Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Language of Animacy

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July 8, 2020 a project of ServiceSpace Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond. - Robin Wall Kimmerer - Robin Wall Kimmerer on the Language of Animacy In the English language, we reserve the pronouns of personhood for humans-- he, she, they--and not for animals, plants, and landscapes. Yet in many of Americas indigenous languages, such barriers are dissolved, and so, too, is the sense of distance between human and nonhuman. Orion editor Helen Whybrow speaks with Robin Wall Kimmerer, a speaker of Potawatomi and an enrolled member in the Citizen Band Potawatomi, about how to find a language that affirms our kinship with the natural world. { read more } Be The Change Do you feel a sense of a sacred bond with the earth? If yes, take time to write a little reflection about it to share with close friends and family. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News One Teacher's Brilliant response to Columbine Guide to Well-Being During Coronavirus How to Strengthen Your Inner Shield How to Unhijack Your Mind from Your Phone 5 Core Practices for More Meaningful Conversations Orion's 25 Most-Read Articles of the Decade A Tribute to Mary Oliver Love in the Time of Coronavirus DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 247,032 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More