Braiding Sweetgrass

Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer is a non-fiction piece that touches on several topics: memoir, science, history. Kimmerer is a biologist, and uses her extensive expertise in science and her cultural heritage to weave together personal anecdotes and ecological knowledge.In Kimmer’s world, her holistic and indigenous approach is complimentary to science and demonstrates how both can go hand in hand, offering a deeper understanding of life and nature, as she dives into plants as a whole. She encourages the reader to look further and deeper into themselves. Respect, care and compassion are at the very core of the message she is trying to convey. It is, to her, essential that we get along with this Earth that we live on.