Modern industrial-scale agriculture has proven incompatible with the structure and function of natural systems. To reverse the abusive practices that are undermining the long-term health of the land, humans, and non-human species, a new agricultural paradigm that mimics rather...
Post Carbon Fellow Wes Jackson’s plan to begin a phased retirement from the Land Institute when he reaches 80 next year was reported in the Wichita Eagle. From the article: Wes Jackson spent the past 39 years warning us...
As usual, we have some seriously smart speakers, including Ricardo Salvador (Union of Concerned Scientists), John Cobb, Jr. (environmentalist/theologian/philosopher), Mary Evelyn Tucker (Yale), Peter Kenmore (agricultural entomologist at the United Nation’s FAO), Angus Wright (author and co-founder of Environmental...
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Post Carbon Fellows Wes Jackson and Bill McKibben will be plenary speakers at this 4 day conference which focuses on big ideas for a thriving ecosphere and will feature up to 1,000 presenters over 80 areas of specialty.
Post Carbon Fellow Wes Jackson presents at the Techno-Utopianism & the Fate of the Earth Teach In hosted by the International Forum on Globalization.
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Post Carbon Fellows Richard Heinberg, Wes Jackson and Bill McKibben will be one of 45 Leading scholars, authors and activists who will convene at The Great Hall of Cooper Union, New York City, for a public “teach-in” on the...
Post Carbon Fellow Wes Jackson was quoted in this article on the future of agriculture. From the article: The United States currently loses 1.7 billion tons of topsoil a year. According to Wes Jackson, director of The Land Institute,...
“Agriculture is the oldest environmental problem,” the Land Institute’s Wes Jackson tells us early in this 27-minute video. Through interviews with 11 scientists, researchers and environmental experts, this short documentary considers that fate of agriculture and the environment in...
Post Carbon Fellow Wes Jackson’s work on perennial crops at the Land Institute was picked up in this article. From the article: This Kansas field could be a small step toward a big leap forward in agriculture. Researchers from...
Post Carbon Fellow Wes Jackson was interviewed by the New York Times at the annual Prairie Festival in Kansas. From the article: A few weeks ago at the annual Prairie Festival in Salina, Kan. — a celebration, essentially, of...