Braiding Sweetgrass

Why it’s on the list: A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation braids together Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plants into a meditation on reciprocity with the living world.

Where I saw it: Recommended during the NCX partner presentation on December 13th, 2021 — NCX Partner Presentation. (The source note recorded the title as “Braiding Wheat Grass” — corrected here to the actual book.)

Connections

• How to Change Your Mind — also recommended that day; companion nature/consciousness read about humans’ relationship to the non-human world.
• December 13th, 2021 — NCX Partner Presentation — the call where it was recommended (a forest-carbon company presentation — fitting for a book about the teachings of plants).