FANE

Ecological Conversion For A New Earth

The Future Nature Initiative
FNI: Sarapiqui
FANE Field School in Practical Ecology
Working Group In Environmental Aesthetics

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The boreal zone in Canada
What effects does clear-cutting have on the human and the natural environment? What are the consequences for the northern American Caribou? Empirical studies. Participation and fieldwork in a FANE (For…
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WHO WE ARE

FANE is a Newfoundland and Labrador based non-profit organization that mobilizes philosophy, science, and art to awaken care for our common home.

Our method is transformative, placed-based education.
We make ecology understandable and compelling everywhere.

FANE´s mission is ecological conversion for everyone.
We are seeking to create new ways to build up thriving, more than human communities, ecologically, economically and culturally.

Team photo of FANE; For A New Earth, Directors taken in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica, in front of a waterfall
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WHAT WE DO

FANE is a Newfoundland and Labrador based initiative that mobilizes philosophy, science, and art for the sake of awakening care for our common home.

FANE has three areas of concern: natural, spiritual and cultural ecology. Our natural ecological goal is conservation. Our spiritual ecological goal is consciousness. Our cultural ecological goal is conversion.

In pursuit of these goals, FANE is guided by three principles. In all that we do, we seek to experience interdependence, to understand our place in the more-than-human-world, and to respond to the cry of the earth.

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A detailed overview of FANE's history and activities

Presentation by Kyla Bruff (2025)

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'The creation of concepts in itself calls for a future form, for a new earth, and for people that do not yet exist.'

Deleuze and Guattari, What is Philosophy, 108.

Milestones in the History of FANE

2024

April

The Future of Nature Sarapiqui. Transdisciplinary event, Costa Rica.

Aug

Inaugural FANE Field School in Practical Ecology, Burnt Head, Newfoundland

Oct

“For a New Earth: An Experiment in Public Ecology.” Presentation, Bioethics Conference, Memorial University.

March

The Future of Oceans. Conference, Memorial University. Co-hosted by the Royal Society of Canada.

Oct

“For a New Earth: From Research Project to NPO.” Presentation at Public Engagement conference, Memorial University.

March

“What’s Next for Muskrat Falls.” FANE in conversation with Dave Vardy and
Jim Learning. Peter Easton Pub.

Feb

The Muskrat Falls Symposium. Happy Valley-Goose Bay, co-hosted by the Royal Society of Canada and the Labrador Institute.

Nov

“Do We Really Care About Climate Change?” Public Symposium, Ship Pub, St. John’s.

May

“Why the Sea Needs Us.” Presentation, Memorial University-Dalhousie Social Sciences and Humanities Oceans Research workshop, Halifax.

Dec

“The Future Nature Initiative: An Experiment in Interdisciplinary Ecology.”
Public Lecture, the University of Augsburg and the University of Bonn.

Nov

“Greening the Economy of Newfoundland and Labrador.” Town Hall meeting, St. Bonaventure’s College, St. John’s.

Sept

Eco-Literacy Faculty Workshop. St. Bonaventure’s College, St. John’s.

March

The Future, the Arts, Ecology. Conference, Memorial University.

Feb

“The Perils and Promise of Eco-Tourism.” Public lecture, National University of Costa Rica, Sarapiqui Campus.

Dec

“An Introduction to the Integral Ecology of Pope Francis.” Public lecture, the
Lantern, St. John’s organized by the Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice.

Sept

The Future of Nature. Transdisciplinary event, Gros Morne National Park.
“Climate Change and the Integral Ecology of Pope Francis.” Public lecture, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY.

May

“The Future of Nature.” Public lecture, University Center, West Fjords, Iceland.

June

FANE founded with the Support of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant.
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