RaveBrevity MagazineI expected lessons, but what I found were teachings—knowledge that’s offered, instead of information and dogma ... This book braids these multiple perspectives into a series of essays that’s coherent and compelling ... In these essays, Kimmerer sends out a gentle, affirming call to act on behalf of our world, using our creative gifts: \'books, paintings, poems, the clever machines, the compassionate acts, the transcendent ideas, the perfect tools.\' Being grateful is important, Kimmerer says, but not enough. Everyone must act.