What did you do for Earth Day and Earth Week? On Earth Day, Karin and I spent the afternoon at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge. It poured much of the time, so we circumnavigated the boundaries, checked out the trailheads, … Continue reading
Last night my Envi 101 Nature and Society class and I heard an wonderful talk by David Orr, Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies at Oberlin College. Orr discussed ‘Black Swans and the US Future’. Noting that infrequent and … Continue reading
Earth Day has come and gone, and nothing much has changed. As an ethicist and professor of environmental studies, I pay close attention to Earth Day. I have read or heard an abundance of commentaries on how people mistreat our … Continue reading
I recently had a wonderful visit at Lafayette College. Lafayette is a highly regarded institution located in Easton, PA. It has a twin-fold emphasis on the liberal arts, as well as engineering and the applied sciences. This creative mix of … Continue reading
Last Saturday, I saw the movie Avatar. It is a huge, thrill-ride of a movie. As importantly, it is interlaced with threads of environmentalism, colonialism, capitalism, militarism, spiritual crisis and personal redemption. I’ve been asked to give an Earth Week … Continue reading
From July 17 to July 23, 2008, I took part in a six-day “Whole Thinking Retreat†sponsored by the Center for Whole Communities at Knoll Farm in Fayston, Vermont. The twenty-plus participants and facilitators were a multi-racial group of environmental … Continue reading