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The trees act not as individuals, but somehow as a collective. Exactly how they do this, we don’t yet know. But what we see is the power of unity. What happens to one happens to us all. We can starve together or feast together.

— Robin Wall Kimmerer Braiding Sweetgrass (2013)

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The teachings tell us that a harvest is made honorable by what you give in return for what you take.

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Doing science with awe and humility is a powerful act of reciprocity with the more-than-human world.

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Names are the way we humans build relationship, not only with each other but with the living world.

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A path scented with sweetgrass leads to a landscape of forgiveness and healing for all who need it.

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The truth of our relationship with the soil is written more clearly on the land than in any book.

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