Wes Jackson: Greening the Economy, Preparing for the End of Growth
August 6th, 2009 | Published in Economics, Environment and the Climate Crisis | 1 Comment
Co-founder of the Land Institute in Kansas and named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the top 100 people changing America, Wes Jackson keynotes the 2009 MN Chapter of the Society for Conservation Biology’s annual meeting.
Jackson thinks that the way the people of the world are fed can and should be more sustainable. Jackson is working to transform staples like wheat, sunflower and sorghum into perennial crops, eliminating the need for plowing and replanting, and minimizing the use of fertilizers. Farms can be transformed from industrial factories into natural ecosystems. 1 hour, 14 minutes.