Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer: ‘The clock is ticking but the world will teach us what we need to do’

For a long time, western science and Indigenous knowledge have been
seen as distinct ways of learning about the world. But as we plunge
the planet deeper into environmental crises, it is becoming clear
that it is time to pay attention to both. Bridging that gap has
been the driving force behind the career of the botanist and author
of Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer. She tells Madeleine
Finlay what we can learn from the most ancient plants on Earth, why
we need to cultivate gratitude for the natural world and what
western science can learn from Indigenous knowledge. Help support
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