Ecology of Mosses - What Drew You to the Outdoors?

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I know from reading your books that you've always been obviously drawn to the outdoors. Do you remember some of your first kind of interactions with looking at plants and looking at wild growth? You know, it's really almost impossible for me to pinpoint that because I just grew up in the natural world,. It was always part of my being and part of my family experience.

An instant classic. You’ll listen on repeat as world-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist 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.

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