FANE Field School 2025 in Newfoundland, Canada
By the Elite Network of Bayern (10.08.2025)
Agroecology: the science and art of building sustainable agri-food systems. A case study from Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.
A published article based on the Future of Nature in Sarapiquí Transdisciplinary Initiative.
Online Seminars, “The Art of Living”, continues 31 October
Why should we read a (wrongly) forgotten religious philosopher in the context of multiple crises? Because it’s worth it!
FANE two weekly online seminars (by Joachim Rathmann) on Dietrich von Hildebrand’s “The Art of Living” (Sittliche Grundhaltungen, 1933) will continue on October 31st.
Why Conservatives Who Care About the Environment Should Repudiate the New Right
A strange group called “The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship” met in London from February 17th to 19th. It was a massive event, drawing billionaires and right-wing intellectuals eager to discuss how to "save Western civilization" from wokeism. Naturally, Jordan Peterson was there.
Our Relationship to Place
In this age of materialism and reductionism, it isn’t just the land that has been broken but our relationship with it … Without a true connection to place, we cannot fully relate to Nature.
On Ora et Labora: The FANE Field School and the Benedictine Tradition
FANE works with the benedictine tradition of ora et labora to teach FFS Students contemplative environmentalism.
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 a New Earth)
School of Practical Ecology, Newfoundland
Recreational Forest: Not Only Good For The Climate
Forest stands make an important contribution to the future. They must be preserved at all costs. This is emphasized on “Day of the Forest” on March 21. As early as 1971, the day was established by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations as a reaction to the […]
Climate Change can’t be denied and we need to do something about it!
With climate change denialism on the rise at exactly the moment international climate actionshould be, I want to salute the present leader of the Progressive Conservative Party ofNewfoundland and Labrador, Tony Wakeham, for distancing his party from former leader ChesCrosbie’s denialist remarks last week in Ottawa. In the interest of […]
An important paper on climate change, floods and flood resiliency, by FANE Environmental Policy Advisor, Thea Koper.
Managing Canada’s Floods: Strengthening Canada’s adaptation to climate change by increasing flood resiliency – A Canadian Priorities Agenda – by Thea Koper. This policy agenda was designed by Thea Koper for the MUNK School’s Master of Public Policy Program. The paper justifies three distinct policy options that will increase Canada’s resiliency […]