The Serviceberry

Title: The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Author: Robin Wall Kimmerer ISBN: 9781668072240 Publisher: Scribner Published: 2024 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher Nature 1618216 Publisher Description:From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.   As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass 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 wi