What is a Land Laureate?
A Land Laureate is an individual who, through life experience and study, has accumulated a storehouse of knowledge about the workings of the land, and of the relationships between the people and the local, wild plants and animals. Through their extraordinary skills of observation, empathy, and imagination, these individuals have attained a high level of knowledge and understanding of appropriate, sustaining, respectful ways to engage with animals, plants and the living land.
Every other year, individuals will be selected to receive the Land Laureate Prize, and serve a two-year term as Land Laureates. Through speaking engagements, press interviews and publications, the Land Laureate awardees will bring their land-based knowledge and perspectives into the greater cultural arena. |
