Bryologist, SUNY professor and author Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer sits in a bed of moss in a forest holing a magnifying loupe. (Image via: CultivatingPlace.com)

An instant classic. You’ll listen on repeat as world-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and byrologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the most beautifully doled-out information about hidden worlds, overlooked mysteries, botanical drama, forests in miniature, Native peoples’ uses for moss and philosophies about science and ecology. Dr. Kimmerer, author of “Gathering Moss” and “Braiding Sweetgrass,” will change the way you see mosses forever, will inspire you to wear a loupe on a rope, and will soothe your soul with her beautiful voice and prose. Also bathmats, lawns and smoothies made of moss? We discuss.

Listen via Stitcher, Apple Podcasts , Spotify or wherever you get podcasts.

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Follow Dr. Kimmerer at facebook.com/braidingsweetgrass

Look for her books at independent bookstores or wherever books are sold (including Amazon): “Braiding Sweetgrass” and “Gathering Moss”

Donations went to the ESF’s Center for Native Peoples and the Environment and American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)

Sponsor links: kiwico.com/ologies; hellotushy.com/ologies

More links you may find of use:

“Gathering Moss” on Amazon, if your local bookstore is out of stock

“Braiding Sweetgrass”

Dr. Kimmerer’s bio

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