The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Following birdsong to a delicious bounty of serviceberries, Robin reflects on this example of nature’s gift economy: explaining how humans and nature can mutually flourish.
Inspired by indigenous stories, her local farming community and the seasonal harvests she shares, these sustainable ways of valuing the natural world expose the inevitable damage of market economy.
Robin scales up her concepts from their hedgerow origins, imagining a society that treats nature as the gift that it is. Her unique style of writing is peppered with wonderful anecdotes and her own sense of wonder for the world that I love so much.
This month’s location: Bridge of Allan, Scotland