• Kinship: Plants As Persons

  • Mar 18 2022
  • Length: 52 mins
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Kinship: Plants As Persons

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  • Over the past decade, plant scientists have quietly transformed the way we think of trees, forests and plants. They discovered that trees communicate through vast underground networks, that plants learn and remember. If plants are intelligent beings, how should we relate to them? Do they have a place in our moral universe? Should they have rights?

    Human identity cannot be separated from our nonhuman kin. From forest ecology to the human microbiome, emerging research suggests that being human is a complicated journey made possible only by the good graces of our many companions. In partnership with the Center for Humans and Nature and with support from the Kalliopeia Foundation, To The Best Of Our Knowledge is exploring this theme of "kinship" in a special radio series.

    To learn more about the Kinship series, head to ttbook.org/kinship.

    Original Air Date: December 19, 2020

    Guests:

    Robin Wall Kimmerer — Matt Hall — Monica Gagliano — Brooke Hecht

    Interviews In This Hour:

    We've Forgotten How To Listen To Plants — We Share This World With Plants. What Do We Owe Them? — Guided by Plant Voices — The Botanical Medicine Cabinet
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