BGSU In the Round speaker series to host ecologist, educator and author Robin Wall Kimmerer

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BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - As part of its In the Round speaker series, Bowling Green State University will host Native American ecologist, educator and author Robin Wall Kimmerer for a free public discussion at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, March 27, in Kobacker Hall at Moore Musical Arts Center.

A member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer will discuss her widely acclaimed book, "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants." A book signing with Kimmerer will follow the discussion.

As a writer and a scientist, Kimmerer's interests include not only the restoration of ecological communities but also the restoration of relationships to land.

Her first book, "Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses," was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain and numerous scientific journals. Kimmerer's 2024 book, "The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World," is a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient lives around gratitude, reciprocity and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. She also recently published her first children's book, "Bud Finds Her Gift."

Kimmerer holds bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in botany and is the author of numerous scientific papers on plant ecology, bryophyte ecology, traditional knowledge and restoration ecology. She lives on an old farm in upstate New York, tending gardens both cultivated and wild.

In addition to speaking at BGSU, Kimmerer will give a free public presentation at 10 a.m. on Saturday, March 28, at the Veterans Memorial Building in Bowling Green City Park, hosted by Wood County District Public Library.

The BGSU In the Round series seeks to raise awareness of the artistry, activism, and presence of contemporary Native American and Indigenous creatives.

For more information, visit BGSU.edu/In-The-Round.