The Pandemic Armchair Philosophy Blog
Ecosphere Studies partner, Bill Vitek, creator of the Pandemic Armchair Philosophy Blog, writes that it “…was born in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic, and is designed to demonstrate…
Podcast from the Prairie: “The Portrait of an Artist as an Old Man”
In this episode of “Podcast from the Prairie,” Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen discuss the creativity of both humans and the larger living world. In addition to finding expression in art, human creativity also…
Experts Collaborating to Develop Crops That Can Thrive in Diverse Systems
As 2020 comes to a close, many of us are staying safely at home and finding respite in our kitchens. The loaves of sourdough and banana bread that were so…
Podcast from the Prairie: Methodism in My Madness
In this episode of “Podcast from the Prairie,” Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen discuss the role of religion, both in Jackson’s life and in our human future. The title of this episode references something…
Bill Vitek: In Pursuit of Better Agriculture (and a Better Society)
On December 16th, Olivia Malloy was joined by Bill Vitek for a conversation about his work with perennial agriculture. Among his many other roles, Mr. Vitek, a philosopher, educator, and…
How Kansas Home Bakers Can Be ‘Citizen Scientists’ and Help Save the Planet
As 2020 comes to a close, many of us are staying safely at home and finding respite in our kitchens. The loaves of sourdough and banana bread that were so…
Transforming Life On Our Home Planet, Perennially
Ed. note: This piece is the first contribution in the new book The Perennial Turn: Contemporary Essays from the Field, ed. by Bill Vitek and published as a free ebook by New…
Why Kansas Politicians of Both Parties Should Embrace the Green New Deal
In this fall’s contest between U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall and state Sen. Barbara Bollier for the open U.S. Senate seat in Kansas, Marshall has repeatedly argued that his opponent, if elected,…
Final Talk in Exhibit Columbus Series to Discuss Indigenous Design in the US
Exhibit Columbus will conclude its New Middles symposium with a live conversation broadcast on Dezeen that will explore the past and future of Midwest landscapes and indigenous design. Watch here from 7:00pm UK…
‘NEW MIDDLES’: Exhibit Columbus announces online symposium
Exhibit Columbus has announced a series of conversations and online events which will comprise the 2020 Exhibit Columbus Symposium New Middles event this fall. Exhibit Columbus—which launched in 2016 to…
Our Turn At This Earth: Wes Jackson And The Life Of The Mind
What if you discovered that a genius, a visionary thinker who could string thoughts and words together that make you believe in your own potential and that of all humanity,…
Summer Soul-stice Going Virtual
The word “apocalypse” is described as “destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale,” according to the Oxford Dictionary. An alternate, less frightening, definition of apocalypse is “to uncover…