On the Trail Book Club

New Book Club for Summer '24! Put on your walking shoes and join us On the Trail. Get your steps in while discussing fascinating true tales. Bring water & a friend!

In September, we'll be discussing Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. 

As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with the tools of science. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer brings these lenses of knowledge together to show that the awakening of a wider ecological consciousness requires the acknowledgment and celebration of our reciprocal relationship with the rest of the living world. For only when we can hear the languages of other beings are we capable of understanding the generosity of the earth, and learning to give our own gifts in return.

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Check out the eBook HERE or request HERE.

Check out the audiobook HERE or request HERE.

Please plan to arrive on time, as the discussion will begin to travel by 8:45 am. All participants will be required to sign a liability waiver at the start of the trail.

All are welcome, Clarkstown residency is not required for this event.

Registration is encouraged. In the event of inclement weather, the discussion will be rescheduled and all registered users will receive an email alerting them of the change.