I am loving reading Braiding Sweetgrass, a seminal book of immense wisdom written by Robin Wall Kimmerer, member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
She writes so eloquently of the Honourable Harvest:
"Collectively, the indigenous canon of principles and practices that govern the exchange of life for life is known as the Honourable Harvest. They are rules of sorts that govern our taking, shaping our relationships with the natural world, and rein in our tendency to consume - that the world might be as rich for the seventh generation
as it is for our own. The details are highly specific to different cultures and ecosystems, but the fundamental principles are nearly universal among peoples who live close to the land."
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