Rooted: Cultivating a Green Philosophy

How should we steward the places we love?

This timeless question, now more urgent than ever in an era of climate change, rampant waste, soil degradation and water pollution, has challenged communities for centuries. Sir Roger Scruton proposed the solution to this timeless question must be found in and through our love of home—what he called Oikophilia—by focusing our gaze on immediate problems, needs and affections.

In this spirit, the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation, in partnership with the Wethersfield Institute, is pleased to present the online interview series, Rooted: Cultivating a Green Philosophy. We invite you to join series host Grace Olmstead as she considers responsible farming and stewardship practices that might care for our environment and ecology while also prioritizing the interests and needs of local farmers and communities. Guests of the series will include farmers, authors and scholars from the United States and the United Kingdom.