This semester I’m teaching a course called Biosphere in Translation. It’s about how we think of ourselves as part of or apart from the natural world. Here in the US, we are steeped in what we call the “Western” worldview. This worldview sees humans as apart from Nature. Nature has things that we humans...
Life is all about change. Day, night. Seasons. A life-span from birth to death. All living organisms are changing all the time. At the most basic level, we are a complex, coordinated series of chemical reactions. Our atoms and molecules form and transform. We seek new molecules in the form of food and water,...
