Articles by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Speaking of Nature
Robin Wall Kimmerer · A CEMETERY SEEMED AN ODD PLACE to contemplate the boundaries of being. Sandwiched between the campus and the interstate, this old burial ground is our cherished slice of nearby nature where the long dead are silent companions to college...
Nature Needs a New Pronoun: To Stop the Age of Extinction, Let's Start by Ditching "It"
Robin Wall Kimmerer · Calling the natural world “it” absolves us of moral responsibility and opens the door to exploitation. Here's what we can say instead. Singing whales, talking trees, dancing bees, birds who make art, fish who navigate, plants who...