“One of our responsibilities as human people is to find ways to enter into reciprocity with the more-than-human world. We can do it through gratitude, through ceremony, through land stewardship, science, art, and in everyday acts of practical reverence.”
~ Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
Resources
I’ll add more to this list as I find things.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
“Returning the Gift,” by Robin Kimmerer
Blog post: Invoking Gratitude the Haudenosaunee Way
Blog post: How to Reconnect With Nature
Blog post: Gratitude and Oranges
“At this instant, all over the globe, all of humanity is breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide. So is the rest of the animal kingdom.
~ Bob Burg and John David Mann, The Go-Giver
And right now, at this instant, all over the globe, the billions and billions of organisms are doing the exact opposite—they’re breathing in carbon dioxide and breathing out oxygen.
Their giving is our receiving, and our giving is their receiving.”