Robin Wall Kimmerer, (16 September 2013), Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants page: 124, publisher: Milkweed Editions, ISBN: 978-1-57131-871-8
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Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond.
— Robin Wall Kimmerer
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Knowing that you love the earth changes you, activates you to defend and protect and celebrate. But when you feel that the earth loves you in return, that feeling transforms the relationship from a one-way street into a sacred bond." in the context of "Robin Wall Kimmerer, (16 September 2013), Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants page: 124, publisher: Milkweed Editions, ISBN: 978-1-57131-871-8" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System, in both diameter and mass. Home to myriad species including humans, it is also referred to as Gaia, Terra, Tellus, the World, the Globe, the Blue Marble or the Blue Planet.
About Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System, in both diameter and mass. Home to myriad species including humans, it is also referred to as Gaia, Terra, Tellus, the World, the Globe, the Blue Marble or the Blue Planet.
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