The Address frames water as a responsible being rather than a resource

Evidence

We give thanks to all of the waters of the world for quenching our thirst, for providing strength and nurturing life for all beings. We know its power in many forms—waterfalls and rain, mists and streams, rivers and oceans, snow and ice. We are grateful that the waters are still here and meeting their responsibility to the rest of Creation. Can we agree that water is important to our lives and bring our minds together as one to send greetings and thanks to the Water? Now our minds are one. — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 377

Categorization

• XREF: Direct hinge to chapter 21’s Keepers of Water theme and to Eco-Justice course work on water rights — the petition ‘Can we agree water is important’ is structured as consensus, not law. — connects to: The Thanksgiving Address obligates humans to live in balance with all living things — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 369; Water cannot refuse the corruption humans impose, but people still can choose otherwise — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 1153; Water symbolizes the for-itself because its fluidity mirrors consciousness. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 1405 (+1 more)
• BMF: flagged by the selector, no supporting note recorded

Broader Connections

• Genuine rationality would treat the earth as a sustaining other rather than a resource #corroborates (0.85) — Val Plumwood, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature, 741
• Water symbolizes the for-itself because its fluidity mirrors consciousness. #expands (0.82) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 1405
• Water cannot refuse the corruption humans impose, but people still can choose otherwise #complicates (0.80) — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass, 1153