Join Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, a writer of “rare grace,” for her talk, “What does the earth ask of us?”

Kimmerer weaves together indigenous wisdom, science, and profound spiritual insight to reimagine our connection to the living world. Drawing from her background as both a botanist and a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer invites all of us to understand ecological systems with gratitude, mutual respect, and interconnectedness, allowing us to recognize the entire natural world as worthy of care.

Her talk will be followed by a chamber music concert performed by a flute quartet featuring Alex Sopp, flute; Simone Porter & Owen Dalby, violins; Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt, viola; and Arlen Hlusko, cello. In response to Kimmerer’s work, this musical program, curated by Grace Farms Artist-in-Residence Arlen Hlusko, features composers who often derive musical inspiration from their relationships with nature.

Schedule:

3 – 3:45 pm
Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer delivers Grace Farms Lecture

3:45 – 4 pm
Intermission

4 – 5 pm
Chamber Music Performance

About Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants and Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses. She lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.

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