SANTA BARBARA — UCSB Arts & Lectures to present Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants on November 14.
Plant ecologist, MacArthur fellow and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Robin Wall Kimmerer celebrates the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature and embraces the indigenous notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.
EVENT DETAILS
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Tue, Nov 14 / 7:30 PM / Campbell Hall
$40 / $25 / $10 UCSB students
Book signing follows the talk
“Extraordinary… [Robin Wall Kimmerer shows] how the factual, objective approach of science can be enriched by the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people.” – Jane Goodall
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a plant ecologist, 2022 MacArthur fellow and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the acclaimed author of Braiding Sweetgrass, which celebrates the reciprocal relationship between humans and nature and embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. Articulating a vision of environmental stewardship grounded in scientific and Indigenous knowledge, Kimmerer was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2023.
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