founding director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. Kimmerer works with the Onondaga Nation and Haudenosaunee people of Central New York and with other Native American groups to support land rights actions and to restore land and water for future generations. In the absence of human elders, I had plant elders, instead. And so there was no question but that Id study botany in college. They have to live in places where the dominant competitive plants cant live. 39:4 pp.50-56. But that, to me, is different than really rampant exploitation. Theres good reason for that, and much of the power of the scientific method comes from the rationality and the objectivity. Rhodora 112: 43-51. Plants were reduced to object. Aug 27, 2022-- "Though we live in a world made of gifts, we find ourselves harnessed to institutions and an economy that relentlessly asks, What more can we take from the Earth? A group of local Master Gardeners have begun meeting each month to discuss a gardening-related non-fiction book. Ki is giving us maple syrup this springtime? As a writer and scientist interested in both restoration of ecological communities and restoration of our relationships to land, she draws on the wisdom of both indigenous and scientific knowledge to help us reach goals of sustainability. But I bring it to the garden and think about the way that when we as human people demonstrate our love for one another, it is in ways that I find very much analogous to the way that the Earth takes care of us; is when we love somebody, we put their well-being at the top of the list, and we want to feed them well. She is also founding director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. We must find ways to heal it. Kimmerer is also the former chair of the Ecological Society of America Traditional Ecological Knowledge Section.
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