Tea, Talk, and Teaching resumes this fall 2024! Brew some tea (or coffee) and join us for this collegial opportunity to discuss books that have influenced how we see higher education teaching and learning.

What might the teachings of plants tell us about significant, meaningful teaching? If you have not yet read Braiding Sweetgrass, then this would be a good time to add this book to your reading list. Join us for a conversation about Robin Kimmerer’s classic as we reflect on the moments that have captured your values and beliefs about teaching. Braiding Sweetgrass is rich and abundant, but you’re welcome to join wherever you are on your reading journey. Come open to listen or discuss the parts that strike you and your plans for your teaching practice. Feel free to share the passages that have confounded you. And we will hold space for listening to each other to discuss what we’d like to take forward for our teaching practice. “A harvest is made honorable by what you give in return for what you take” (Kimmerer, 2013, p.194).

Who is Robin Kimmerer? A botanist from the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Kimmerer’s work springs from Indigenous ways of knowing and the belief that animals and plants are essential teachers.

Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Milkweed Editions.

Note: Registration spaces are limited.