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Bryology (MOSS) Encore with Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

Ologies with Alie Ward

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The Uses of Mosses in Diapering

Mosses have long been used as diapers for by humans. In Potawatomi culture, we talk about wrapping the baby in what's called a moss bag. And so you stuff that bag with dry moss and then it's absorbent. It's like a disposable diaper, but it's also antimicrobial.

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