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Environmental Studies

Paul Belz Publishes Two Books

Paul Belz ’94 (New England, MS) released two books in 2023. He is a widely published writer, with his poetry and prose appearing in a range of magazines and anthologies….

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In Bhutan, Collaborating to Ethically Preserve an Indigenous Bioculture 

In 2017, Dawn Murray, a Professor in the Environmental Studies Department and Director of the BS in Environmental Studies, Sustainability, and Sciences, traveled to the Kingdom of Bhutan by invitation from the Monpa people to collaborate with them to document the knowledge of their last community healer, Ap Tawla. Ap Tawla, who was in his 80s, feared that his death would mark the extinction of much of the Monpa people’s collective wisdom, which like a braid reaching back in time, connects them with their ancestors. 

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Nine Stories About Environmental Studies for Earth Month

This month marks 54 years since the first Earth Day, but the message that we must value and protect our planet has never been more important. Here at Antioch University, one of the ways we are contributing to the broader Earth Month is by collecting nine of the most powerful and inspiring stories we shared this last year about the Antiochians working to address important environmental problems around the globe.