Episode 120

[SUMMER SERIES 2/3] Carbon Connection - On Being - The Intelligence of Plants with Robin Wall Kimmerer

Episode Summary: In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we discover the Intelligence of Plants with Krista Tippett and her guest Robin Wall Kimmerer.

For the summer, we are republishing episodes from other shows within our Network as CarbonSessions is a part of the Carbon Almanac Network of Podcasts 

Each of our shows is dedicated to a unique audience because we want to make sure that no one is left out of the climate change conversations.

This week, we would like to introduce you to Carbon Connection.

Because of the many dimensions of climate change, we’ve dedicated an entire podcast show to curating the best podcasts and episodes about climate change. We want to help you find the show that aligns with your interests.

So how it works: contributors of the Carbon Almanac network submit an episode they believe deserves to be featured. Then the submitted episode goes through a voting process in our community, and if it gets enough approval, it will be featured in an episode of Carbon Connection, introduced by the contributing member who explains why the specific episode was chosen.

I hope you’ll enjoy this episode of Carbon Connection. 

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In this episode of The Carbon Connection, we discover the Intelligence of Plants with Krista Tippett and her guest Robin Wall Kimmerer.

Robin Wall Kimmerer's blend of indigenous wisdom and scientific exploration and her calm, kindly delivery have nurtured many. She shares her perspectives on plant wisdom and encourages reflection on the natural world and our relationship with it.

This guest speaks of the interconnectedness of all things, which speaks to the urgency of looking after all things. We particularly liked her explanation of mosses "sharing limited resources and making the most of what they've got."  

As a botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer joins science's ability to "polish the art of seeing" with her personal, civilizational lineage of listening to plant life and heeding the languages of the natural world. She's an expert in moss — a bryologist — who describes mosses as the "coral reefs of the forest." And she says that as our knowledge about plant life unfolds, human vocabulary and imaginations must adapt.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Special Acknowledgment: 

Robin Wall Kimmerer, "The Intelligence of Plants," from On Being with Krista Tippett; first broadcast in February 2016; onbeing.org

Episode Producer: Jenn Swanson

Show Notes: Jo Petroni

Editor: Tania Marien

Production Team: Steve Heatherington, Jo Petroni, Mary Paffard

Senior Producer: Tania Marien

Supervising Producer: Jennifer Myers Chua

Music: Cool Carbon Instrumental, Paul Russell, Musicbed

Episode Art: Jennifer Myers Chua

Network Voiceover: Olabanji Stephen

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Welcome to the second part of a cemeteries featuring episodes from our network.

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that everyone should be involved in the climate conversation.

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Our kids show with an episode about plastics in the sea.

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So if you miss that one, I think you should definitely check that out.

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This week we're introducing carbon connection.

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Because climate change is an issue with multiple dimensions.

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