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Gathering Moss

Robin Wall Kimmerer

  • 168 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 2003
  • 7 editions
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1 About this book

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites readers to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.

In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists alike to an understanding of how mosses live and how their lives are intertwined with the lives of countless other beings. Kimmerer explains the biology of mosses clearly and artfully, while at the same time reflecting on what these fascinating organisms have to teach us.

Drawing on her diverse experiences as a scientist, mother, teacher, and writer of Native American heritage, Kimmerer explains the stories of mosses in scientific terms as well as in the framework of indigenous ways of knowing.

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Forests

2 About Robin Wall Kimmerer

Born 1953

Robin Wall Kimmerer (born September 13, 1953) is a Potawatomi botanist, author, and the former director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF). As a scientist and a Native American, Kimmerer is informed in her work by both Western science and Indigenous environmental knowledge.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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