Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA

Environmental philosophy; Ethical theory; Moral psychology; Practical reason

Retired engineer; Member, Ecology Group of Italian Managers Association, Milano, ITA

Energy distribution; Deep ecology

Professor, LeMoyne College, Syracuse, New York, USA

Environmental philosophy; Human rights; Intersection of moral & political philosophy; Philosophy of education

E-Conference Facilitator

Director, EcoRes Forum, Baltimore, MD, USA

Associate Research Faculty/ Associate Director, Imaging Research Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA

Social role of art and media; Cultural constructs; Power of the mind; Film/video/communication technologies

Professor; Antioch University, Seattle, WA, USA

Social movements, activism & change; Social justice, environmental and peace issues

La Force, Aquitaine, France

Environmental anthropology; Defining personhood; Indigenous, shamanistic and psychedelic thinking and experience; Change management

Professor, Department of Philosophy, Bloomsburg
University of Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg, PA, USA

Philosophy of language (later Wittgenstein); Feminist theory; Ecological feminism/environmental philosophy; Philosophy of mind/brain

University Distinguished Professor of Environmental Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Ecotoxicology; Ecological restoration; Sustainable use of the planet; Ecological ethics

Background Papers

Cast changes on the ecological stage of Earth’s evolutionary theater, Commentary, 3 August 2009, online at www.johncairns.net

Eco-logy vs eco-nomics, Asian J of Exp Sci, Vol 23, No 3, 2009; 377-384

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Guest Commentaries
Special thanks to Dr. Cairns for generously preparing the following original materials for discussion. Dr. Cairns is available to answer questions regarding these materials and the background papers listed above.
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"Hail Mary" Technologies to Engineer Earth’s Climate, Commentary, 2 September 2009, online at www.johncairns.net

The Tyranny of Tipping Points, Commentary, 9 September 2009, online at www.johncairns.net

Ecological Overshoot is Suicidal, Commentary, 11 September 2009, online at www.johncairns.net

The End of Abundance: Will It Bring Resource Wars or Sharing, Commentary, 15 September 2009, online at www.johncairns.net

Let’s Talk About the Elephant in the Living Room, Commentary, 21 September 2009, online at www.johncairns.net

How Much Space on Earth Should be Allocated to the Biospheric Life Support System?, Commentary, 23 September 2009, online at www.johncairns.net

Coming Soon:

Adapting to the New Biosphere

Your Personal Responsibility for Earth

Conditions for Crew Membership on Spaceship Earth

The Midas Touch in the 21st Century

Humankind’s Faustian "Pact" with Fossil Fuels

The 21st Century Fountain of Youth

Putting the Cart Before the Horse

21st Century Cassandras in an Era of Climate Change Denial