-Whose Public Land is it anyway?
A public discussion on the multifaceted issue of using, or not using, the most basic national resource of all Americans: land.
Recent controversies over the issues like dealing with pollution, fracking in populated areas, grazing privately owned cattle on public land, and, closer to home, how to manage the public lands around DFW lakes, has brought a sense of urgency to a topic that has always been a fundamental American question – Whose land is it? A follow on question from that one, is equally controversial – Who decides what to do with it? At the bottom of such a question is how we conceive of the concept of “public” and who shall act as its steward.
Where and when: TWU(Denton), CFO Building Rm. 202, April 9 1pm-4pm
Our website: dapstexas.org
Speakers:
Anthony Sanders - President of Philosophia Eudiamonia: Got his start in public land when he graduated from his Parks Law Enforcement Academy in Washington State where he learned the basics in the ways the public not only utilizes the land but also how to manage the balance between preservation and public usage of the land. He went onto his first profession within the public lands as a State Park Ranger for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation for 4 years. Moved on to be a US Park Ranger(Law Enforcement) for the National Park Service working at places like Cape Cod National Seashore and Grand Canyon National Park. Anthony also focused his academics in Environmental Philosophy being able to earn his degree from UNT while studying under many of the great pioneers in the field. Anthony is also President of a community philosophy organization named Philosophia Eudiamonia that has Socratic discussions in coffee shops and such in a form called Socrates Cafes.
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Shane Epting - UNT Professor: successfully defended his dissertation this October. He has published articles in Philosophia, Science and Engineering Ethics, Contemporary Justice Review, and Interdisciplinary Environmental Review. His research interests include applied ethics, normative ethics, and metaphysics. Along with Jules Simon (UT El Paso), he will co-edit the Philosophy of the City Journal. He is a founding member and Vice President of the Philosophy of the City Research Group, an affiliate group within the American Philosophical Association. This past June, members of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association elected him as their Vice President for 2015-2017.
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Ron Menguitea: Denton County Zoning Commission
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Leigh Thompson – Texas Public Policy Foundation
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Dr. Irene Klaver – UNT Professor, Director of the Philosophy of Water Project
A public discussion on the multifaceted issue of using, or not using, the most basic national resource of all Americans: land.
Recent controversies over the issues like dealing with pollution, fracking in populated areas, grazing privately owned cattle on public land, and, closer to home, how to manage the public lands around DFW lakes, has brought a sense of urgency to a topic that has always been a fundamental American question – Whose land is it? A follow on question from that one, is equally controversial – Who decides what to do with it? At the bottom of such a question is how we conceive of the concept of “public” and who shall act as its steward.
Where and when: TWU(Denton), CFO Building Rm. 202, April 9 1pm-4pm
Our website: dapstexas.org
Speakers:
Anthony Sanders - President of Philosophia Eudiamonia: Got his start in public land when he graduated from his Parks Law Enforcement Academy in Washington State where he learned the basics in the ways the public not only utilizes the land but also how to manage the balance between preservation and public usage of the land. He went onto his first profession within the public lands as a State Park Ranger for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation for 4 years. Moved on to be a US Park Ranger(Law Enforcement) for the National Park Service working at places like Cape Cod National Seashore and Grand Canyon National Park. Anthony also focused his academics in Environmental Philosophy being able to earn his degree from UNT while studying under many of the great pioneers in the field. Anthony is also President of a community philosophy organization named Philosophia Eudiamonia that has Socratic discussions in coffee shops and such in a form called Socrates Cafes.
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Shane Epting - UNT Professor: successfully defended his dissertation this October. He has published articles in Philosophia, Science and Engineering Ethics, Contemporary Justice Review, and Interdisciplinary Environmental Review. His research interests include applied ethics, normative ethics, and metaphysics. Along with Jules Simon (UT El Paso), he will co-edit the Philosophy of the City Journal. He is a founding member and Vice President of the Philosophy of the City Research Group, an affiliate group within the American Philosophical Association. This past June, members of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association elected him as their Vice President for 2015-2017.
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Ron Menguitea: Denton County Zoning Commission
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Leigh Thompson – Texas Public Policy Foundation
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Dr. Irene Klaver – UNT Professor, Director of the Philosophy of Water Project
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