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Becoming Native to This Place Paperback – October 1, 1996

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4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
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In six compelling essays, Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy grounded in nature’s principles. Exploding the tenets of industrial agriculture, Jackson, a respected advocate for sustainable practices and the founder of The Land Institute, seeks to integrate food production with nature in a way that sustains both.
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    Counterpoint
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    October 1, 1996
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    1887178112
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Ideas seem to advance in waves upon the modern mind, and one of the concepts cresting at present is the notion of place. This recent swell could be charted back to Daniel Kemmis's 1992 book Community and the Politics of Place as well as his more recent meditation on the inhabitation of cities (The Good City and the Good Life). Wendell Berry's A Place on Earth continued the theme, as has Alan Thein Durning's recent book This Place on Earth. Wes Jackson, a bioligist by training, applies the notion of place to a rethinking of ecological and agricultural policy. His hope is that the concept of place will seep deeply into our thoughts and affect the very way we inhabit the world. In effect, Jackson argues for inverting the slogan "think globally, act locally": when we think of the whole Earth on a local level as a group of loved places rather than territory or resource pools, then we will be headed in the right direction.

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Environmentalist and former MacArthur fellow Jackson argues for a shift to economic and lifestyle paradigms based on ecology.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Counterpoint (October 1, 1996)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1887178112
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1887178112
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.47 x 0.35 x 8.5 inches
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Victoria Kantargis
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book!
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2013
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it's very interesting. thought provoking...most books are but this one is really good. theres history, genetics, culture, etc. very good.
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Gregory J Guenther
5.0 out of 5 stars Alternative perspective on human interaction with the earth
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2000
Very easy reading, short book.
Wes Jackson describes a growing perspective that we need to interact symbiotically with the earth rather than considering the earth a "resource" at our disposal. He mixes philosophy with actual personal experiences to further illustrate the story.
The fact that he began the Land Use Institute in Kansas and is still and active participant lends credibility to his dialog.
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S. Diaminah
3.0 out of 5 stars Good Principles, Little Information
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2006
I purchased this book because I have become very interested in agriculture and rooting it and our communities in the local ecosystems of the places we live in. I this book looked like it was going to be a good introduction to this. Well, it was a good introduction to the values of Jackson's practice but doesn't say much about the practice itself. But perhaps that's because trying to apply something other than principles from a book would be counter to the respect for local specifics that Jackson has. Either way the book is well written and inspiring, but i still wish there were more specifics.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Relaxing and Reflective.
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2013
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I always enjoy reading Mr. Jackson's books. BECOMING NATIVE TO THE PLACE, really brings out the problems that we face in todays grab it, use it, throw it away, and move on society. Nothing of nature is sacred. Nothing of our rural world is attractive to the urbanites of today. I'm afraid Mr. Jackson's desire for a people who want to settle down and live a simple life in natural surroundings, is a hopeless wish for our current self-destroying society.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Book is great, but arrived wreaking of detergent and stunk up the whole house
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2021
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I love the contents of the book, but the item arrived wreaking of detergent and stunk up the whole house. I'm not sure where this book was stored previously, but I could not enjoy reading it given its chemical stench. I have left it outside in the barn to air out; hopefully it will dissipate over time.
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Aydin Ayten
4.0 out of 5 stars very good
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2009
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During this period of history, perhaps as had always been , the sense of belonging to a place is a kind of lost concept. In that regard this book gives some hints on how to become native to a place and get this concept right.
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