The conference goals are to explore how different theoretical approaches within environmental philosophy, especially when placed in dialogue with the natural sciences and other disciplines, can offer practical solutions to pressing environmental problems.  The event will emphasize the critical role that dialogue between philosophy and science can play in creating robust, ethical responses to the current environmental crisis. Our planet is facing a crisis across multiple areas, such as climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. In recent years, we have seen unprecedented global warming and widespread calls for radical changes in public policy, as well as public resistance to these changes. While these crises are global in scale, they disproportionately impact the poor and historically marginalized populations, raising increasing concerns about justice and inequality.  Our conference aims to create a forum to help students and the university community better understand and think through these complex moral, political, and scientific challenges. This conference is paired with the Lowell Lecture series talk by Prof Melissa Lane, "Plato's Republic on Motivating Ecological Guardianship".

The Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Philosophy Department, and Environmental Studies Program are co-sponsoring this event.

Free and open to the public. Please register to attend.