Toronto Ladies Sustainability Book Club

This month we will be reading Braiding Sweet Grass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.

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I have been looking for different voices to bring to the sustainability conversation as there are shockingly few women authors in the space.

I am so excited to dig into this book for the fall! See you in November.

Publisher's Summary:
As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers.

In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these two lenses of knowing together to reveal what it means to see humans as "the younger brothers of creation". As she explores these themes, she circles toward a central argument: The awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgement and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the world. Once we begin to listen for the languages of other beings, we can begin to understand the innumerable life-giving gifts the world provides us and learn to offer our thanks, our care, and our own gifts in return.

February's Book Club - The Future We Choose

Join the Toronto Ladies Sustainability Book Club for a regular event focused on Corporate Sustainability and Social Impact.

Connect with like-minded women interested in social impact, careers for greater social impact, and promoting sustainability in our companies.
This is an informal get together centred around a discussion on a monthly book. Whether you're a seasoned professional in the sustainability field or just starting to explore the topic, this event offers valuable insights and connections.

This event is for women and non binary people only. Thanks for respecting that.

About the Book:

In The Future We Choose, the authors outline two possible scenarios for the planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth will be like by 2050 if we fail to meet the Paris targets for carbon dioxide emission reduction. In the other, they describe what it will take to create and live in a carbon neutral, regenerative world. They argue for confronting the climate crisis head on, with determination and optimism. How we all of us address the climate crisis in the next thirty years will determine not only the world we will live in but also the world we will bequeath to our children and theirs. The Future We Choose presents our options and tells us, in no uncertain terms, what governments, corporations, and each of us can and must do to fend off disaster"-- Source: Publisher

Location: Toronto’s East End - currently planning 'The Only Cafe' on the Danforth.