Geflochtenes Süßgras

Die Weisheit der Planzen

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461 pages

German language

Published by Aufbau Verlag.

ISBN:
978-3-351-03873-1
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5 stars (3 reviews)

Robin Wall Kimmerer flicht aus indigener Weisheit und wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse einen Zopf an Geschichten über die Großzügigkeit der Erde. Der Überraschungsbestseller aus den USA mit über einer Million verkaufter Exemplare.

»Man sieht die Welt nie wieder so wie zuvor, nachdem man sie durch Kimmerers Augen gesehen hat.« Elizabeth Gilbert

»Es ist die Art und Weise, wie sie Schönheit einfängt, die ich am meisten liebe, die Bilder von riesigen Zedern und wilden Erdbeeren, ein Wald im Regen und eine Wiese aus duftendem Süßgras werden Ihnen in Erinnerung bleiben, lange nachdem Sie die letzte Seite gelesen haben.« Jane Goodall

»Robin Wall Kimmerers »Geflochtenes Süßgras« las ich, als ich am Boden war; und es gab mir Trost und das Gefühl, dass es noch Hoffnung gibt für diesen Planeten.« Helen MacDonald

16 editions

reviewed Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A Powerful Journey

5 stars

I love nature and I love books.If you do too, you might love this book. Told with a almost mystical reverence for the natural world, but with the voice of a scientifically trained botanist it weaves a story that while tragic at times is hopeful and uplifting. I feel like I struggled along with the author as she told her story and came out a better person in the end because of it. The audiobook is narrated by the author and that adds an extra dimension to the book and makes it more enjoyable, something rare for author narrated audiobooks.

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reviewed Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Review of 'Braiding Sweetgrass' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

This book has permanently changed the way I think about the world. It made me so overwhelmed with emotions that at times I had to set down my phone and cry for a few minutes. But it is beautiful. It is poignant and important and it has given me renewed hope for a world that is increasingly terrifying. 

reviewed BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A strong argument for other ways of knowing

4 stars

Kimmerer spends a lot of time in this book comparing and contrasting Western science to indigenous ways of knowing, specifically from the Potawatomi tradition. As she's someone formally trained in western science, I understood her thesis being that indigenous ways of knowing can coexist with western science, but more than anything, I felt that this book did a really good job justifying why we shouldn't treat science as the end all be all of knowledge.

On one hand, I think this book reintroduced my very secular mind to the ways in which having a spiritual connection to nature can be extremely enriching and can add to our collective understanding of the natural world

On the other hand, it provides a basis for understanding where exactly science falls short in its attempt to catalogue the universe, as well as exposing its "objectivity" for the many ways in which it is actually …