Speaking

  • "Hope in a book about the environmental challenges we face in the 21st century is an audacious thing to promise, so I’m pleased to report that Courtney White delivers on it."

    Michael Pollan

  • "Courtney White’s experience with the Quivira Coalition has made him master of two indispensable truths: People of different and apparently opposing interests can work together in good will for their mutual good; and…a similar reciprocity can be made, in use, between humans and their land."

    Wendell Berry

  • "Courtney White has lived and worked at the radical center of collaborative conservation in the West for more than two decades, literally reshaping dialogue and land stewardship in the region through his innovations."

    Gary P. Nabhan

  • "What we have in Courtney White's book is a recording of one passing phase of that frontier. And what a pleasure it is to see the real Wests captured in their flow!"

    Wallace Stegner

Speaking

 

I am an engaging public speaker and educator for general audiences as well as specific groups.

 

I have an overarching talk which covers my journey from environmental activist to dues-paying member of the New Mexico Cattlegrowers Association to my authorship of books on carbon, conservation, and regenerative agriculture.

 

Topics covered include: collaborative conservation, the radical center, land health, progressive cattle ranching, ecological restoration, resilience, the carbon ranch, and a variety of practical solutions to pressing problems. Audiences will gain a broad but detailed understanding of how ecological agriculture, cooperative behavior, and locally-scaled endeavors create hopeful solutions for the 21st century.

 

I also take the audience on a personal journey that began when I was 15 years old and taking a world history class in high school. The class blew me away: Egyptian pharaohs, hanging gardens of Babylon, Greek temples, Minoan battle axes, Roman legions. The class was fascinating, but it raised a question my mind that has never gone away: why do people do the things they do? Why do they build empires, create great art, and wage war? Why do civilizations rise and fall and fade away? What’s up with us anyway?

 

It’s an inspiring tour of thoughtful questions and hopeful answers to pressing challenges.

 

Watch a sample video

 

 

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