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Robin Wall Kimmerer — The Intelligence of Plants

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Photosynthesis Envy

Mosses and rocks have an ancient conversation going on between mosses and rocks, etry. We can't even grasp the pace at which that conversation takes place according to your book. It's exciting to think about what we might learn from them. I ntou i i have photosynthesis envy, the the ability to take these non living elements of the world, air and light and water, and turn them into food That is medicine for people and for trees and for soil. And we cannot even approach the kind of creativity that they have.

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