Human Meets Nature: Key Concepts in Environmental Philosophy

These are hugely challenging times for the natural environment and as modern humans we're struggling to understand how we relate to nature. If you're concerned about environmental issues and are interested in insightful ways to think about them, then this is the course for you. Understand What Nature Means to You * Learn key ideas about human / nature relationships * Discover who developed these ideas and why * Apply these concepts to contemporary environmental issues * Develop your own personal philosophy of nature * Make better informed lifestyle decisions Explore What the Great Environmental Thinkers Have Said Each topic in this course provides a unique way to understand our relationship with the natural environment.

You'll learn about John Muir's Philosophy of Nature, Deep Ecology, Ecofeminism, Silent Spring, The Land Ethic, Environmental Aesthetics, and Ecophenomenology. Armed with key information about each of these you'll be equipped to better understand the threats to the natural environment that we see today. Compare Ideas about Humans and Nature A unique feature of this course is exploring all of these topics in one place.

This allows you to easily compare ideas, decide what resonates with you most strongly and perhaps inspire a deeper interest in some of these subjects. This course explores over one hundred years of key ideas in nature philosophy. This whistle-stop tour of environmental thought is presented over five and a half hours in 73 easily digestible classes.

Classes are between three and ten minutes long and offered as presentation screencasts. Extensive supplementary texts and links to further resources are provided so you can dive in as far as you wish. You'll also find quizzes and questions for further consideration at the end of each section to help reinforce learning and guide further thinking.