We are rootless, but not nomadic. Few of us know what a watershed is much less where we stand within it. The embed below is the entire episode on place-based learning on Bonni Stachowiak’s podcast “Learning in Higher Ed” , a worthwhile listen with some very interesting resources that you can find in the show notes.

The embed below is a clip from the podcast that focuses on defining “place-based learning”. Seems like all I ever do on my farm is place-based learning. This place can be a harsh mentor.

If you are interested in place-based learning in a more practical vein, I recommend that you complete Kevin Kelly’s “Big Here” questionnaire. There are 30 questions and it doesn’t matter if you can’t answer them all. Even a few answers can begin to help you set down place-based roots. And that is a very good antidote to our ungrounded COVID19 lives.

Finally, all of this can be summed up by making this place as we walk down the royal road with Wendell Berry as he reads, “It is hard to have hope”.