02639cam a2200277 4500 1752170582 TxAuBib 20241127120000.0 ||||||s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781668116692 1668116693 aaf1220d-404d-4294-8fa3-b958e6c0712a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 10685178 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kimmerer, Robin Wall. The Serviceberry [Libby]. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2024. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 53MB. Nature. Science. Sociology. Nonfiction. HTML:From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry's relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, "Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency." As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is "a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world." The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that "hoarding won't save us, all flourishing is mutual." Robin Wall Kimmerer is donating her advance payments from this book as a reciprocal gift, back to the land, for land protection, restoration, and justice.. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-11-26 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=aaf1220d-404d-4294-8fa3-b958e6c0712a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)