"The Anthropocene! Beyond the Natural?" presentation at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point (UWSP), April 28, 2017. 1 hour, 6 minutes.
Online at: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/181770

Introduction by Chris Diehm, Philosophy, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, 6 minutes. Rolston lecture 6-54 minutes. Questions and answers, 54 minutes. We are now entering the Anthropocene Epoch, so runs a recent enthusiastic claim. Humans can and ought go beyond the natural and powerfully engineer a better planet, managing for climate change, building new ecosystems for a more prosperous future. Perhaps the Anthropocene is inevitable. But: Rejoice? Accommodate? Accept it, alas? Perhaps the wiser, more ethical course is not so much beyond as keeping the natural in symbiosis with humans. Enter the Semi-Anthropocene! Basically Natural! Carefully!