The Inspirational Life of Environmentalist Wendell Berry
Bates Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. Wendell Berry made his choices and stuck to them.
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- ▪This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- ▪This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. Wendell Berry made his choices and stuck to them.
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Grist/Amelia K. Bates Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. Wendell Berry made his choices and stuck to them. He did not have a computer or a smartphone. He wrote more than 50 books of poetry, fiction, and essays, mostly with a pencil and paper, from his farmhouse in Henry County, Kentucky.
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