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Conference Format. Lawrence Buell Literature as Environmental(ist) Thought Experiment? Donald Worster Nature, Liberty, and Equality Mary Evelyn Tucker Touching the Depth of Things: Cultivating Nature in East Asia Michael D. Jackson A Walk on the Wild Side: The Idea of Nature Revisited
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Conference Format • Lawrence Buell • Literature as Environmental(ist) Thought Experiment? • Donald Worster • Nature, Liberty, and Equality • Mary Evelyn Tucker • Touching the Depth of Things: Cultivating Nature in East Asia • Michael D. Jackson • A Walk on the Wild Side: The Idea of Nature Revisited • Bron Taylor • From the Ground Up: Growing a Green Future for Religion and Ethics • Michael Zimmerman • Interiority Regained: Integral Ecology and Environmental Ethics • Panel Discussion
Lawrence Buell Literature as Environmental(ist) Thought Experiment? • How does literature play in to society’s perception of the environment? • What are common misconceptions? • The Jungle misinterpretation • Silent Spring
Donald Worster Nature, Liberty, and Equality • How does the degradation of our environment affect our liberal democracy? • Good examples include: • Greenbelt Movement • Huxley’s Brave New World
Mary Evelyn Tucker Touching the Depth of Things: Cultivating Nature in East Asia • Where does monism fit in a discussion dominated by dualism • Separation of mind and body
Michael D. Jackson A Walk on the Wide Side: The Idea of Nature Revisited • Sustainability and globalization, are they the greatest struggles facing all culture?
Bron Taylor From the Ground Up: Growing a Green Future for Religion and Ethics • Can there be a world religion revolved around the environment? • Homogenization or polarization?
Michael Zimmerman Interiority Regained: Integral Ecology and Environmental Ethics • What deeper force has caused our culture to turn a cold shoulder to ethics and the environment?
Experience Gained • The environmental ethics is a complex issue that is difficult to define. As seen through the panelists, definitions change between cultures and religions http://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/events_online.html