Some excellent Wendell Berry videos here to kick off the video portion of our multimedia Tuesdays. First and foremost, you do not want to miss this excellent show from Kentucky Public Television where Wendell Berry interviews Bill McKibben about Bill’s recent book Deep Economy .  I’m bu...

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Interview with Matt Bonzo about his book WENDELL BERRY AND THE CULTIVATION OF LIFE http://cpyubookshelf.blogspot.com/2008/11/matt-bonzo-on-wendell-berry-and.html CPYU: What first drew you to Wendell Berry’s writing? How has he influenced your work as a philosopher and college professor?   MB:...

A friend sent this article by Wendell Berry the other day and said it was worth the read, he is right. The article looks at how our insatiable desire for more not only has adverse effects on our lives and economy but also on our environment. This limitlessness that’s rooted in an Englightenmen...

Oh Wendell Berry, will you marry me? From Harper's Magazine, Wendell Berry's Faustian Economics The general reaction to the apparent end of the era of cheap fossil fuel, as to other readily foreseeable curtailments, has been to delay any sort of reckoning. The strategies of delay, so far, have been ...

In a recent New York Times piece, Michael Pollan lamented how little we, as individuals, can do to ward off climate change. But he also made a strong case for one activity that just might help the environment—starting a backyard vegetable garden. You begin to see that growing even a little of ...

Heads up, NYC readers! Nate writes from the city to inform me of a wonderful event going on Tuesday night: The Peace of Wild Things (April 22, 8pm - Christ and St. Stephens Church 120 W. 69th St) An Earth......