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    Changing Nature Names

    Mar 4, 2025 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    What you call something imparts meaning. Names can invoke assumptions, connotations, stereotypes and influence how you perceive an animal or a place. A name can also make you feel connected to a more-than-human being or your heritage.

  • Conservation

    Braiding Science, Kinship With Nature, and Communal Well-Being

    May 14, 2024 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, author Robin Wall Kimmerer in her now iconic 2015 book Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants intertwines the knowledge she gained during her Potawatomi upbringing with the education she later received as a scientist—specifically, a plant biologist.