Sam Illingworth

Professor of Creative Pedagogies, Edinburgh Napier University

Serviceberry

The Serviceberry: this Indigenous understanding of nature can help us rethink economics

Ultimately, The Serviceberry is a hopeful book. It offers a way out of what Kimmerer calls a “cannibal economy”, where endless consumption depletes the world around us. Instead, she imagines a system where resources circulate through communities, creating webs of independence that nourish both humans and nature.

November 19, 2024