Robin Wall Kimmerer:
(born 13 September 1953).
Potawatomi (Native American) botanist, author and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment (SUNY-ESF) at the State University of New York.
As a scientist and Native American, her work draws on both western science and indigenous knowledge about the environment.
Kimmerer has written numerous scientific articles and a series of books, some of which have been translated, including into Dutch.
Even a wounded world is feeding us. Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of joy and wonder. I choose joy over despair, not because i have my head in the sand, but because joy is what the earth gives me daily and I must return the gift.
