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MN350.org book group will read: Braiding Sweetgrass

This is from Brian Nowak at MN350.org http://www.mn350.org

 Book Clubbers,
The next selection is:

BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: INDIGENOUS WISDOM, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, AND THE TEACHINGS OF PLANTS.    Robin Wall Kimmerer    Robin is Potawatomi and a botanist, and she brings these lenses of knowledge together in a book that "captures the true reverence between Native Americans and the earth, the relationship that we need in order to survive"  
Sweet grass from Wikipedia


This book and one other had the most "votes"  but there are other reasons as or more important for selecting this book

  • Earth Day is April 22nd
  • The ECO team recommended that we do books that look at the larger picture as well as focusing on solely climate change
  • This book is a Milkweed published book which is part of our local economy
  • We are doing important work with the native american communities in MN and honoring native traditions if important to supporting this partnership
  • Robin Wall Kimmerer is coming to the Twin Cities to speak on April 11th at Blake School here's a link:  https://tinyurl.com/y9ug9fgo
8 Copies will be available for loan or for purchase at a discounted rate of $15 ( Thanks to the generosity of Milkweed Editions)  Contact me  at brian@mn350.org to make arrangements to pick up a copy.

We can get more copies for purchase for those who would like to do that.  The book will be available this Monday afternoon.



The book club date is set for April 30th in the evening, and we will confirm a venue.

A second read is in the works for May as  part of the Solution Project at MN350- stay tuned.

I hope you enjoy this great book

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