On behalf of the Tishman Environment and Design Center and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts I am pleased to invite you to a lecture by Wes Jackson, Ph.D. Jackson is the President and founder (1976) of The Land Institute [ http://www.landinstitute.org ] located in Salina, Kansas. He is a Pew Scholar, MacArthur Fellow, and has received the Right Livelihood Award. His books include Man and the Environment, New Roots for Agriculture, Meeting the Expectations of the Land (edited with Wendell Berry and Bruce Colman), Altars of Unhewn Stone, and Becoming Native to This Place.
The goal of The Land Institute "is to improve the security of our food and fiber source by reducing soil erosion, decreasing dependency upon petroleum and natural gas, and relieving the agriculture-related chemical contamination of our land and water. Our specific research is an innovation for agriculture, using "nature as the measure" to develop mixed perennial grain crops as food for humans where farmers use nature as a standard or measure in making their agronomic decisions. Over 75 percent of human calories worldwide come from grains such as wheat and corn, but the production of these grains erodes ecological capital. Our research is directed toward the goal of having conservation as a consequence of agricultural production."
It has been said that "if we don't get sustainability in agriculture first, it won't happen anywhere". Jackson is leading the way.
Come join us for a fascinating and deeply important lecture. And tell your friends (forward this e-mail); the talk is open to the public.
Nov. 28th 2006
6:30pm Tishman Auditorium
66 west 12th
open to the public
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