Tag: Wes Jackson
Back to the Bottom-Line (Apocalyptically and Practically Speaking) at the Land...
Wendell Berry has written endlessly about the goodness of local work; if, for Berry, the goodness of such work is connected to agrarian virtue, while for Jackson it is connected to ecological necessity, does that make much practical difference?
Intellectual Grounding: A Conversation with Wes Jackson
It’s hard to escape from beauty if you’re ready to observe the biotic activity and geologic history of the world. Beauty is essential, and I’m saying that, even with the desecration of the ecosphere going on right now, it’s still there.
The Localist Theory of Charles Marohn’s Wonderfully Practical Strong Towns
This past weekend, I took a group of students up to the annual Prairie Festival at The Land Institute in Salina, KS. I...
Thoughts on Localism and Resilience
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak to the "Resilience Group," an informal gathering of environmentalists, activists, and interested others that meet regularly at...
On Being a Worthy Heir of the Agrarian Contrarians
But, as Shakespeare wrote, we sometimes “by indirections find directions out.”
Wes Jackson, Localism, and the Carbon-Based Community
A couple of days ago, I had the lucky opportunity to listen up close to Wes Jackson, founder of The Land Institute here in...
Eating for Another Fifty (Centuries)
Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson would like you to think of the Farm Bill as an Eating Bill.
