The Serviceberry : An Economy of Gifts and Abundance

As Indigenous scientist and Braiding Sweetgrass author Robin Wall Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds, she looks at the broken promises of a gift economy rooted in scarcity, competition and resource-hoarding. Instead, we can learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most, reorienting our lives around gratitude, reciprocity and community. In the words of the contemporary sage, “Hoarding won’t save us, all flourishing is mutual.”