Call for Papers: Variations 28 – Environment, Science, Memory
28th issue of Variations
“The balsam fir tree also remembers. If caterpillars or moose browse its needles, the nibbling assault lodges itself in the chemical makeup of the tree, in a manner analogous to the changes in a chickadee’s nerve cells after a near miss with a predator. The tree’s subsequent growth is more heavily defended by unpalatable resins, like a bird turned jumpy by its bad experience with a hawk. The fir also remembers air temperatures dating back nearly a year, a memory ...
[Extended Deadline] IAEP 2025 Meeting
29th meeting of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy “Justice Centering Marginal Voices”
May 22–24, 2025 in person at Denison University (with hybrid online access by Zoom)
Keynote Address by Dr. Dylan Robinson, D.Phil. (University of British Columbia) on interpellation in the form of trees (formal title TBA)
The IAEP Executive Committee is excited to announce our 2025 annual meeting. To reduce the environmental impact of our environmental philosophy, we hold conferences in-person/hybrid in odd-numbered years, and fully remotely in even-numbered years. But we recognize the value of in-person conferences. ...