Environmental ethics

By Dan McKanan. Edited by Russell C. Powell Henry David Thoreau is many things to many people: an apostle of simplicity, a brilliant nature writer, a theorist of civil disobedience, one of the first Americans to turn to Asia for spiritual insight, and a...

Art Exhibition: January 16-May 18, 2025 Opening Reception: Monday, January 27, 2025, 5-6:30 pm. Please register for the reception. Where: CSWR Conference Room, 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 The Ephemeral Field Journal project invites a deeper...

By Fabrizio Baldassari / Edited by Russell Powell Throughout the history of Western philosophy and science, scholars have relegated plants to the background of life on Earth. Two influential Aristotelian assumptions primarily drive this view: (1) that...

When: January 21-23, 2025 Where: CSWR Conference Room + Walden Pond trip Registration is required. To participate, you must be able to attend all three sessions. In the evolving media landscape, strong visual storytelling skills offer dynamic...

When: Friday, January 17, 2025 Where: CSWR Conference Room, 42 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 Registration: Participants can register for individual workshops or the entire series. Effective writing is a cornerstone for academics, particularly junior...

Dr. Luis Eduardo is the Director of Wasiwaska, a research center in Brazil for the study of psychointegrator plants, visionary art and consciousness. On February 16, 2024, Dr. Luna presented about ethnobotanical research at his Center, learning with and...

This talk asks: how do we think about designing public spaces with human and nonhuman needs in mind? Why does it matter to plant for native species? How do our horticulture choices intersect with equity and social justice? Why does thinking about...

Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York-Buffalo, speaks on poor mestizos in northern Peru, who offer a new way to theorize humanism and sentient landscapes that interact with humans in terms of environmental...

“Religion, Ecology, and Our Planetary Future” advances the work of understanding and transforming the discourse of religions and ecology for the twenty-first century. The conference marks the twentieth anniversary of the Religions of the World and Ecology...