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Task 13: Read a nonfiction book about nature or the environment.
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I'll probably try to read either Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants or The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer.

The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Silent Spring


Currently considering The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet by Leah Thomas, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells, There’s Something In The Water: Environmental Racism in Indigenous & Black Communities by Ingrid R.G. Waldron, A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington, Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx... honestly, this is only the tip of the iceberg for stuff that's on my physical shelves at home and on my goodreads TBR.




This definitely looks like it would count!

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Ooh, that looks like a good one for me as well. It's not a trail I've been on, but I have an interest in long trails after working crew on the Appalachian Trail right after college.




I read [book:The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World. It was a short and good read.

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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (other topics)
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Task 13: Read a nonfiction book about nature or the environment.