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Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She made her name as a thinker at the intersection of science, Indigenous knowledge and a deep love of nature.
The Serviceberry: An economy of gifts and abundance is a single essay I read over a few commutes. Her warm, inviting style feels like you are having a conversation as you pick serviceberries (pictured above), which taste like a mix of blueberries, strawberries and almonds.
She outlines her idea of an economy built on gift-giving, reciprocity and relationships – a currency that could…
