#00016 Laura Chavez Silverman on barter, belonging, and blindness in Nature

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Laura Chavez Silverman, founder of The Outside Institute, investigates our many options in relating to Nature and the world of plants. Do we go to Nature to take? Do we have something to bring? Can we even “go to Nature” if it is inescapably all around us? What can we do to belong to the land once we give up the illusion of owning it?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">References:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Outside Institute:</span> <a href="https://theoutsideinstitute.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://theoutsideinstitute.org/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A simple version of the logos/plants recognition test (courtesy of @decolonialatlas):</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/decolonialatlas/status/1141014552152367104/photo/1"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://twitter.com/decolonialatlas/status/1141014552152367104/photo/1</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Suzanne’s Simard:</span> <a href="https://suzannesimard.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://suzannesimard.com/</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A recipe for a black walnut bitters Old Fashioned:</span> <a href= "http://www.fouramongstthree.com/blog/2015/1/3/old-fashioned-with-walnut-bitters-anzac-cookies"> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">http://www.fouramongstthree.com/blog/2015/1/3/old-fashioned-with-walnut-bitters-anzac-cookies</span></a></p> <p> </p>