Events

Book Discussion of Excerpts from “Braiding Sweetgrass” by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Liseli Haines and Gerry Gogel will facilitate a discussion of two chapters from “Braiding Sweetgrass.”  The two chapters we will discuss are 'The Gift of Strawberries' (pages 22-32) and 'The Epiphany in the Beans' (pages 121-127).  If you have not previously read the book, you may also want to read 'Skywoman Falling' (pages 3-10) and 'The Three Sisters' (pages 128-140).

In Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer reminds us why humans need to have a reciprocal relationship with nature. The author is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. 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.

Copies of the book are available in bookstores or from the Mid-York Library system. Facilitators Gerry [email protected] and Liseli [email protected] each have spare copies to lend as well. The discussion will be held in person at the Kirkland Town Library (55 1/2 College St., Clinton.)  in the Bristol Room on the 2nd floor.  There is an elevator to the 2nd floor.