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Human Ambitions: Contrasting Perspective from Elon Musk and Robin Wall Kimmerer

Posted by Bonnie Bright on September 30, 2015 at 6:46pm
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Tags: "scientific knowledge", "plant teachers", "sacred land", "indigenous wisdom", "Braiding Sweetgrass"
Human ambitions have brought our civilization to literally unprecedented heights -- but with great damage to the world we live in. Where do we go next?To Mars, argues Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk, who's created a remarkably successful space company and an electric car company, and so much more. Joining us is Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Ashlee Vance, who is the author of "Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for Fantastic Future."But in an approach that's literally more down to earth, one botanist suggests that Native American heritage can guide us to a better coexistence with nature, if we can understand gratitude and generosity.Robin Wall Kimmerer is a professor at the State University of New York and founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, and the author of "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants"

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