2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. Michael Zimmerma n Interiority Regained: Integral Ecology and Environmental Ethics What deeper force has caused our culture to turn a cold shoulder to ethics and the environment?

9. 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