A scientist as well as member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin Wall Kimmerer, a recent recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, is also, and perhaps primarily, a powerful storyteller.

This Peace on Earth Day is inspired by the book of the month for November, Braiding Sweetgrass. Robin Wall Kimmerer’s book strikes the right chord for this season of Thanksgiving

Soil science has grown by leaps and bounds in recent times, and is the crucial foundation for all regenerative farming. Did you know that scientists have discovered more organisms living in soil than the rest of species living on Earth, combined? Or that carbon loss in soil is connected to climate change?

Oceanographer and deep-sea explorer, Sylvia Earle, sends out a clear, clarion call to protect the oceans--immense, interlocking systems millions of inhabitants rely on; and not just the underwater ones, but us land-dwellers as well.

This Peace on Earth Day is inspired by the book of the month for July, The World is Blue. We have collected links so you can read about robo-fish, get up close-and-personal with an incredible octopus, and more!

The novel’s prologue opens in 1554, with Dr. Michel de Nostredame, in his secret study at Salon-de-Provence, France, poring over a set of small paintings on glass squares “no larger than a Tarot card,” created by Leonardo da Vinci.

WOVEN’s May book selection, Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, by Terry Tempest Williams, is a compelling account of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, a nearby migratory-bird refuge and the ill effects of humankind’s recklessness on both; plus, much, much more.