The Serviceberry | Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

If you enjoyed Braiding Sweetgrass you will want to pick this one up, it's the latest book from Botanist, poet, story teller and teacher of life, Robert Kimmerer.   It is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.  It is thought provoking and uplifting.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 with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abund