It’s November and you need chill vibes. And Native American Heritage Month is the perfect time to encore this classic. World-renowned author, botanist, Indigenous ecology professor and bryologist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of “Gathering Moss” and “Braiding Sweetgrass,”  talks about her passion for moss. Cozy up for the most beautifully doled-out information about hidden worlds, overlooked mysteries, botanical drama, forests in miniature, Native peoples’ uses for moss and philosophies about science and ecology. Dr. Kimmerer will change the way you see mosses forever, will inspire you to wear a loupe on a rope, and will soothe your soul with her beautiful voice and prose. Also bathmats, lawns and smoothies made of moss? We discuss.Follow Dr. Kimmerer at facebook.com/braidingsweetgrassLook for her books at independent bookstores or wherever books are sold (including Amazon): “Braiding Sweetgrass” and “Gathering Moss”Donations went to the ESF’s Center for Native Peoples and the Environment and American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)More links at alieward.com/ologies/bryologyOther episodes you may enjoy: Indigenous Cuisinology (NATIVE COOKING) with Mariah Gladstone of Indigikitchen, Indigenous Fire Ecology (GOOD FIRE) with Amy Christianson, Indigenous Fashionology (NATIVE CLOTHING) with Riley Kucheran, Experimental Archeology (OLD TOOLS/ATLATLS) with Angelo Robledo, Carnivorous Phytobiology (MEAT-EATING PLANTS) with Hali’a Eastburn, Cycadology (RARE PLANT DRAMA) with Dr. Nathalie Nagalingum, Bisonology (BUFFALO) with various bisonologists,Foraging Ecology (EATING WILD PLANTS) with @BlackForager, Alexis Nikole Nelson, Critical Ecology (SOCIAL SYSTEMS + ENVIRONMENT) with Dr. Suzanne PierreSponsors of OlogiesTranscripts and bleeped episodesSmologies (short, classroom-safe) episodesBecome a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a monthOlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, masks, totes!Follow @Ologies on Twitter and InstagramFollow @AlieWard on Twitter and InstagramSound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam MediaTranscripts by Emily White of The WordaryWebsite by Kelly R. DwyerTheme song by Nick Thorburn