^{“We say that humans have the least experience with how to live and thus the most to learn—we must look to our teachers among the other species for guidance. Their wisdom is apparent in the way that they live. They teach us by example. They’ve been on the earth far longer than we have been and have had time to figure things out.”}

^{Robin Wall Kimmerer, from Braiding Sweetgrass}

^{The course says “Miracles are a kind of exchange. Like all expressions of love, which are always miraculous in the true sense, the exchange reverses the physical laws. They bring more love both to the giver and the receiver.” Miracles are about giving love.}

^{“If one tree fruits, they all fruit—there are no soloists. Not one tree in a grove, but the whole grove; not one grove in the forest, but every grove; all across the county and all across the state. The trees act not as individuals, but somehow as a collective. Exactly how they do this, we don’t yet know.  But what we see is the power of unity. What happens to one happens to us all. We can starve together or feast together. All flourishing is mutual.”}

^{Robin Wall Kimmerer, from Braiding Sweetgrass}