Wes Jackson: 9 books

An essential and timely collection of wise and compelling essays from one of the longtime leaders of the sustainable agriculture movement in America.   Wes Jackson, “a well-known and admired advocate for sustainability especially as it relates to agriculture, has the rare ability to transform his...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.​ At the 36th Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures Mary Berry–Executive Director of The Berry Center–moderated a conversation between Berry...

A call to agricultural revolution from a locavore and author who is one of “the most prominent and effective advocates of American environmental thought” (Prairie Fire Newspaper). For years, Wes Jackson has made it his mission to raise Americans’ awareness about where their food comes...

A ringing cry to forge a meaningful connection to the land by a leading voice in the sustainable agriculture movement: “A small book rich in ideas” (New York Times). The New World―this empty land dazzlingly rich in forests, soils, rainfall, and mineral wealth―was to represent a new...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics. Co-founder of The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, and pioneer in sustainable agriculture, Wes Jackson is here too a pioneer—for sustainable...

The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.​ Wes Jackson points to agriculture—in particular to the methods of till agriculture, which cause soil loss and destroy the soil's water-holding...

" The New World -- this empty land dazzlingly rich in forests, soils, rainfall, and mineral wealth -- was to represent a new beginning for civilized humanity. Unfortunately, even the best of the European settlers had a stronger eye for conquest than for justice. Natives were in the way -- surplus...

Protecting Public Health and the Environment describes the history, specific content, and scientific and philosophical foundations of the principle of precautionary action.

Die Menschheit dachte, sie hätte das Schlimmste überstanden, nachdem eine gewaltige Sonneneruption die Erdoberfläche verbrannte und Millionen von Menschen in den Tod riss. Doch dann breitete sich eine unaufhaltsame Krankheit aus, die Körper und Geist der letzten Überlebenden befiel. Die Seuche,...