The restless and relentless mind of Wes Jackson : searching for sustainability / Robert Jensen ; foreword by David W. Orr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jensen, Robert, 1958- author.

Contributor:

Orr, David W., 1944- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson, Wes, 1936---Interviews.

Jackson, Wes.

Sustainable agriculture--United States.

Sustainable agriculture.

Geneticists.

United States.

Environmental responsibility--United States.

Environmental responsibility.

Botanists--United States--Biography.

Botanists.

Environmentalists--United States--Biography.

Environmentalists.

Geneticists--United States--Biography.

Jackson, Wes, 1936-.

Genre:

Biographies.

Interviews.

Physical Description:

xii, 140 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2021]

Summary:

"In this short-form manuscript, Jensen provides readers with a core discussion of Wes Jackson's major ideas and contributions to environmental sustainability. Raised on a farm and trained as a botanist and geneticist, Jackson left a tenured job as a full professor in the mid-1970s to launch The Land Institute, which has grown to be an internationally recognized center for sustainable agriculture research. Written in close contact with Jackson, Jensen's work organizes some of Jackson's key insights from his lifelong efforts to see small and think big, and is designed as both an introduction to those ideas and a supplemental text to Jackson's own writings"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Energy of Life

2. Agriculture

3. Taking Nature Seriously

4. Too Many, Too Much

5. Knowledge

6. Schooling

7. "We" Have to Accept Limits

8. A Creaturely Worldview.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780700630554

0700630554

OCLC:

1163946626