Food & Water

Podcast from the Prairie: Intellectual Grounding

By Robert Jensen, Wes Jackson, originally published by Podcast from the Prairie

September 3, 2020

Podcast from the Prairie

Welcome to “Podcast from the Prairie.” Wes Jackson, one of the founders of the sustainable agriculture movement, tells stories that take us from lessons learned growing up on a Kansas farm to the front lines of crucial debates about ecological crises and social struggles.

The lead producer of the podcast is Michael Johnson of Perennial Films. You’ll find information about film/video projects at http://www.perennialfilms.com.

Robert Jensen

Robert Jensen

Robert Jensen, an Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin, is the author of It’s Debatable: Talking Authentically about Tricky Topics from Olive Branch Press. His previous book, co-written with Wes Jackson, was An Inconvenient Apocalypse: Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity. To subscribe to his mailing list, go to http://www.thirdcoastactivist.org/jensenupdates-info.html.

Tags: building resilient communities, rural communities

Seeds Series Volume 2: Building regenerative economies in an age of collapse

By Bill Baue, Bill Baue Substack

A new volume in the r3.0 “Seeds Series” brings together thinkers, activists and systems scholars exploring how societies might move through ecological and institutional breakdown toward more regenerative, place-based and cooperative forms of life.

May 20, 2026

Fact-checking Trump’s false claims about the IPCC and ‘RCP8.5’ climate scenario

By Robert McSweeney, Cecilia Keating, Zeke Hausfather, Carbon Brief

Among a flurry of posts on social media last weekend, US president Donald Trump declared “good riddance” to a specific emissions scenario used in global climate projections.

May 20, 2026

Crazy Town Episode 125

Crazy Town: Episode 125. The Lighter Side of Dark Ages with Chris Smaje

By Asher Miller, Jason Bradford, Rob Dietz, Resilience.org

Chris Smaje visits Crazy Town for some farmer-to-farmer straight talk. We cover Viking raids to agrarian populism, from societal collapse to the practicalities of making your way in a failed state. And they can’t get away from the shop talk of gardens, livestock, and home economics.

May 20, 2026