Environmental Science Program Creighton University - Presents

Dr. Wes Jackson

Wes Jackson is a leading thinker in the international sustainable agriculture movement. Founder and president of The Land Institute in Salina, Kansas, he has pioneered research in Natural Systems Agriculture — including perennial grains, perennial polycultures, and intercropping. The work of the Land Institute has been featured in many media outlets including the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, Audubon, MacNeil‐Lehrer News Hour, and All Things Considered. Life magazine predicted Wes Jackson will be among the 100 "most important Americans of the 20th century." He is a recipient of the Pew Conservation Scholars award and a MacArthur Fellowship, and has been listed as one of Smithsonian's "35 Who Made a Difference". Wes has an M.A. in botany from University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. in genetics from North Carolina State University. He was a professor of biology at Kansas Wesleyan and later established the Environmental Studies program at California State University, Sacramento, where he became a tenured full professor. He is the author of several books including Becoming Native to This Place (1994), Altars of Unhewn Stone (1987), and New Roots for Agriculture (1980).

We Can Now Solve the Oldest Environmental Problem Friday, April 11 - 3:00 P.M Mike and Josie Harper Center Ballroom - Creighton University

All are welcome to attend this presentation. Dr. Jackson’s visit to Creighton is being co‐sponsored by: the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Department of Sociology, Department of Atmospheric Science, Program in Justice and Peace Studies, Center for Catholic Thought, Environmental Science Student Club and Biology Student Club. For more information or to set up individual or group meetings with Dr. Jackson, please contact Peggy Smith in the Environmental Science Program, [email protected]; 402‐280‐2811