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The Serviceberry

Auteur(s): Robin Wall Kimmerer
Narrateur(s): Robin Wall Kimmerer
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An Instant New York Times Bestseller

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world.

As Indigenous scientist and author of Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most? Our economy is rooted in scarcity, competition, and the hoarding of resources, and we have surrendered our values to a system that actively harms what we love. Meanwhile, the serviceberry’s relationship with the natural world is an embodiment of reciprocity, interconnectedness, and gratitude. The tree distributes its wealth—its abundance of sweet, juicy berries—to meet the needs of its natural community. And this distribution ensures its own survival. As Kimmerer explains, “Serviceberries show us another model, one based upon reciprocity, where wealth comes from the quality of your relationships, not from the illusion of self-sufficiency.”

As Elizabeth Gilbert writes, Robin Wall Kimmerer is “a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world.” The Serviceberry is an antidote to the broken relationships and misguided goals of our times, and a reminder that “hoarding won’t save us, all flourishing is mutual.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer is donating her advance payments from this book as a reciprocal gift, back to the land, for land protection, restoration, and justice.
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"Author and narrator Robin Wall Kimmerer, who is Potawatomi, gently guides listeners through this thoughtful exploration of gift economies and cultures of reciprocity. Using the framing device of an outing to gather serviceberries, which are also popular with the local birds, Kimmerer traces the pathways of mutual obligation and abundance seen in nature and in many traditional and Indigenous cultures. She adeptly contrasts these with the ideas of capitalist consumer culture and scarcity mindsets that dominate formal economic theory. Kimmerer’s narration is both analytical and casual, combining her background in botany with history and sociology while discussing ways that gift economies can operate in small groups and at a larger scale. Listeners will feel transported to a berry patch amid sun and birdsong."
Praise for Braiding Sweetgrass
“Robin Wall Kimmerer is writer of rare grace. She writes about the natural world from a place of such abundant passion that one can never quite see the world the same way after having seen it through Kimmerer’s eyes. In Braiding Sweetgrass, she takes us on a journey that is every bit as mythic as it is scientific, as sacred as it is historical, as clever as it is wise. She is a great teacher, and her words are a hymn of love to the world.” —Elizabeth Gilbert

“Robin Wall Kimmerer has written an extraordinary book, showing how the factual, objective approach of science can be enriched by the ancient knowledge of the indigenous people. It is the way she captures beauty that I love the most—the images of giant cedars and wild strawberries, a forest in the rain and a meadow of fragrant sweetgrass will stay with you long after you read the last page.” —Jane Goodall

"I give daily thanks for Robin Wall Kimmerer for being a font of endless knowledge, both mental and spiritual." —Richard Powers, New York Times

“Robin Wall Kimmerer opens a sense of wonder and humility for the intelligence in all kinds of life we are used to naming and imagining as inanimate.” —Krista Tippett, host of On Being

Editorial Review

The Serviceberry could heal us. Will we listen?
Years ago, a friend very appropriately gave me a copy of Lewis Hyde’s classic The Gift. It was one of those thunderbolt-type books that divided my thinking into a before and after, forever changing my outlook on art, commerce, and reciprocity. So it feels like another gift of serendipity to find Robin Wall Kimmerer, botanist and thunderbolt-caster herself ( Braiding Sweetgrass), meditating on similar themes in her new release. Short but incredibly potent, The Serviceberry explores how shifting our perspective on what the market economy calls “natural resources” by more properly understanding them as gifts could transform our broken relationship to the Earth. Drawing on Indigenous practices and wisdom from other scholars and activists, Kimmerer reveals how gratitude and the mutual flow of love and care can move us into a sense of abundance, in turn restoring justice and sustainability to the natural world. This is a beautiful listen, narrated in Kimmerer’s own voice, that I’m abundantly grateful for. — Kat J., Audible Editor

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Robin Wall Kimmerer’s message and voice provides education, comfort and guidance. “The Serviceberry, Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World”, is the antidote to the catastrophe that will be Trumps second presidential term.

An excellent read!

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A wonderful little book that highlighted the power of the tasty fruit of the Serviceberry as a metaphor and indictor of a different way to do and see economics. Especially for those who are more botanist/plant lover than Macroeconomics experts.

What a humble (tasty) berry can teach us.

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this is it's own curriculum! I recommend to everyone; a hearty listen and every corner is a whimsy of truth and clarity

throughly incredible

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In these chaotic, uncertain times, The Service Berry instills in all of us of the power we have as individuals in our own environments and communities to do the right thing and make a difference to save this beautiful place we call "Mother Earth". I will be reading this book over and over as the "unbridled capitalism" Kimmerer describes continues to outstrip earth's capacity to "replenish what we have taken." Kimmerer asks us all to take up arms - human arms that is - to share and give, be grateful and recipricate "to replenish the possibility of mutual flourishing". This beautiful book is a call for all of us to share the gifts and follow the lead of that natural world - in creating a more just world for everyone. Kimmerer was looking into the future when she wrote this book, drawing on Indigenous teachings that have guided people since time immemorial. It's a must-read for all of us looking to survive and thrive, and to fortify ourselves and our neighbours, during the difficulties of our current world.

A breath of fresh air

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Very insightful, inspirational, and succinct. Not only is this book well written, it is the perfect marriage or tradition and science. This combination produces something credible yet accessible to reader regardless of background.
If you're as exhausted with being nothing more than a sale to those that run the western world, this is the perfect book.

Gift Economy inspiration

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