This spring on Earth Day, the Independent gave us a list of books to ‘help us understand climate change’ – and its top choice was a beautiful look at ‘braiding sweetgrass’:
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer is our number one choice for bringing the reader back to the root cause of climate change – the notion that humans and nature are two seperate things. Go ahead and pore through the pages, see if it doesn’t make you crave a sustainable future where biodiversity begins to rise, everyone has access to clean water, and we grow food in a way that repairs ecosystems and strengthens communities.
The best climate change books that help you to understand the crisis | The Independent
This is what Jane Goodall had to say about it when it first came out:
“Robin Wall Kimmerer has written an extraordinary book, showing how the factual, objective approach of science can be enriched by the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people. It is the way she captures beauty that I love the most―the images of giant cedars and wild strawberries, a forest in the rain and a meadow of fragrant sweetgrass will stay with you long after you read the last page.”