"This beautiful book can completely change how we approach science, using both Indigenous and Western approaches, and how we can work collaboratively to help foster balance in nature."–Suzanne Simard, bestselling author of Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
"In
Medicine Wheel for the Planet, Dr. Jennifer Grenz reminds us that we are an integral part of the ever-changing environment. By asking questions about that environment from a relational lens, we can turn away from strategies that seek to restore a purity that never existed and turn toward meaningful collaboration with our plant relatives. I will be returning to and recommending this book for years to come."–
Patty Krawec, author of Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future "What a wonderfully destabilizing book! Through an exquisite weaving of lived experiences, storytelling, and regional Indigenous wisdom, Dr. Jennifer Grenz guides us away from the false promise of western 'Eden ecology' into the deeper promise of true relational ecology. Here, if we are open and humble, we come to reinhabit our true place in healing the earth–a place where self-care and land-care are intertwined, where Indigenous understanding is honored and incorporated without superficial fragmentation or appropriation, where our human role within the landscape is revitalized, where business and extraction is replaced by balance and reciprocity. Medicine Wheel for the Planet is practical, uplifting, and beautifully composed–a must-read for all who care about our beloved, thirsting Earth."–Lyanda Lynn Haupt, author of Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit
"Through this moving memoir, Dr. Jennifer Grenz shows the reader that western science is incomplete by juxtaposing differing cosmologies, epistemologies, cognitive frameworks, and languages of western and Indigenous worlds."–M. Kat Anderson, author of Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Management of California's Natural Resources
"Everyone passionate about environmental justice and our relationships to our lands should read this book."–Dr. Jessica Hernandez, author of Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science
"Grenz challenges readers to consider a decolonial, Indigenized worldview that decenters human needs and takes important lessons from plant and animal communities."–Colors of Influence
"Readers seeking answers for the best way to approach climate change will find this resource invaluable."–Booklist
"In her compelling new book, ecologist and scholar Jennifer Grenz bridges the gap between Western and Indigenous knowledges and epistemologies to provide a new perspective on how we can collectively and meaningfully heal and protect the Earth."–Ms. Magazine
"[Medicine Wheel for the Planet] details her journey to connect head (Western science) with heart (Indigenous worldview)–the latter of which she says is the "missing puzzle piece" in our efforts to re-establish planetary health amid an ongoing climate crisis."–Civil Eats
