John Hausdoerffer is a teacher and author from Mt. Crested Butte, Colorado. John is a professor of philosophy and environment at Western Colorado University, the director of storytelling for the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL.org), and the director of the Resilience Studies Consortium. His authored and coedited books (Catlin’s Lament, Wildness, Kinship, What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?, and An Elemental Life) merge cross-cultural environmental ethics with social justice. More of his work, including numerous podcasts and talks, can be found at jhausdoerffer.com.
Photo Credit: Gavin Van Horn
CONTRIBUTIONS TO HUMANS & NATURE:
Questions for a Resilient Future responses:
Articles in Minding Nature:
Books and Essays for Humans & Nature:
- “Senses of Place,” an essay in Sensoria: Attending to the Wonder and Vitality of Nature (Humans & Nature Press, 2026).
- Editor of vol. 5, An Elemental Life, of the Elementals series (Humans & Nature Press, 2024). Also contributed the essay “Hope Is Elemental: Some Lessons from a Vermont Flood” to the volume.
- Co-editor of Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations, a five-volume series (Humans & Nature Press, 2021). Also contributed the essay “Kincentric Restoration: Thoughts on Grief and Hope from Terrible Mountain,” toVol. 2, Place.
- Co-editor of What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? (University of Chicago Press, 2021).
- Co-editor of Wildness: Relations of People and Place (University of Chicago Press, 2017).
