Annina’s Reviews > Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants > Status Update

‘Philosophers call this state of isolation and disconnection “species loneliness”- a deep, unnamed sadness stemming from estrangement from the rest of the Creation, from the loss of relationship. As our human dominance of the world has grown, we have become more isolated, more lonely when we can longer call out to our neighbors.’