It’s time for solutions that get us back in sync with nature
Nature’s strategies, honed over millennia, can teach us how to solve today’s biggest problems.
The Asknature podcast
Episode 2
Robin Wall Kimmerer
We have the knowledge that we need to change our worldview, and yet we don’t change. How do we change?
“It may seem simplistic to say, ‘Well, what we need is a different story.’
But what is it that has changed and guided us through history? It’s stories.
I can say, ‘I am going to live as if the world is a gift for which I need to be grateful,
for which I need to reciprocate, for whom I am accountable.’
And if I change my mind, I can align my behaviors with that story.” – Robin Wall Kimmerer
As we AskNature for guidance through today’s climate uncertainty Robin Wall Kimmerer
joins us to explore cultural biomimicry and the beautiful braiding of western science
with traditional ecological knowledge.
Tune in to Episode 2 of the AskNature Podcast to discover how shifting our narrative from exploitation to reciprocity can lead us toward true collective healing.
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