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GreenSleeves is EEA's virtual book club where members can explore environmental topics, spark meaningful conversations, and learn new ways to take action in our communities. There is no commitment other than to enjoy reading and sharing books about nature. The book club meets via Zoom several times a year on the fourth Sunday of the month from 7:00 - 8:15 p.m. Sign-up below to join GreenSleeve's e-mail list to receive the Zoom links and announcements of upcoming books.
NEXT BOOK: The Overstory
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About the book: Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings―asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass―offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. In reflections that range from the creation of Turtle Island to the forces that threaten its flourishing today, she circles toward a central argument: that the awakening of ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings will we be capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learn to give our own gifts in return. About the author: Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. |
Previous Selections
- January 2021: Bringing Nature Home by Douglas W. Tallamy
- October 2020: Our Wild Calling by Richard Louv
- August 2020: Engage, Connect, Protect: Empowering Diverse Youth as Environmental Leaders by Angelou Ezeilo
