“Being naturalized to place means to live as if this is the land that feeds you, as if these are the streams from which you drink.”

“All flourishing is mutual.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass* (2013)

“In some Native languages the term for plants translates to ’those who take care of us.”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass* (2013)

“Paying attention is a form of reciprocity with the living world, receiving the gifts with open eyes …”

— Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass* (2013)