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.
We need acts of restoration, not only for polluted waters and degraded lands, but also for our relationship to the world. We need to restore honour to the way we live.
