“When we speak of these not as things or natural resources or commodities, but as gifts, our whole relationship to the natural world changes.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“We can't meaningfully proceed with healing, with restoration, without "re-story-ation".” — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“In a culture of gratitude, everyone knows that gifts will follow the circle of reciprocity and flow back to you again.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“The prosperity of the community grows from the flow of relationships, not the accumulation of goods. When the natural world is understood as a… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“When we speak of these not as things or natural resources or commodities, but as gifts, our whole relationship to the natural world changes.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“I think it is this that it is this that draws me to the pond on a night in April, bearing witness to puhpowee.… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“Infrared satellite imagery, optical telescopes, and the Hubbell space telescope bring vastness within our visual sphere. Electron microscopes let us wander the remote universe… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“What is it that brings me here to stand like a rock in this river of sound?” — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
It's a sign of respect and connection to learn the name of someone else, a sign of disrespect to ignore it. And yet, the… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“If we allow the practice of restoration to become the exclusive domain of science, we will have lost its greatest promise, which is nothing… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“Just as you can pick out the voice of a loved one in the tumult of a noisy room, or spot your child's smile… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
What if you were a teacher but had no voice to speak your knowledge? What if you had no language at all and yet… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
“Between takeoff and landing, we are each in suspended animation, a pause between chapters of our lives. When we stare out the window into… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
