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One of the world's foremost experts on the history and management of fire talks about the use of language as it plays a role in preventing wildfires.
Poet and author Gary Snyder came to Corvallis to offer his perspective on environmental issues through poetry.
Climate change is a critical problem that supersedes disciplines and thus requires the combined resources, experiences, and wisdoms of all disciplines.
By creating new alliances between the humanities and the environmental sciences, the Environmental Humanities Initiative offers educational, research, and outreach programs that will help humankind make the difficult turn toward a more sustainable life on Earth. Our times present challenges that are unprecedented in their complexity, danger, and scale. At the same time, they present correspondingly important opportunities. Meeting these challenges and opportunities will require new ideas and new forms of intellectual and cultural leadership based on a scientific understanding of Earth’s environmental and ecological systems, and grounded in a deep understanding of the sources of human wisdom and values. Neither the sciences nor the humanities can meet the challenges alone. Together, we have a chance.
The Environmental Humanities Initiative brings humanities scholars and scientists into close collaboration and, by that means, brings together the full powers of empirical knowledge and cultural, moral, and spiritual understanding. The collaboration empowers OSU to respond creatively and effectively to the world’s emergency call for new or better ideas about how we might live wisely, justly, and sustainably.