Teacher, Biocitizen School of Field Environmental Philosophy Job Description: Biocitizen will be running Our Place Summerschool from June 18 to August 31, 2018, M-F, 9am-3pm. We are looking for a dynamic and highly capable student/teacher who wants to work with kids and teens out in the field, and who yearns to put the theories they have learned, or...Continue Reading
We have room for 14 people. Reserve your spot! Join Biocitizen the day after Thanksgiving from 11 am to 4 pm for an exploration of the exposed granite ridges of the Tekoa Mountain Wildlife Management Area in Russell and Montgomery. We’ll pick up at Northampton High School at 11am, arrive at Tekoa around 11:30, walk until...Continue Reading
Background: Despite significant efforts to reverse historical trends, the survival of several Connecticut River species of migratory fish is imperiled. As a Leopoldian school of environmental philosophy, it is Biocitizen’s mission to educate the public about this problem, and also about the solution to it: “Promote improved flow and fish passage to ensure clean, free-flowing,...Continue Reading
Emilio Garcia DLH Sutil is a world class surf instructor who operates SuperFun and directs Biocitizen School in Chile. While his students never get near waves this big, Emilio lives to ride them. He will be teaching Now Voyager in January 2018.Continue Reading
Field: This word comes from ecology, and the term “field study.” It is based on the distinction between research done indoors, in the lab, and research done outdoors, in the field. Environmental: “environment” means that which encloses. Philosophy: means love (philo) of wisdom (sophy). Field Environmental Philosophy (FEP) is a pedagogy that takes students outdoors...Continue Reading
Now Voyager is the most amazing Field Environmental Philosophy study-abroad program in the world— This year we’ll be in the field for 3 weeks from January 2 to 21st—starting in Valpariaso, a gritty Pacific coast city known for its graffiti, poetry and food, then we’ll head south to surf paradise Pichilemu, and from there head...Continue Reading
Biocitizen is so pleased to welcome Benn Johnson, PhD candidate and Teaching Fellow at the University of North Texas, to our teaching staff this summer! He will be working with Rika, who you met yesterday, to teach field environmental philosophy—while also bringing his academic research interests and skills to the task, helping us to enhance our...Continue Reading
Rika Tsuji is a Japanese Fulbright-sponsored doctorate student in philosophy at University of North Texas who interned with us last summer. As the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported: **This summer Biocitizen hosted 25 year-old Rika Tsuji of Japan, Fulbright Scholar and doctoral candidate in the department of environmental philosophy at the University of North Texas. For one week,...Continue Reading
Please join us for our scholarship dinner to have fun, make friends, and share stories about living in and learning about our beautiful Nonotuck Biome! Here is the link to make your tax deductible donation, and reserve you spots. If you can’t make it, please consider making a donation so we can reach our goal...Continue Reading
Surfing in Pichilemu to learn the lessons of the ocean. Climbing the Andes to learn the lessons of the sky. 10 days together, Now Voyagers following the path of water from ocean to sky. We’re packing our boots, our rain pants, our writing journals, our copies of Neruda’s Canto General.Continue Reading
