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In "Religion and Ecology" we read an essay by John Daido Loori about Dogen's "Mountins and Waters Sutra," but what r...

  As students were sharing their final projects for "Religion and Ecology: Buddhist Perspectives," the wall of the courtyard out o...

One of the final sessions of "Religion and Ecology: Buddhist Perspectives" almost became a religion ot trees class today. I'd ...

"Religion and Ecology" had a field trip to the Met today, to see " Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature " and take...

The torrent of words our class free-associated with "ecology" on Tuesday furnished the platform for today's discussion of the...

q After another extended brainstorm of terms - this time words they associated with "ecology" - the Religion & Ecology class ...

I've tasked students in "Religion and Ecology" to kick off each Tuesday class session with an account of what we got up the we...

It would be a busy semester even without the carnage of the old-new presidential regime, tearing at the foundations of our world. But someho...

Came up with a fun new twist on the "what is religion?" brainstorm cloud. At the end of last class, students coughed up terms you ...

I used AI in class today. The class was "Religion and Ecology: Buddhist Perspectives," and it became clear last week that many had...

This is one of my three-course semesters and I have my work cut out for me. All material I love to teach! But still a lot...!

"Religion and Ecology: Buddhist Perspectives" kicked off today. Most of class was dedicated to a discussion of Myōe's " L...

Up again, another record year, and we know mitigation efforts will be reduced in the coming years... It's hard not be disheartened, and ...

Behold O. W. Gray's 1783 masterpiece of anti-ecological data visualization, "Mountains and Rivers"! The squiggly lines are the...

And back to California for the holidays! The movie player on the seat in front of me wasn't working so I had a chance to delve into Dhar...

This picture of the year's last class tells a story. "Religion and Ecology" met for four long months in the second floor ro...

The academic year's coming to a close. Summer beckons!

Something rather lovely happened in "Religion and Ecology" today - our final class session around an assigned reading. The reading...

As "Religion and Ecology" wends to a close - next week is for student presentations and the final class for closing syntheses - we...

In Religion and Ecology today, a little fillip of Buddhism before we start winding down - an essay by Joanna Macy, and Dogen's "山水経...