Kathleen Dean Moore is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Oregon State University and the founding director of the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word. Her current work is in the areas of environmental ethics and philosophy and nature, where she has published three award-winning books of essays: The Pine Island Paradox (Milkweed Editions, 2004); Holdfast: At Home in the Natural World (Lyons Press, 1999, 2004); and Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water (Harcourt Brace, 1996). She is co-editor of a forthcoming collection of articles about Rachel Carson’s legacy and challenge and the co-editor of How It Is: A Native American Philosophy, the collected papers of the late Viola Cordova.

http://oregonstate.edu/cla/philosophy/faculty/kathy

Silence Like Scouring Sand

Defending the pitter-patter, the swish, and other rarely considered natural resources.

The Right Side of the Law

In an unconscionable world, civil disobedience on behalf of the land we love is the new patriotism.

National Defense

"Maybe civil disobedience isn't about justice and obligation. Maybe it's about love."

Shy Affectionate SF

Biophilia and the personals