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The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world  Cover Image CD Audiobook CD Audiobook

The serviceberry : abundance and reciprocity in the natural world / Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Kimmerer, Robin Wall, (author,, narrator.).

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781668116708
  • ISBN: 1668116707
  • Physical Description: 2 audio discs (2 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster Audio, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Compact disc.
Unabridged.
Title from container.
"'The Serviceberry' was originally published, in an abbreviated form, in Emergence Magazine"--Container insert.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by the author.
Summary, etc.:
Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry's relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth, its abundance of sweet, juicy berries, to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution insures its own survival.
Subject: Ethnobotany.
Ethnoecology.
Traditional ecological knowledge.
Philosophy of nature.
Human ecology > Philosophy.
Amelanchier > Philosophy.
Potawatomi Indians > Ethnobotany.
Potawatomi Indians > Social life and customs.
Human-plant relationships.
Botany > Philosophy.
Indian philosophy.
Economics > Moral and ethical aspects.
Amelanchier.
Science and civilization.
Sharing > Social aspects.
Genre: Audiobooks.
Essays.
Informational works.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at GRPL.

Holds

0 current holds with 2 total copies.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Main CD 581.63097 K571s 2 discs (Text) 31307026159782 Audiobooks Available -
West Leonard CD 581.63097 K571s 2 discs (Text) 31307026159774 Audiobooks Available -


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