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Title The serviceberry [electronic resource]. Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Author Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
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Other Classification Number NAT026000 SOC062000 SCI104000 bisacsh
Personal Name Kimmerer, Robin Wall.
Title Statement The serviceberry [electronic resource]. Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Edition Statement Unabridged.
Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2024.
Physical Description 1 online resource (2 audio files) : digital
Playing Time 01:56:11
Content Type spoken word spw rdacontent
Media Type audio s rdamedia
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General Note Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note Narrator: Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Summary, Etc. An Instant New York Times Bestseller From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass , a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry's relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, "Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency." As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is "a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world." The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that "hoarding won't save us, all flourishing is mutual." Robin Wall Kimmerer is donating her advance payments from this book as a reciprocal gift, back to the land, for land protection, restoration, and justice.
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