Tallgrass Prairie & the Power of Perenniality
Kelly Yarbrough |
TEDxAustinCollege
• September 2021
"Perenniality" isn't a real word. (Yet.) But, it's a good way to describe the worldview that Kelly Yarbrough has found embedded in the Kansas tallgrass prairie. The tallgrass prairie is arguably the most endangered ecosystem on the planet. But besides being ecologically threatened, Kelly Yarbrough thinks that the prairie is also entirely under-appreciated for its model of how to live well in community with others. Connecting the dots between art, agriculture, ecology and interpersonal problem-solving, Kelly shares some examples of what the unassuming prairie landscape can teach us all about life well-lived.