“Lanham’s is a vision and voice I admire; I’m as grateful for this book, this field guide, as he is grateful for the wildness in the world.” – Sean Hill, author of Dangerous Goods Slow Yourself to be Awed with J. Drew Lanham J. Drew Lanham is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Master Teacher, and Certified Wildlife Biologist at Clemson University . He’s the author of The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature and the collection of poetry and meditations, Sparrow Envy: Field Guide to Birds and Lesser Beasts, which is the focus …
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Gary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) on Wisdom Gleaned from Fishers & Farmers
“Gary Nabhan’s work reminds us of what I can describe only as a historical wonder…” – Wendell Berry Gary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) on Wisdom Gleaned from Fishers & Farmers Gary Nabhan (aka Brother Coyote) is an Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, a first generation Lebanese-American, seed saver, agro-ecologist, ethnobotanist, agrarian activist, and author. A former MacArthur Fellow, he has been called the “father of the local food movement” by Time. He currently holds the W.K. Kellogg Chair in Food & Water Security for the Borderlands. Gary has engaged with farmers and refugee farmworkers in Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, and Oman. Nabhan keeps …
Season Two Trailer
On the cusp of season 2, I was ruminating on how I might introduce the tonality of this series of conversations. The September musing jumped to mind. In this musing, I reflected one some words to live by according to Ralph Waldo Emerson And there was one Emerson line that stuck to my ribs. No matter how hard I scraped, it would not leave me alone. “Nothing great is ever accomplished without enthusiasm.” Not cheerleader or car salesman enthusiasm. But enthusiasm as the fire within, the fire blazing the passions of being and becoming. In the resonance of this enthusiasm …