About the GreenHumanist Blog

Welcome to the GreenHumanist Blog!

The GreenHumanist is an experiment, and I have little idea how it will evolve or how often it will change.

I am academic in what might be called the environmental humanities. I have taught at the college and university level for more than a decade; published a couple books and dozens of articles, essays, and reviews; and followed ecological concerns for years. I have kept my concerns about the the environmental crisis mostly to myself and to friends. Recently, though, I have felt a strong moral imperative that we all must act and do what we can to solve the problems plaguing the globe and humans' relationship to it. This blog is one effort to spread the word, as well as to offer links and commentaries on resources, ideas, and others' writings.

My teaching, research, and thinking has led me to conclude that global environmental problems are deeply embedded in cultural and social norms. Solving them will require a humanistic perspective, as well as scientific and other views. Although improving the human-nature relationship will require government and markets and technology and science, I believe it mostly requires deep cultural changes. The GreenHumanist will primarily focus on the human and cultural side to understanding and ameliorating global ecological problems.

The GreenHumanist welcomes your comments.