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The Mudd Center’s 2025-26 multi-disciplinary program will investigate the complex interplay between land use and the environment, with a particular focus on issues related to green technologies, biodiversity, and health. Through a lecture series, symposium, photographic exhibition, documentary viewing and community engagements, the Mudd Center will analyze various meanings of “taking place” and the ethics of how we use and manage the natural environment and land resources. Central to our investigation are guiding questions that explore environmental ethics and their applications, such as: Can seemingly competing interests and values, such as economic gain and environmental justice, be reconciled? What responsibilities and ethical challenges emerge when humans intervene to restore ecosystems? And, perhaps most importantly, how might we bring conversations about environmental conservation and land use into a non-partisan arena even when there may be deep ideological divisions?
The Mudd Center’s 2025-26 multi-disciplinary program will investigate the complex interplay between land use and the environment, with a particular focus on issues related to green technologies, biodiversity, and health. Through a lecture series, symposium, photographic exhibition, documentary viewing and community engagements, the Mudd Center will analyze various meanings of “taking place” and the ethics of how we use and manage the natural environment and land resources. Central to our investigation are guiding questions that explore environmental ethics and their applications, such as: Can seemingly competing interests and values, such as economic gain and environmental justice, be reconciled? What responsibilities and ethical challenges emerge when humans intervene to restore ecosystems? And, perhaps most importantly, how might we bring conversations about environmental conservation and land use into a non-partisan arena even when there may be deep ideological divisions?
