Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return. In a rich braid of reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. Mystic Heart Interspiritual Meditation Programīotanist and Professor Robin Wall Kimmerer will join us in the Hall of Philosophy to give the author’s presentation for the 2022 CLSC selection, Braiding Sweetgrass.Ī New York Times, a Washington Post, and a Los Angeles Times Bestseller, Braiding Sweetgrass has been hailed as the “Best Essay Collection of the Decade” (Literary Hub).ĭrawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings-asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass-offer us gifts and lessons, even if we’ve forgotten how to hear their voices.Chautauqua Opera Company & Conservatory.Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra and Classical Concerts.Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle.
Denominations and Religious Organizations.Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) at Chautauqua.
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