Conferences — Symposia

Holmes Rolston III, University Distinguished Professor & Professor of Philosophy CSU

Lectures, symposia, conferences attended, national and international field trips researching nature conservation.

Summary, followed by detailed account. 

More detail can often be obtained from CD Archives: Rolston Activity Audits, and Rolston Trail Log.  Activity Audits are listed by year, starting about 1984, and are an annual report of activities to the Departmental Chair and to the Dean, College of Liberal Arts. Trail Log, also listed by year, are records kept by Rolston, taking this name originally from mostly outdoor activities, but coming later to include records of (especially) international trips.   Those files are in whatever wordprocessing format was then current, often WordPerfect 4.2, WordPerfect 5.1 (which can be opened with WordPerfect 8, WordPerfect 10 and later.

The Trail Log documents are also online click here.

Papers through 2019 are currently placed in the paper archives. Papers  following are pending.

General summary (through 2014):  Detail by year follows in files placed in CSU paper archives  Also includes files from Templeton Prize in Religion, awarded 2003.   

Paper files herewith include, Seminars, lectures at:

Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Yale University, Law School

Yale University, Program in Bioethics, Visiting Distinguished Professor 2005-2006

Yale University Divinity School

Rutgers University

University of Georgia

Harvard University (Visiting Scholar)

Harvard University

Princeton University

Columbia University

Georgetown University

University of Colorado

University of Colorado Law School

University of Colorado, Leeds School of Business

Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University Divinity School

University of Viginia

University of Virginia Medical School]

University of Virginia Law School

University of Tennessee

Ohio State University

Montana State University

University of Montana

University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

University of Denver

Iliff School of Theology, University of Denver

Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, Richmond

Jewish Theological Seminary of America

University of Illinois

Syracuse University

Creighton University

George Washington University

Pacific Lutheran University

University of Portland

Oberlin College

Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin

Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Pennsylvania State University

Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Queens College (Queens University), Charlotte, NC

Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska

Washington State University

Ball State University, Muncie, IN

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Willamette University

California State University, Fullerton

South Dakota State University

University of Northern Arizona

Arizona State University

Boston University

Marquette University

Villanova University

North Idaho College

The College of Idaho. Caldwell, ID

St. Joseph's College, West Hartford, CT

Vermillion College, Minnesota

University of Hawaii, Manoa, East-West Center

Stetson University

Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI

College of Charleston

Oregon State University

University of Oregon Law School

Kentucky State University

Washington and Lee University

University of Utah

Salt Lake Community College

Utah State University

Iowa State University

University of Wyoming

University of Oklahoma

Union College, Schnectady, NY

Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA

Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC

Linfield College, Linfield, OR

Eastern Mennonite University, VA

American University, Washington

Southwest Louisiana State University

University of North Carolina

North Carolina State University

University of South Carolina

Texas A&M University

California Polytechnic University, Pomona

California Polytechnic University, Ibispo

University of the Pacific

University of Notre Dame

University of Florida, Gainesville

University of Michigan

Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa

Coker College, Hartsville, SC

University of Delaware

King College, Bristol, Tennessee

University of Virginia

University of Virginia Law School

University of Virginia Medical College

Seattle University

Lubbock Christian University, Lubbock, Texas

University of St. Andrews, Laurinburg, North Carolina

Metropolitan State College, Denver

Purdue University

Colby College, Maine

Hampden Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, VA

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Furman University, Greeneville, SC

Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah

Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia

Colorado Christian University, Denver

Includes: Various lectures, seminars in Britain and Europe:

Royal Institute of Philosophy, London

Oxford University, Mansfield College

Oxford University, Wycliffe Hall

Oxford University, St. Anne's College

Oxford University, Ian Ramsey Centre

Cambridge University, St. Edmund's College

Cambridge University, Queens College

University of Manchester

University of Exeter

Aberdeen University

University of Edinburgh

University of Lancaster

Newcastle University

University of East Anglia

University of Oslo, Norway

University of Bergen, Norway

University of Helsinki, Finland

University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Vrije Universiteit (Free University), Amsterdam

College International de Philosophie et l'Institut Veolia Environnement, Paris

American Church in Paris

University of Uppsala, Sweden

Odense University, Denmark

Arhus University, Denmark

University of Ireland, Cork

University of Bucharest, Romania

UNESCO Seminar on Environmental Ethics, Moscow, and Mordovia State University, Saransk, Russia

Canada:

University of Winnipeg, Manitoba

University of Guelph, Ontario

Yukon College, Whitehourse, Yukon Territory

Conference: "Rapid Landscape Change and Human Response in the Arctic"

Taiwan:

National Taiwan Normal University

Providence University (Jing-Yi). Taichung (at Shalu), Inaugural St. Francis lecture

Tunghai University

Tainan Theological College and Seminary

TamKang University, Tamsui

National Cheng Kung University

National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu

Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei

National Dong Hwa University, Hualien

National Taiwan University, Taipei

National University of Singapore

Hong Kong Baptist University and China Graduate School of Theology.

Professional Associations:

Lectures, symposisa, consulting:

Society of American Foresters

American Fisheries Society, Oregon Chapter

The Wildlife Society

United States Forest Service

Yellowstone National Park

Chicago Botanic Garden

United States Environmental Protection Agency

Colorado Division of Wildlife

United States Fish and Wildlife

Society for Conservation Biology

Texas Parks and Wildlife and the University of Texas

Society for Range Management, Texas Section

International Society of Environmental Epidemiology

World Health Organization (WHO)

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

U.S. Army Military Veterinary Command

California Bar Association, Environmental Law Conference

Tennessee Bar Association, Waste Management Conference

Detail of files and related events, by year. 

1965. San Juans, Colorado, Horse Pack Trip

1985. Environmental Ethics and the Solar System, University of Georgia. Co-initiator of this conference sponsored by $ 25,000 grant from National Science Foundation, June 5-8, 1985. Papers published in Eugene C. Hargrove, ed., Beyond Spaceship Earth, (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1986).

1985. Symposium on Economic and Social Values of Wildlife, Syracuse, New York, Jan. 27-30, 1985. Paper: "Beauty and the Beast: Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature," published in D. J. Decker and G. Goff,  Valuing Wildlife Resources: Economic and Social Perspectives (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1986).

1985. Canadian National Symposium on Environmental Ethics, sponsored by Environment Canada (the Canadian national agency in charge of environmental affairs), University of Kingston, Ontario, 21-?3 June, 1985. Invited paper: "Philosophical Dimensions of Endangered Species," invited paper.

1986. "Conservation 2100," sponsored by New York Zoological Society and World Wildlife International," October 20-23, 1986, New York. Invited paper: "Biology Without Conservation: An Environmental Misfit and Contradiction in Terms."  Published as "Biology Without Conservation: An Environmental Misfit and Contradiction in Terms," in David Western and Mary C. Pearl, eds., Conservation for the Twenty-first Century (New York: Oxford University Press, 1989), pp. 232-240. 

1986. World Conservation Strategy Ottawa, Canada, May 31-June 5, 1986.  Sponsored by United Nations Environment Programme and International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN).  Invited paper and member of commission on ethical and social issues in conservation, working group on World Conservation Strategy. Published as "Science-Based vs. Traditional Cultural Values in a Global Ethic." In J. Ronald Engel, ed., Ethics of Environment and Development. Gland, Switzerland: International Union of Conservation Naturalists and London: Belhaven Press, 1990.

1986. "Conference on Physics, Biology, and Theology," Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, March 6-9, 1986.

1987. Society of American Foresters Convention, Minneapolis, MN, October 1987.

Invited paper, "Values Deep in the Woods: The Hard-to-Measure Benefits of Forest Preservation," published as "Values Deep in the Woods: The Hard-to-Measure Benefits of Forest Preservation."  Pages 315-319 in Economic and Social Development: A Role for Forests and Forestry Professionals--Proceedings of the Society of American Foresters, 1987 National Convention, Minneapolis. Bethesda, MD: Society of American Foresters, 1988.  Variation appeared by request as "Values Deep in the Woods." American Forests 94, nos. 5 & 6 (May/June 1988:33, 66-69.

1987.  World Wilderness Congress, Denver and Estes Park, Colorado, September 11-17, 1987. Organized a series of four workshops on values in wilderness conservation. Workshop Chairman, Values in the Wilderness.

1987.  National Endowment for the Humanities, Summer Institute Award Recipient, Concepts of Nature and God, at Department of Philosophy, University of Georgia, June-July 1987. Curriculum resource book produced: "Environment, Nature, and God," co-authored with Jack Weir (Department of Philosophy, Hardin-Simmons University). Chapter 22, pages 229-240, in Frederick Ferré, ed., Concepts of Nature and God (Athens: University of Georgia, Department of Philosophy, 1989).

1988. Second National Symposium on Social Science in Resource Management, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, June 7-10, 1988.  Keynote Speaker, "Human Values and Natural Systems," published as "Human Values and Natural Systems," Society and Natural Resources 1(1988):271-283. 

1988.  Twentieth Annual Symposium, Desert Fishes Council, Death Valley, California, November 16-20, 1988. Guest Speaker, "Conservation of Desert Fish." Published as "Fishes in the Desert--Paradox and Responsibility." Pages 93-108 in W. L. Minckley and James E. Deacon, eds., Battle Against Extinction: Native Fish Management in the American West, an anthology of the Desert Fishes Council. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 1991.

1988. National Task Force on Eco-Justice, United Presbyterian Church, meeting at Ghost Ranch, Abiqui, New Mexico, August 15-21, 1988.  Rolston symposium, "Eco-Justice Case Studies," videotaped, in archives.

1988. Featured participant and "actor" in University Videotape on research activities at CSU, "Detail," released Fall 1988. For use in university public relations. Betatape and VHS tapes in CSU archives.

1989. American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division, March 25, 1989 (Oakland, CA).  "Author Meets Critics."  Distinguished author critical session. Invited address summarizing Environmental Ethicsand two prepared critical responses to the book (by J. Baird Callicott, Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point and John Hammond, Philosophy, Portland State University, Oregon), followed by critical panel.

1989. Georgetown University, Distinguished Bicentennial Lecturer, February 23, 1989.  Lecture: "Can the East Help the West Join Science and Religion?"

1989. Seventh International Zen Symposium, Hanazono College and Kyoto University, Japan, March 8-15, 1989. Distinguished Lecturer. One of six international scholars. Lecture on "Respect for Life: Can Zen Buddhism Help in Forming an Environmental Ethic?"  Published in Zen Buddhism Today, No. 7 (1989):11-30.

1989. Yale University, Yale College of Forestry and Environmental Studies, March 30, 1989. Distinguished Lecturer: "Environmental Ethics: Duties to and Values in the Natural World." In series, "Ecology-Economics-Ethics: The Broken Circle." Published as "Environmental Ethics: Values in and Duties to the Natural World." In F. Herbert Bormann, and Stephen R. Kellert, Ecology, Economics, Ethics: The Broken Circle (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1991), pp 73-96.  Variously reprinted. See publications list.

1989. Greater Yellowstone Coalition 1989 Scientific Conference and Annual Meeting, May 19-21, 1989. Lecture: "Environmental Ethics in Yellowstone Park."  Keynote Speaker, Friday evening (with Tom Brokaw, Anchor, Managing Editor and Chief of Correspondents of NBC's "Nightly News."  Lecture is on audio recording, audio cassette and audio CD in CSU archives. Variation of the lecture published as "Biology and Philosophy in Yellowstone." Biology and Philosophy 5(1990):241-258.

1989. Montana State University, January 27-28, 1989.  Symposium on hunting, "Fee-Based Hunting and the Public Trust," sponsored by Departments of Philosophy and History at Montana State University, funded by National Endowment for the Humanities and others. Invited lecture, "Ethics of Hunting." Videotaped, in VHS format.  Copy in CSU archives.

1989. Rollin-Rolston Debate, November 29, 1989. Debate between Bernard Rollin, Philosophy, CSU, defending animal welfare ethics and Holmes Rolston, arguing a more comprehensive ecocentric ethic of reverence for all life. 58 minutes.  Moderated by David Crocker, Philosophy, CSU.  Videotaped and produced by CSU Instructional Services, TV06344 = W-7946. VHS and DVD copies in CSU archives.  BETACAM Master in archives.

1989. Pacific Lutheran University. April 14-15, 1989. One of three keynote speakers at Conference on "Puget Sound: Environment, Economics, and Ethics." Lecture: "Environmental Ethics in Puget Sound."

1989. Symposium on Outdoor Recreation, sponsored by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Invited speaker, "Creation and Recreation: Environmental Benefits and Human Leisure." Snowbird, Utah.May 22-24, 1989.  Published as "Creation and Recreation: Environmental Benefits and Human Leisure."  In B. L. Driver, Perry J. Brown, and George L. Peterson, eds., Benefits of Leisure (State College, PA: Venture Publishing, Inc., 1991), pages 393-403.

1989. Task Force on Eco-Justice. Seattle, Washington, August 20-23, 1989.  Task Force of twelve selected persons preparing report on religion and the environmental crisis for Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and United Lutheran Church. Video produced, "Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice," 15 minutes, including Rolston interview.  Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1990.

1989. "A Visit with John Calvin," First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins. Impersonation and re-enactment of John Calvin by Holmes Rolston, III. Reformation Sunday, October 29, 1989. Videotaped. VHS copy in CSU archives.

1990. "Responses to the Environmental Challenges: A Theology and Ethics Symposium, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Chicago, IL, March 1-3, 1990.  Keynote address, "Wildlife and Wildlands: A Christian Perspective," published in part in Church and Society 80 (no. 4, March/April 1990):16-40. 

1990. "Scholar's Symposium on Ethics, Economics, and Environmental Studies," at the Inter-Continental Conference on Caring for Creation, North American Conference on Religion and Ecology, Washington, D. C., May 16-19, 1990, Donald B. Conroy, Conference Coordinator.  Invited address, "Religion and Ecology."

1990. United States Forest Service, Wilderness Management School, Gila Wilderness, Willow Creek, New Mexico, May 21-25, 1990.  Invited faculty.

1990. University of Colorado Law School, Boulder, Water Law Symposium, September 20-22, 1990.  Invited address, "Using Water Naturally."

1990. Conference on Biodiversity and Landscapes," Pennsylvania State University, October 22-25, 1990, K. C. Kim, Director. Invited address, "God and Endangered Species." Published in Ke Chung Kim and Robert D. Weaver, eds., Biodiversity and Landscape (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pages 47-60.

1990. "Creation: Order and Chance in Physics and Biology. Henry Harrell Memorial Lecture, Middle State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, April 19, 1990.  Lecture is recorded in VHS and in DVD format, copies in CSU archives.

1990. American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Boston, December 27-30. Organized and moderated panel, "Environmental Ethics: Future Directions."

1990. South Africa. Tour at invitation of Southern African Forum and International Wilderness Leadership Foundation, Vance Martin. University of Cape Town, West Coast Park, Lanageaan, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Ian Player, Umfolozi National Park, Addo Elephant Park, Tempe Elephant Park. Invited address, "Environmental Ethics," University of Cape Town, October 11, 1990.

1991. Russell Visiting Distinguished Scholar, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA. February 8-16, 1991.  Research conference devoted to Rolston's work; proceedings published in Center for Theology and Natural Sciences Bulletin, vol. 11, no. 2, in Rolston's presentations:

(1) "Respect for Life: Christians, Creation, and Environmental Ethics," pp. 1-8.

(2) "Genes, Genesis, and God in Natural and Human History, pp. 9-23. Lecture on videotape.

Commentaries on Rolston's work:

(1) Robert T. Schimke (molecular biologist), "Reflections from a Molecular Biologist," pp. 24-26.

(2) Walter R. Hearn (biochemist), "Science, Selves, and Stories," pp. 26-31.

(3) Carol J. Tabler (theologian), "Value Vocabulary in Biology and Theology," pp. 32-33.

(4) Ted Peters (theologian), "Beyond the Genes: Epigenesis and God, pp. 34-35.

(5) Margaret R. McLean (molecular biologist), "A Moral World `Red in Tooth and Claw'," pp. 36-38

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1991.  Conference coordinator, Biology, Ethics, and the Origins of Life, held at Colorado State University, September 26-29, 1991.  Proceedings/anthology published as: Biology, Ethics, and the Origins of Life. Boston: Jones and Bartlett, 1995. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., purchased rights, 1997).  Contributors: Thomas R. Cech, Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan, Niles Eldredge, Michael Ruse, Francisco J. Ayala, Langdon Gilkey, Charles Birch.

1991.  Symposium on "Water Rights, Human Rights, and the Rights of Nature," CSU College of Forestry and Natural Resources. November 1, 1991. John D. Stednick, Department of Earth Resources, Chair. Guest lectuer: "Using Water Naturally."

1991.  American Fisheries Society, Conference on Science and Advocacy in Fisheries Management, Salishan Lodge, Gleneden Beach, Oregon, January 29-February 2, 1991.

Keynote Speaker, "Science and Advocacy." Interviewed by Joe Crane on National Public Radio for radio broadcast February 2, 1991.

1991.  Conference on "Environmental Ethics: Now and Into the 21st Century," California State University Department of Philosophy and Environmental Studies Program, March 6-9, 1991. Invited Lecture, "Disvalues in Nature."

1991.  Davidson College, Conference, "Towards a Health Global Environment: Preservation, Development, and Restoration."  Funded by Dean Rusk Program in International Studies. March 3-7, 1991.  Concluding keynote speaker, "Earth Ethics."

1991. Conference on "Biodiversity of the Rocky Mountains," Colorado State University, March 12-15, 1991.  Sponsored by CSU College of Forestry and Natural Resources, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U. S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and others.  Distinguished Plenary Address: "Duties to Endangered Species."  Newspaper story, "Biodiversity Brings a Sense of Urgency," The Coloroadoan, March 18, 1991.

1991. U. S. Forest Service Recreation University, Sheraton Denver Tech Center, Denver, CO. March 20, 1991.  Distinguished Plenary Address: "Wilderness Values."

1991. Distinguished Philosopher,  Lectures and Visit at Washington State University, March 30-April 3, 1991.  Funded in part by National Endowment for the Humanities.  Funded in part by Council for Philosophical Studies (Yale University).  Three lectures, field trip, and consultations with university faculty.  Newspaper story by Jay Hopkins, "Naturalist Discusses Environmental Ethics," The Evergreen, April 2, 1991, p. 1.

1991.  Distinguished Lecturer on Science and Religion, Mary C. McConnell Endowed Lecturership, Portland, Oregon. April 6-8, 1991.

1991.  "Endangered Resources Forum," Texas Parks and Wildlife and University of Texas Zoology Department, Austin, TX, April 12-13, 1991. Lecture, "Endangered Plants on Private Property."  Consultations with Texas Parks and Wildlife personnel, April 14, 1991.

1991.  Distinguished Lecturer, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, funded by Department of Philosophy and Department of Biological Sciences, April 17-19.  Three lectures, including public lecture, "Challenges in Environmental Ethics.

1991. "National Conference on the Economic Value of Wilderness,"  Society of American Foresters,"  Section Coordinator, on "Non-Economic Values of Wilderness,"  Snow King Resort, Jackson Hole, WY, May 9-11, 1991.  Funded by Southeastern Forest Management Station, University of Georgia, Patrick Reed and Clair Payne, Conference Directors.

1991.  Pacific Science Congress, section on Biodiversity Conservation, Honolulu, HI, May 27-30, 1991.  Section funded and coordinated by East-West Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Lawrence Hamilton, Coordinator.  Lecture: "God and Endangered Species," paper published as: "God and Endangered Species," in Ke Chung Kim and Robert D. Weaver, eds., Biodiversity and Landscape (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pages 47-60.

1991.  National Endowment for the Humanities, Distinguished Visiting Philosopher, North Idaho College, June 3-8, 1991. "Truth and Knowing," a National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Colloquium.Judith Sylte, Department of History, Coordinator and Project Director.

1991.  Short Course in Environmental Ethics, Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, Naturalist Field School, July 3-5, 1991.  Credit course under University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. Tom Cardamone, Center Director.

1991.  Society of American Foresters, 1991 Colorado-Wyoming State Society, Conference on "Old Growth - Old Trees."  Rawlins, WY, September 5-6, 1991. Timothy A. Bottomley, Chapter Chair.  Keynote address, "Values Deep in the Woods."

1991.  Conference on "Environmental Values and the Liberal Arts College," Association of Lutheran College Faculties, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, October 4-6, 1991.  Sheri Tonn, Department of Chemistry, Pacific Lutheran College, Coordinator.  Keynote Address, "Environmental Ethics: A Challenge to Liberal Education."

1991.  American Veterinary Medical Association Forum on "The Veterinarian's Role in the Welfare of Wildlife,"  Palmer House, Chicago, IL, November 7, 1991.  John R. Boyce, Conference Coordinator. Keynote speaker, "Ethical Responsibilities toward Wildlife."  Published as: "Ethical Responsibilities toward Wildlife," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 200(1992):618-622.  Interviewed by Kay Dawes,  Chicago Sun Times for newspaper story on November 12.  Also radio interview by Leo Cummins, Trident Communications, released to 400 radio stations nationwide.

1991.  Guest Lecturer, "Politics, Ethical Responsibility, and the Environment," at the University of Colorado at Denver.  Sponsored by Department of Political Science. Forrest Kentchin, Coordinator. November 11, 1991.

1991. China

Distinguished lecturer tour, at invitation of the The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute for Philosophy. October 7-24, 1991.

Lecture Schedule:

October 10.  Lecture at Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Host: Professor Chen Ying, Director, Department of Ethics, Institute of Philosophy, and Secretary, Chinese Society of Ethics.  Host: Prof. Luo Guojie, Vice-President of the People's University of China and Chairman, Chinese Society of Ethics.  Host: Professor Wei Ying-Min, Director, Section of Ethics, Department of Philosophy, Beijing University, and Vice-Chairman of the Chinese Society of Ethics.  Host: Dean Li Bochun, Department of Dialectics of Nature, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

October 11.  Lecture at People's University, hosted by Chinese Society of Ethics. Hosts:  Same as Thursday, Oct. 10.

October 14.  Lecture at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Department of Systems Ecology.  Hosted by Dr. Zhao Jungshu, Professor and Deputy Director.

October 15.  Lecture at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Philosophy.  Hosts: same as Thursday, Oct. 10.  Also Qiu Renzong, Senior Researcher, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

October 16,  Lecture at Qinghua University.  Host: Professor Liu Yuang-Liang, Vice-Chairman, Department of Social Science, Tsinghua University.  Host: Professor Quan Yi, Department of Environmental Engineering, Director National Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, Tsinghua University.  Host: Zeng Xiaoxuan, Department of Social Science, Tsinghua University.

October 17.  Lecture at Beijing Agricultural University.  Hosts: Professor Han Chun-Ru, Department of Agronomy, Beijing Agricultural University.   Host: Professor Wang Hong Kang, Director of the Environmental Protection Major, Beijing Agricultural University. Host: Professor Zhang Xiang-Qin, Social Science Department, Beijing Agricultural University. Host: Professor Zheng Wufu, Social Science Department, Beijing Agricultural University.

October 28-30.  Consulting visit at Suzhou Institute of Urban Construction and Environmental Protection and Suzhou University. I nterview and consultation: Yao Yanxian, President; Quanda Yang, Dean, and Chairman, Department of Environmental Protection;  Dr. Zou Enmin, Department of Environmental Protection;  Professor Xu Guangming, Marxism Teaching Office.

1992.  Symposium on Wilderness Values, American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Louisville, KY, April 17-18, 1992. 

1992.  Conference on "Biophilia: The Genetic Basis of Biological Conservation, August 23-26, 1992,  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA, on the theoretical work of Edward O. Wilson, Harvard University.  Lecture: "Biophilia, Selfish Genes, Shared Values."  Published as "Biophilia, Selfish Genes, Shared Values," pages 381-414 in Stephen R. Kellert and Edward O. Wilson, eds., The Biophilia Hypothesis: A Theoretical and Empirical Inquiry (Washington: Island Press, 1993).

1992.  American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Washington, DC, December 26-30. L ecture and panel, "Ethical Implications of the United Nations Earth Summit." Panel organizer.

1992.  XXVIII Nobel Conference Lecture at Gustavus Adolphus College, October 1992.  Lecture: "Immunity in Natural History."  Published as "Immunity in Natural History," Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (University of Chicago Press) 39(1996):353-372.

1992.  "Seeking Common Ground," Western Forestry and Conservation Association, Portland, OR, February 24-25, 1992.  "Values in Forests," plenary opening lecture.

1992. " Conference on Human Rights and Environmental Conservation," sponsored by American Academy for the Advancement of Science and Yale Law School, held at Yale Law School, Boston, MA, April 3-4, 1992.  Invited lecture: "Rights and Responsibilities on the Home Planet."  Published as "Rights and Responsibilities on the Home Planet," Yale Journal of International Law 18 (no. 1, 1993):251-279.

1992.  "Environmental Values," Harvard University, Boston, MA. Invited lecturer by Graduate Students Association. April 25, 1992.

1992.  United States Office of Personnel Management, Seminar on Environmental Policy Issues, Western Management Development Center, Denver, August 29, 1992.  Lecture: "Environmental Values in Public Policy."

1992. American Academy of Religion, National Meeting, San Francisco, November 21-24, 1992.  Section on Science and Religion.  Invited address: "Does Nature Need To Be Redeemed?"

Published as "Does Nature Need To Be Redeemed?   Z ygon: Journal of Religion and Science 29(1994):205-229.

1992.  "Cultural and Ecological Institute on Water," sponsored by Denver Museum of Natural History. July 11, 1992.  Invited speaker, "Using Water Ethically."

1992. "Ethics and Environmental Policy: Theory Meets Practice, University of Georgia, Department of Philosophy and Institute for Ecology, April 5-7, 1992.  Co-sponsored by Fondazione Lanza, Padova, Italy.Invited lecture:  "Winning and Losing in Environmental Ethics."  Published as "Winning and Losing in Environmental Ethics."  In Frederick Ferré and Peter G. Hartel, eds., Ethics and Environmental Policy: Theory Meets Practice (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1994), pages 217-234.

Also extended interview of Holmes Rolston, "Living with Nature," April 6/7, 1992, by Richard E. Aguar, AVP videotaped. AVP Film and Video Productions, April 15, 1992. Copy in archives.

1992.  Distinguished Lecturer, 53rd Annual Biology Colloquium, Oregon State University, May 15, 1992.

1992.  Distinguished Lecturer, "Aesthetic Appreciation of Wildlife," National Watchable Wildlife Conference," University of Montana, Missoula, 10-12, 1992.  Version of paper earlier published as: "Beauty and the Beast: Aesthetic Appreciation of Wildlife," in D. J. Decker and G. Goff,  Valuing Wildlife Resources: Economic and Social Perspectives (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1987), pp. 187-207.

1992.  "Conference on Global Ecology and Human Destiny," Twenty Eighth Annual Conference of the Institute on Religion and Science.  Star Island, New Hampshire, July 25-August 1, 1992.  Distinguished Lecturer, "Rights and Responsibilities on the Home Planet."

1992.  Official Observer, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) (Earth Summit), June 1-15, 1992, Rio de Janeiro.  Observations published as: "People, Population, Prosperity, and Place." Pages 35-38 in Noel J. Brown and Pierre Quibler, eds.,  Ethics and Agenda 21: Moral Implications of a Global Consensus (New York: United Nations Publications, United Nations Environment Programme, 1994).  Ethical evaluation of the UN strategy document from the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Rio Earth Summit).  Another analysis paper published as: "Environmental Protection and an Equitable International Order: Ethics after the Earth Summit." Pages 267-284. In Donald A. Brown, compiler, Proceedings of the Interdisciplinary Conference Held at the United Nations on the Ethical Dimensions of the United Nations Program on Environmental and Development, Agenda 21. Camp Hill, Pa: Earth Ethics Research Group, 1994.

Also includes

"Earth Ethics: A Challenge to Liberal Education," keynote address at Conference on Ethics, University, and Environment" at Federal University of Rio Grande Do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 25-29, 1992, published as "Earth Ethics: A Challenge to Liberal Education," pages 161-192 in J. Baird Callicott and Fernando José R. da Rocha, eds., Earth Summit Ethics: Toward a Reconstructive Postmodern Philosophy on the Atlantic Rim (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996).

"Ethical Issues at the United Nations Earth Summit," and "Wilderness Values," papers presented at III Congreso Internacional de Etica y Desarrollo, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, June 21-27, 1992.

1993.  Conference on "Endangered Species in Timber Country," Montana State University, Bozeman, January 29-30.  Invited lecture: "Extinction, Ethics, and the Environment." 

1993. Symposium on "The Scientific Foundations of Environmental Ethics," American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, February 11-16.  Lecture: "Environmental Science and Environmental Ethics."

1993.  "Symposium on Ecosystem Management," U. S. Forest Service, Lakewood Holiday Inn, Denver, February 18, 1993.  Lecture: "Ethics and Ecosystem Management."

1993.  Ethics Working Group, International Union of Conservation Naturalists (IUCN), World Conservation Union, Symposium on "Development of Ethical Principles for Sustainable Use of Wild Species," Spring House Inn, Chicago, March 3-5, 1993.

1993.  Society for Conservation Biology, Seventh Annual Meeting, Arizona State University, Tempe, June 9-13. Papers: "Who Owns Wild Species?" and "Biological Conservation after the Earth Summit." First paper published as: "Whose Woods These Are. Are Genetic Resources Private Property or Global Commons?" Earthwatch, vol. 12, no. 3 (March/April 1993): 17-18.

1993.  Forum on "Earth: Our Global Stewardship: Spirituality, Ethics and Ecology in Conversation," University of Colorado Boulder, April 15, George M. Schroeder, Coordinator. Lecture: "Earth Ethics."

1993.  Debate on the Greening of Mars, Department of Philosophy and Center for Philosophy and the Environment, University of Manchester, U.K., July 29, 1993.  Keekok Lee, Coordinator.

1993.  "Workshop on Landscape Disturbances," U. S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Colorado State University College of Forestry, held at Gunnison, CO, November 3.  Invited lecture, "Landscape Disturbances: Ethical Considerations."

1993.  18th Annual Morris Colloquium: Biological and Cultural Diversity: Challenges in Environmental Ethics, Department of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, November 4-6, Dale Jamieson, Coordinator.  Keynote lecture: "Biodiversity and Value Theory."

1993.  National Endowment for the Humanities and National Science Foundation, Evaluation Panel for State Grants in Science Education and the Humanities, June 20-22, 1993. Washington, DC.

1993.  Oberlin College. Outside evaluator for program review, Environmental Studies, David Orr, Director, February 26-March 1, 1993.

1993.  "Environmental Ethics," Rocky Mountain Seminars, Rocky Mountain Nature Association, sponsored by Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado, June 25-26.

1993. "The Wilderness Idea Reaffirmed," at the 17th Annual Colorado Wilderness and Public Lands Conference, CSU Pingree Parks Campus, September 17-19, 1993.  Keynote address: "The Wilderness Idea Reaffirmed."  Variation of "The Wilderness Idea Reaffirmed," Environmental Professional 13(1991):370-377. Variously reprinted.

1993.  "Spiritual Values in Wilderness," at Workshop on "Spiritual Values in Wildlands," sponsored by U. S. Forest Service, held at Ghost Ranch, Abiqui, NM, Sept. 28-29.  Paper published as "Nature, Spirit, and Land Management."  Pages 17-24 in Beverly L. Driver, Daniel Dustin, Tony Baltic, Gary Eisner, and George Peterson, eds.,  Nature and the Human Spirit: Toward an Expanded Land Management Ethic  (State College, PA: Venture Publishing Co., 1996).

1993.  Distinguished Visiting Professor, Union College, Department of Philosophy, Schenectady, New York, May 16-30, 1993.

1993.  Distinguished Lecturer, Ohio State University, Battelle Endowment Series for Technology and Human Affairs, January 21, 1993.

1993.  Society of Christian Ethics, Annual National Conference, Savannah, GA, January 8-10.  Keynote address, published as "Environmental Ethics: Some Challenges for Christians." In Harlan Beckley, ed.,  The Annual: Society of Christian Ethics  (Washington: Georgetown University Press, 1993), pages 163-186.  Variously reprinted.

1993.  Distinguished Lecture, "Environmental Ethics," University of Guelph, Ontario, March 15-16.

1993.  Institute for Liberal Studies, Conference on Science, Technology, and Religious Ideas, Kentucky State University, April 2-3, 1993.  Keynote address: "Order and Disorder in Nature, Science, and Religion."  Published, pages 1-14 in George W. Shields and Mark Shale, eds., Science, Technology and Religious Ideas: Proceedings of the Institute for Liberal Studies, vol. 4 (Frankfort, KT: Institute for Liberal Studies, Kentucky State University, 1994).  Lecture videotaped.

1993.  Distinguished Lecture, "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," also lectures on Science and Religion, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, May 13-15.

1993.  Center of Theological Inquiry, "Consultation on Issues in Science and Theology: Planning for the Future," May 23-25, 1993.  Selected consulting group of twelve principal experts in the field, by invitation only.  Group also met later two times and did considerable consulting by mail.  Paper published as "Evolutionary History and Divine Presence," Theology Today (Princeton) 55(1998):415-434.

1993.  Royal Institute of Philosophy, Conference on "Philosophy and the Natural Environment," University of Wales, Cardiff, July 20-22, Robin Attfield, Conference Director.

Distinguished Conference Address, "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value."  Published as "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value," in Robin Attfield and Andrew Belsey, eds., Philosophy and the Natural Environment (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pages 13-30. Royal Institute of Philosophy, Annual Supplement Volume.  Variously republished.

1993.  Estudos Gerais da Arrábida--Conferências do Convento, Ambiente: Fundamentalismos e Pragmatismos. Arrábida (near Lisbon), Portugal. Professor Francisco Nunes Correia, Director. August 2-5.  A Conference for officials in environmental decisionmaking, sponsored by the government of Portugal commemorating five hundred years since the Portuguese discoveries in the New World.  Invited address, "Environmental Ethics: An American Perspective."

1993.  XIX World Congress of Philosophy, "Mankind at a Turning Point: Philosophical Perspectives," Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, August 22-28, 1993.  Invited address, "Rights and Responsibilities on the Home Planet," variation of "Rights and Responsibilities on the Home Planet," Yale Journal of International Law 18 (no. 1, 1993):251-279.  Also, paper on "Environmental Ethics and Development Ethics."

1993.  Symposium on Ethics and the Environment, Oak Ridge, TN, October 9.  Distinguished Lecture, "Values in Nature and the Nature of Value." Video produced from this symposium (released 1994) , with eight speakers, "Ethics and the Environment: Guidelines for Environmental Decisions," copy in archives.

1993. 1993 South Platte Forum: Seeking an Integrated Approach to Water Management in the South Platte Basin, October 27-28. University Park Holiday Inn, Fort Collins. Keynote Speaker, "Using Water Naturally." Published as "Using Water Naturally," in Kathleen C. Klein, ed., Seeking an Integrated Approach to Watershed Management in the South Platte Basin (Fort Collins, CO: Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Colorado State University, 1993), pp. 3-8.

1993. Washington and Lee University, November 1-2. Distinguished lecture, "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Also lectures on science and religion in university classes.

1993. Arizona Humanities Council and National Endowment for the Humanities Symposium: The Battle for the West: Arizona and Land Ethics, held at Prescott, AZ, November 12-14. Distinguished lecture, "Land as Commodity and Community."

1993. Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics, and Society, Mansfield College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, November 18, 1993. Invited Lecture, "Environmental Ethics: Some American Challenges."

1993.  Distinguished lectures, "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value," and "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," University of Oslo, Department of Philosophy and Senter for Utvikling og Miljø (Center for Development and Environment), in the fall lecture forum: Miljø Ethikk i Praksis: Krontroverser om Naturensmoralske Status (Environmental Ethics in Practice: Controversies on the Moral Status of Nature), November 25-26, Jon Wetlesen, Coordinator.

1993. Invited lecture, "Environmental Ethics," Department of Philosophy and SVT Senter for Vitskapsteori (Center for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities), University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, November 23, Ragnar Fjelland, Director.

1994. World Health Organization and International Society for Environmental Epidemiology, International Workshop: Ethical and Philosophical Issues in Environmental Epidemiology, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, September 16-18, 1994. Paper delivered and participant in group formulating code of ethics for environmental epidemiology. Published as: "Science, Advocacy, Human and Environmental Health," The Science of the Total Environment 184(1996):51-56. 

1994. United Nations Conference on Ethical Issues in Implementing the UNEP Agenda 21, on Environmental and Development. United Nations, New York, January 13-14, 1994. Invited lecture. Published as "People, Population, Prosperity, and Place." In Noel J. Brown and Pierre Quibler, eds., Ethics and Agenda 21: Moral Implications of a Global Consensus (New York: United Nations Publications, United Nations Environment Programme, 1994), pages 35-38.

1994. University of Oslo, Department of Philosophy, invited lecture, June 29, 1994, "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Lecture was reported on Finnish National News Service throughout the country and featured in the Hensingin Sanomat (Helsinki Journal), July 1, 1994.

1994. U. S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Interagency Interpretive Training, Estes Park, Colorado, June 6-10, 1994. Invited lecture: "Values in Nature."

1994. "Managing Nature," led symposium at United States Forest Service, Regional Office Meeting, August 24, 1994, Denver Colorado, Susan Johnson, Coordinator.

1994. "Global Environmental Ethics: After the Earth Summit," in Oregon State University, Forest Science Spring Seminar Series, May 12, 1994. Published as "People, Population, Prosperity, and Place." In Noel J. Brown and Pierre Quibler, eds., Ethics and Agenda 21: Moral Implications of a Global Consensus (New York: United Nations Publications, United Nations Environment Programme, 1994), pages 35-38. Also: "Re-authorizing the Endangered Species Act: Philosophy, Science, and Politics in Dialogue," Oregon State University, Department of Philosophy, Program for Science, Ethics, and the Environment, May 11, 1994. Lecture: "Ethical Duties to Endangered Species."

1994. Missouri Forest, Fish and Wildlife Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri (State of Missouri Forest, Fish, and Wildlife, University of Missouri, and others), February 3, 1994. Keynote lecture: "Values in Nature."

1994. "Nature and Culture," University of Oklahoma, Department of Philosophy Colloquium, April 17, 1994.  Invited lecture. "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," University of Oklahoma, Environmental Studies Program, April 18, 1994. Invited lecture.

1994.  Consultation on the Development of a Jewish Philosophy of the Natural World, Jewish Theological Seminary, held at Pawling, New York, May 22-24, 1994.  Invited lecture on environmental ethics and contemporary cosmology.

1994.  Utah Wilderness Association and Utah Wildlife Manifesto, Annual Conference, Exploring the Values of Biodiversity.  Keynote speaker, March 5, 1994, Salt Lake City, Utah. Radio interview on PBS in Utah, on Environmental Ethics. Station KPCW, Salt Lake City, Utah.  Hour-long broadcast interview, May 6, 9.00 - 10.00 a.m. Interviewed by Blair Fuelner.

1994.  Conference: "Private Property Rights and Responsibilities of Rangeland Owners and Managers Conference," Society for Range Management, Texas Section, and Texas A&M University, Department of Range Management, October 23-25, Austin, TX.  Keynote speaker: "What Is Responsible Management of Private Rangeland?"  Published as "What Is Responsible Management of Private Rangeland?" In Larry D. White, ed., Private Property Rights and Responsibilities of Rangeland Owners and Managers  (College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University, 1994, 1995), pages 39-49.

1994.  "Landowners' Seminar on Ecosystems in the Southwest," Sand County Foundation and National Audubon Society, Santa Fe, NM, November 1-2, 1994.  Keynote speaker: "Land Ethics, Earth Ethics, and Managing Nature."

1994 .  Augustana University College, Distinguished Theological Lecture Series, Camrose, Alberta. Three lectures: "Methods in Science and Religion," "Physics and Theology," and "Biology and Theology," March 10-11, 1994.

1994.  Center of Theological Inquiry, Princeton Theological Seminary, "Consultation on Issues in Science and Theology: Planning for the Future," June 11-14, 1994, Princeton, N. J. Selected consulting group of twelve principal experts in the field, continuing a research group from 1993 onwards.

1994.  "Meeting in the Landscape: First International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics," Koli, Finland, June 20-24.  Invited international lecture, "Does the Aesthetic Appreciation of Nature Need To Be Science-Based?" Story in Karjalainen (The Karelian), regional newspaper, Joensuu, Finland, June 24, 1994.  Published as "Does Aesthetic Appreciation of Landscapes Need to be Science-Based?"  British Journal of Aesthetics 35(1995):374-386.  With North Cape trip following,  Wildlands conservation in Finland and northern Scandinavia.

1994.  Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Fortieth Anniversary International Conference,  Eilat, Israel, March 20-24.  Theme: "The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in Protecting the Environment."  Invited international speaker, on "Global International Ethics.

1994.  Canada. Jasper National Park, Alberta.  Wolf ecology and conservation, preceded by lectures at Augustana University College (= University of Alberta, Augustana Campus), Camrose, Alberta.

1995.  Plenary Address: "Environmental Ethics and Wild Animals,"  1995 Military Veterinary Medical Seminar, U. S. Army Veterinary Command, annual conference, San Antonio, Texas,  Colonel Paul L. Barrows, Commander. January 6-9, 1995.   Lecture a version of: "Ethical Responsibilities toward Wildlife," Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 200(1992):618-622. 

1995.  American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Invited Section on "Ecosystems and Landscapes: Describing and Valuing Whole Ecosystems," Bryan G. Norton, Coordinator. Atlanta Georgia. February 16-21, 1995. Paper: "Valuing Ecosystem Integrity and Health."

1995. "Excellence in Teaching at CSU,"  Videotaped CSU promo, with 2-3 minutes of Rolston interviewed.  Copy in archives.

1995.  PROJECT WILD, Annual Conference, Colorado Division of Wildlife. Jeff Pucks, Director. Glenwood Springs, Colorado. February 24, 1995.  Keynote Address, "Duties to Wild Animals."

1995.  University of Oregon Law School, 1995 Public Interest Environmental Law Conference. Eugene, Oregon. February 2-5, 1995.  Address, "Ethics and Environmental Law."

1995.  National Biological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, Louisiana, March 14, 1995.  Address: "Values in Nature." Also: address, "Environmental Ethics," University of Southwestern Louisiana, Departments of Philosophy and Sociology, Lafayette, Louisiana, March 14, 1995.

1995.  Conference: Theological Education to Meet the Environmental Challenge, Institute for Ecology, Justice, and Faith, held at University of Chicago, Chicago.  March 15-19, 1995.  Plenary Address, "Ecological Spirituality."  Published as: "Ecological Spirituality," American Journal of Theology and Philosophy 18(1997)59-64.

1995.  Panel: "Environmental Philosophy: From Physics to Metaphysics, Ethics to Aesthetics."  Participant, Organizer, Moderator, First Bi-annual Conference, Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, held at Colorado State University, June 9-11, 1995.

1995.  9th Annual Meeting, Society for Conservation Biology, held at Colorado State University, June 7-11, 1995.  Address: "Environmental Science and Environmental Advocacy." Elected to Board of Governors, Society for Conservation Biology, 5,000 members.

1995.  June/July/August. East Africa, South Africa, including Visiting Distinguished Professor, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, July and August 1995, giving a series of lectures on environmental ethics, conservation, and development, funded by a South African universities research grant. C onsultations with faculty in philosophy, law, economics, forestry, botany, geology, education. and spinoff events:

Spinoff events include:

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Headquarters, Nairobi. Tour of installation and operations. Met with Sylve Campagne, Director of Personnel Operations. Met with Dr. Kopano Mukelabai, officer in charge, UNICEF in East Africa, on international development and conservation issues as these affect women and children. June 19, 1995.

Department of Philosophy, University of Nairobi, Dr. Odera Oruka, chair, and author, Philosophy, Humanity, and Ecology, also director, African Centre for Technology Studies. Consultation, tour of facilities, libraries, research materials, and interviews with his students, especially F. Ochieng'-ODhiambo and Patrick M. Dikirr, both Ph.D. students in environmental ethics. June 19-20, 1995.

East African Wildlife Society, Head offices, Nairobi, Kenya. Interviews with Aaran Eric T. Hanha and Diana Sigei, regarding environmental ethics and education, affecting their two journals Swara (the Swahili for impala), and the African Journal of Ecology. June 20, 1995.

Kenya Wildlife Services, Joe Kioko, Assistant Directior. Interviews regarding humans and wildlife conflicts, and ethical and policy issues in resolving these conflicts.  Also poaching issues. June 20, 1995.

Industrial Environmental Forum of Southern Africa, Johannesburg.  Met with Karin Ireton, Assistant Director, on development and environmental conservation issues in South Africa. July 7, 1995.

Visiting Distinguished Lecturer, University of Cape Town, Cape Town South Africa, August 7, 1995.

Visiting Distinguished Lectuer, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa, July 7, 1995.

Wilderness Action Group, Dr. Nolly Zoloumas, Chair, William R. Bainbridge, Natal Parks Board, consultant, Bainbridge Resource Management.  Met with their board of directors on wilderness conservation ethics and strategy in South Africa. July 21, 1995.

KwaZulu Parks Board, Wayne Elliot, Wildlife Management Supervisor, on development and wildlife conservation issues in South Africa, July 22-23, 1995.

Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Consultations, one day each, with Pat Irwin and Department of Education; Geoff G. Antrobus, economics and dean of social science, and faculty of Department of Economics; Felicity Edwards, Department of Theology;  Ofer Gon and School of Ichythology; I van Schaffer, dean of the law school and faculty in School of Law; Ian MacDonald, Chair, Philosophy Department and faculty in philosophy.  Coupled with a series of lectures. Funded by a South African Universities grant. July 26-29, 1995.

John Hanks, WWF South Africa (Southern Africa Nature Foundation), John Hanks, Director. Consulation on ethical issues in wildlife conservation in South Africa. August 10, 1995.

Center for International Business, University of Stellenbosch, Nicholas J. Slabbert, Director. Consulation on environmental issues in joint ventures in South African business. August 12, 1995.

Council on Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Alex Weaver, Head of Environmental Services, and staff (a Council of the Republic of South Africa).  Consulation on ethical issues in risk assessment and making environmental impact statements.

Wilderness ethics workshop, with the ranger staff of Kruger National Park, Headquarter's Conference Center, Skukuza, South Africa, July 17, 1995.  Cleve Cheney, Director, Wilderness Trails Programme.

Annual Conference, Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA), meeting in Durban, South Africa, July 20-21, 1995.   Address: "Environmental Ethics: Some American Challenges."

Wilderness ethics workshop, with the professional guide staff of the Wilderness Leadership School, Durban, South Africa, operating in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi National Park, and including kwaZulu rangers. July 21-24, 1995. 

The Idea of Wilderness, Workshop with invited South African leaders, held at Stellenbosh University. August 11, 1995.

1995.  European Union and Council of Europe, Conference on the Conservation of Nature Outside Protected Areas, Ljubljana, Slovenia.  Hosted by the Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Ljubljana. November 9-10, 1995.  Plenary Address, "Nature, Culture, and Environmental Ethics."  Published as: "Nature, Culture, and Environmental Ethics / Narava, kultura in etika okolja." Pages 25-42 in Dušan Ogrin, ed., Varstvo narave zunaj zavarovanih obmo…ij / The Conservation of Nature Outside Protected Areas (Ljubljnana, Slovenia: Urad RS za prostorska planiranje, Ministrstvo za okolje in prostor / Office for Physical Planning, Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, Republic of Slovenia, and Inštitut za krajinsko arhitekturo, Biotehniška fakulteta / Institute of Landscape Architecture, University of Ljubljana, 1996).  In English and also translated into Slovenian. C onference proceedings from European Union, Conference on the Conservation of Nature Outside Protected Areas, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 1995.

1995.  National Conference for Outdoor Leadership, Wilderness Education Association. Department of Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism, CSU.  Jessica Clements, Coordinator. March 30-April 2, 1995.  Plenary Address: "Wilderness and Human Experience."

1995. Conference: Paradigms in Transition: Natural Resources Management in the New Century. Environment and Natural Resources Policy Institute, and Society for Conservation Biology. Richard Knight, Coordinator. College of Forestry and Natural Resources. April 11, 1995.  Plenary Address: "Global Environmental Ethics." Published as: "Global Environmental Ethics: A Valuable Earth." In Richard L. Knight and Sara F. Bates, eds., A New Century for Natural Resources Management (Washington, DC: Island Press, 1995), pages 349-366. Also a panel of four participants: Curt Meine, Susan Jacobson, Stewart Pickett, Holmes Rolston, Patricia Nelson-Limerick, videotaped as "Natural Resources Management for the New Century," 43 minutes, produced by Colorado State University Office of Instructional Services, TV09555. Copy in CSU archives.

1995.  Conference: Leadership for Today and Tomorrow, Cooperative Extension, Colorado State University and U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Frankk R. Leibrock, Coordinator. Holiday Inn Conference Center, Estes Park. May 25-27, 1995.  Plenary Address: "Professional Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

1995.  External Examiner, Department of Philosophy, University of North Texas, Denton, Five Year Evaluation. February 11-14, 1995.  Professor Eugene C. Hargrove, Chair.

1995.  Consultation on Science and Religion, Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey.  Ongoing consultation board.  Met June 3-6, 1995 at Princeton University to review contributed papers and to commission research in the field.

1995.  1995 Orr Forum, Annual Distinguished Lecture Series, Wilson College, Wilson, Pennsylvania. March 27-28, 1995.  Lectures on "Nature and Culture," and on "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

1995.  Visiting Distinguished Lecturer, "Ethics Gone Wild," American University, Washington, DC, McDowell Conference on Philosophy and Social Philosophy, Jeffrey Reiman, Coordinator. November 17, 1995.

1995 . Visiting Distinguished Lecturer, "Environmental Ethics," Walter Powell-Linfield College 26th Annual Philosophy Lectureship, 1995, Department of Philosophy, Linfield College, Linfield, Oregon. Academic Vice-President Marvin Henberg, Host. December 4, 1995.

1996. Princeton Theological Seminary, Center for Theological Inquiry, Symposium on Theological Issues in Natural Science, May 25-17, 1996.  Draft paper read and evaluated by the symposium, prospective to publication. 

1996. Yale University, School of Forestry. Symposium paper, "Religion and Forest Conservation," Professor Stephen Kellert, coordinator. February 2, 1996.

1996.  University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff. Department of Philosophy, public lecture in coordination with launching an environmental studies program.  "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," Professor Marcus Ford, coordinator. February 15, 1996.

1996.  Feb. 29-Mar. 8, 1996. Yellowstone. Wolf reintroduction. Endangered species conservation. Yellowstone Institute.

1996.  University of North Carolina, Environmental Studies Program and Ecology Program, public lecture, "Environmental Values," Professor Seth Reice, coordinator. March 18-19, 1996.

1996.  North Carolina State University. Department of Philosophy, "Environmental Ethics," public lecture and several class presentations,  Professor Patti Clayton, coordinator. March 20, 1996.

1996.  Marquette University, Milwaukee, Department of Philosophy. "Environmental Ethics," public lecture, and several class presentations, Professor David Twetten, coordinator, March 28-30, 1996.

1996.  Vermillion Community College, Ely, Minnesota. Environmental Studies Program and International Wolf Center, Professor Susan Meisner, Public lecture: "Environmental Ethics," April 1, 1996.

1996. Uppsala University, Sweden. By invitation of the Center for Research Ethics, Carl-Henric Grenholm, Director. April 13-17, 1996: "Types of Environmental Ethics," April 15. Version of paper published as: "Ethics and the Environment" (Types of Environmental Ethics). Chapter 11 in Emily Baker and Michael Richardson, eds., Ethics Applied, edition 2 (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999), pages 407-437.  Second lecture: "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value," April 17. Uppsala University.                                                                       By invitation of the Faculty of Theology, Mikael Stenmark, coordinator.  Lecture, "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?" to theological faculty and students, April 17, 1996. Published as "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?" In Timothy D. J. Chappell, ed., The Philosophy of the Environment (Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 1997), pages 38-64.

1996.  Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society. Nina Booth-Clibborn, Administrator, and John Muddiman, Director, April 22-24, 1996.   "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?" April 23, 1996.

1996. Odense University, Odense, Denmark. Man and Nature--Humanities Research Center. Svenbd Erik Larsen, Director. April 25-26, 1996.  "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?"

1996. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. Center for Bioetik.  "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construction" April 29, 1996;  "The Value of Nature: Problems in Environmental Ethics." April 30, 1996.

1996. University of Bucharest, Rommania, Faculty of Philosophy. May 1-6, 1996.  Mikael-Radu Solvan, Dean. "Types of Environmental Ethics," May 2; "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," May 3. Host: Adrian Miroiu, Director of Higher Eduction, Ministry of Education, Republic of Romania. consulting on environmenal education in Romania, May 4-6, 1996.  Co-host: Mihaela Miroiu, Department of Politics, Romanian Polytechnical University, consulting on environmental policy, in Bucharest, Romania, May 5, 1996.

1996.  University of Joensuu, Finland, and Finnish Forest Research Institute, Second International Conference on Landscape Aesthetics, Aesthetics in Forests. Lusto, Punkaharju, Finland, June 9-13, 1996.  Keynote address: "Aesthetic Experience in Forests." Published as "Aesthetic Experience in Forests," Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 56(1998):157-166.

1996. Lecture tour in Australia, July-August 1996.

University of Queensland, Brisbane, and Australasian Association of Philosophy Conference. Paper, "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?" Coordinator: Ian Hickfuss, Department of Philosophy, University of Queensland, St. Lucia (Brisbane), Australia. July 8-10, 1996.

James Cook University, Townsville, Qld. Lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Coordinator: Rosamund Thorpe, Philosophy Steering Committee, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld. July 16. 1996.

Queensland University of Technology and Brisbane Philosophical Society. Lecture, "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Coordinator: Julian Lamont, Philosophy Section, School of Humanities, Queensland University of Technology, Carseldine (Brisbane), Qld. July 17, 1996.

Sushine Coast University College, consulting on environmental ethics in the undergraduate curriculum, Robert Elliot, Dean of Arts, Sunshine Coast University College, Maroochydore South, Queensland. July 19, 1996.

University of New England. Lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Coordinator: Drew Khlentzos, Department of Philosophy, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W. July 22, 1996.

Australian National University, Canberra. Lecture: "Types of Environmental Ethics." Coordinator: Robert Goodin, Department of Philosophy, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT. July 24, 1996.

LaTrobe University, Melbourne. Lecture: "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct." Coordinators: Janna Thompson and Freya Mathews, Department of Philosophy, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Vic. July 29-31, 1996.

University of Tasmania, Hobart. Lecture: "Types of Environmental Ethics." Coordinator: Peter Hay, Centre for Environmental Studies, University of Tasmania. Lecture: "Nature versus Culture: What is Natural?" Coordinator: Kate Crowley, Deptartment of Political Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart. August 2, 1996.

The Flinders University of South Australia. Lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Coordinator: Lawrence Johnson, Department of Philosophy, The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, S.A. August 9, 1996.

Murdoch University, Perth. Lecture: "Feeding People versus Saving Nature" Coordinator: Jeff Malpas, Department of Philosophy, Murdoch University, Perth, W.A. August 13, 1996.

University of Western Australia, Perth. "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?" Coordinator: Andrew Brennan, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, W.A. August 14, 1996.

1996.  Texas Lutheran University, Seguin, Texas Public lecture, "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," and three classroom presentations. Mark Gilbertson, coodinator. October 5-8, 1996.

1996.  Florida Atlantic University, Conference: Philosophies of the Environment and Technology. Paper: "A Managed Earth and the End of Nature?" Lester Embree, director. November 14-18, 1996. Published as: "A Managed Earth and the End of Nature?" Pages 143-164 in Marina Paola Banchetti-Robino, Lester Embree, and Don E. Marietta, eds. The Philosophies of Environment and Technology, vol. 18 of Research in Philosophy of Technology (Stamford, CT: JAI Press, 1999).  Videotaped discussion, but rather poorly taped and poor discussion. Copy in archives.

1996. Society of American Foresters, Seminar on Applied Ethics in Forestry and Natural Resource Management, Denver, CO.  Keynote address: "Forestry, Environmental Science, and Environmental Advocacy." Randall S. Frank, Coordinator. December 5-6, 1996.

1997.  Earth Charter Conference, Rockefeller Conference Center, Pocantico, New York, January 30-February 2, 1997.  Conference evaluating draft of Earth Charter prior to presentation to United Nations Committee at Rio de Janeiro, April 1997.  Steven C. Rockefeller, Coordinator. 

1997.  American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Pittsburgh, PA. Symposium on Rolston's paper, "Feeding People versus Saving Nature?" April 25-26, 1997.

1997.  May 15-18, 1997. National Council of Churches, Environmental Justice Conference, "Religious Resources for Environmental Conservation," Estes Park, CO. William Somplatsky-Jarman, Coordinator.

1997.  June 15-29, 1997. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Research trip to Siberia and Lake Baikal, fact-finding expedition for conservation biology and environmental policy in Siberia, the Russian Far East, and Lake Baikal.  Victor Kuzevanov, Director of the Botanic Garden of Irkutsk State University, Irkutsk, Expedition Director.  Russian scientist leaders: Elena I. Kossovich, Dept of Botany and Genetics, Irkutsk State University; Alexander Timonin, mammologist, Lake Baikal Museum; Alexander A. Bukharov, Professor of Geology, Irkutsk State University and Director of the Lake Baikal Museum; Vasily Smirnov, ichythologist, Lake Baikal Museum. Newspaper report: "Siberia: Beautiful, Bleak, Full of Uncertainty," Fort Collins Coloradoan, July 26, 1997, pages D8, D7.  Videotape of the trip, placed in CSU archives.

1997.  August 12, 1997. Society for Contemporary Philosophy, Annual Conference, "Values in Nature: Experience in the Field," Estes Park, CO,

1997.  Natural Areas Association National Conference, Portland, OR, August 26-28, 1997.  Reed Noss, Coordinator. Keynote address, "Is Wilderness a Social Construct?"

1997.  Citizens for San Luis Valley Water, Dia del Rio, Alamosa, CO, October 18-19, 1997. Jerry Freeman, Coordinator.  Address: "Religious Dimensions of Environmental Ethics."

1997.  Grizzly Bear Ecology and Conservation, Yellowstone Institute, Yellowstone National Park, June 6-9, 1997.  Sue Consolo Murphy, Director. Leaders: Yellowstone bear biologists: Kerry Gunther, Mark Haroldson; Dan Reinhart; John D. Varley, Director, Yellowstone Center for Resources; Paul Schullery, Yellowstone historian.

1997.  Forest Fire Recovery Assessment Study, Pack Trip into Scapegoat Wilderness, Montana, scene of the Canyon Creek Fire, burned 247,000 acres in September and October 1988, the year of the Yellowstone fires, and the largest forest fire in history of Montana, studying forest regeneration. With Orville Daniels, Chief of United States Forest Service, Region 1 (Montana, Idaho, North and South Dakota). August 1-8, 1997.

1997. Gifford Lectures, University of Edinburgh, November 1997. Ten lectures over the month of November, ending December 1.

Lecture 1, Genetic Creativity: Diversity and Complexity in Natural History. Monday, November 10, 1997. Recorded. Videotaped, in VHS and DVD format. Copies in CSU archives and in CSU general circulation. BETACAM Master in archives.

Lectures 2-9, not recorded.

Lecture 2. Genetic Values: Intrinsic, Inclusive, Distributed, Shared, Tuesday, November 11, 1997

Lecture 3. Genetic Identity: Conserved and Integrated Values, Thursday, November 13, 1997

Lecture 4. Genes and the Genesis of Human Culture, Monday, November 17, 1997

Lecture 5. Genes and the Genesis of Science, Tuesday, November 18, 1997

Lecture 6. Genes and the Genesis of Ethics, Thursday, November 20, 1997

Lecture 7. Ethics Naturalised and Universalised, Monday, November 24, 1997

Lecture 8. Genes and the Genesis of Religion, Tuesday, November 25, 1997

Lecture 9. Genes and the Prolific Earth, Thursday, November 27, 1997

Lecture 10. Genes, Genesis and God, Monday, December 1, 1997. Recorded. Videotaped, in VHS and DVD format. Copies in CSU archives and in CSU general circulation. BETACAM Master in archives.

Published as Genes, Genesis and God, Cambridge University Press, 1999.

Spinoff Seminar, "A Prolific Earth: Genetic and Theological Explanations," jointly with R. J. Berry, Department of Genetics, University College London, sponsored by University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh. Held at New College, University of Edinburgh, November 12, 1997. Neil Spurway, Physiology, University of Glasgow, Coordinator.

Address: "Postmodernism and Nature," Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK., Department of Philosophy, November 15, 1997. Allan Holland, Chair.

Address: "Technology versus Nature: What is Natural?" University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, Centre for Ethics, Technology, and Society and Department of Philosophy, November 19, 1997.Nigel Dower and Gordon Graham, coordinators.  Published as: "Technology versus Nature: What is Natural" in CPTS Ends and Means: Journal of the University of Aberdeen Centre for Philosophy, Technology & Society 2(no. 2, Spring 1998):3-14. 

Address: "Values in Nature: Intrinsic Values Shared versus Selfish Genes," University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, Department of Philosophy, November 26, 1997. Timothy D. J. Chappell and KeeKok Lee, Coordinators.

1998. Seminars on Bioethics, Environmental Ethics, and Development Ethics, India, January 1998, at invitation of All India Bioethics Association. Principal Organizer: Jayapaul Azariah, Professor and Head, Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Chennai, India.

Includes the following lectures/symposia:

International Workshop Cum Seminar on Ethics in Science and Medicine, Salem, India. Lecture on "Ethical Issues in Environmental Health," January 8-9, 1998. D. S. Sheriff, Associate Dean, VMKV Medical College, Conference Coordinator.

Seminar on Bioethics, at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. Lecture: "Ethical Issues in Genetics and Genetic Engineering," January 12, 1998. R. N. Sharma, Deputy Director, Conference Coordinator. Consultation with Surjeet Kaur Chahal, Department of Philosophy, University of Pune (author of recent Indian book on environmental ethics) on ethical issues in conservation in India.

Keynote address, "Environmental Ethics and Development," International Workshop Cum Seminar: Environment, Medical Ethics, and Biodiversity, Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar, India, January 13-15, 1998. A. G. Bansode, Department of Zoology and Principal of the College.

Keynote speaker, "Medical Science and Advocacy in Environmental Health," at Symposium on Bioethics,  All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India, January 17-18, 1998. K. P. Kochhar, Conference Coordinator.

1998. Visit to Annapurna Conservation Project, Annapurna Region, Pokhara, Nepal, January 21-January 28, 1998.  Conservation, development, and environmental ethics. World hunger, development ethics.Consultation with various persons involved in the Conservation Project.

Includes:

Visit to Royal Chitwan National Park, principal tiger conservation habitat in Nepal, January 29-31, 1998. Also major conservation habitat for the Indian one-horned rhinoceros, for spotted deer (chital), barking deer, red junglefowl, pea hen, sambar, hog deer, wild boar, langur, gaur (wild oxen), wild water buffalo, zebu (wild ancestor of Indian cow), Indian elephants, gharial crocodile. Conservation, development, and environmental ethics. World hunger, development ethics, sustainable development.  Report and ethical analysis later published (in part) in "Saving Nature, Feeding People, and the Foundations of Ethics,"  Environmental Values 7(1998):349-357.

Visit to Sagamartha National Park (containing Mount Everest), Khumbu region, Nepal, February 1-7, 1998.  Ecotourism issues, conservation and development. Habitat for snow leopard and Himalayan black bear, endangered species, also for tahr (wild goats). Also Sherpa and Tibetan conservation and development issues.

Visit to Bhairawah and Tansen, Terai region, Nepal, including Peace Corps Project and hospital, United Mission to Nepal, February 8-11, 1998. Development, world huger, ecojustice issues. United Mission to Nepal is on-the-ground manager of projects in agriculture, engineering, and health funded by World Bank, USAID and related development agencies. Included visit to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha, and Buddhist historical and cultural facilities there.

Newspaper report: "Nepal: Sublime Surrounds Simple Life," Fort Collins Coloradoan, March 28, 1998, p. D10, D9.

1998.  Building Clean Water Communities: Sixth Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Workshop, 1998, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, March 23-25, Lawrence, KS, pages 70-84, Judy Scherff, Coordinator. "Using Water Naturally," keynote address. Published as "Using Water Naturally," Building Clean Water Communities: Proceedings, Sixth Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Workshop, 1998, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 7, March 23-25, Lawrence, KS, pages 70-84.

1998.  Conference, Environmental Ethics: Emerging Issues, Departments of Philosophy and Environmental Studies, University of North Texas, April 3-5, 1998.  Address: "Nature for Real: A Response to the Social Constructionists."

1998. Southern California Academy of Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, May 1-2, 1998.  Jonathan Baskin, Conference Coordinator.  Keynote address: "Endangered Species and Biodiversity: Ethical Issues."

1998. The Aesthetics of Bogs and Peatlands, The Third International Conference on Environmental Aesthetics, Ilomantsi, Finland, June 3-6, 1998.  Invited lecture: "Aesthetics in the Swamps: Wetlands Revisited."   Published as: "Aesthetics in the Swamps," Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (University of Chicago; Johns Hopkins University) 43(2000):584-597.

1998. Joint Annual Conference, American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Omaha, Nebraska. October 17-18, 1998. Dr. James Carpenter, Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Coordinator.  Keynote Speaker, "Ethical Treatment of Wildlife."

1998. Lecture tour in China: Includes:

Invited Distinguished Lecture and Keynote Speaker, "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value" at First All China Conference on Environment and Development, Harbin, China, October 21-22, 1998. Harbin Institute of Technology and Northeast Forestry University. Invitation funded by K. C. Wong Foundation, Hong Kong.

Also at the First All China Conference on Environment and Development, consultations on teaching environmental ethics with: Li Chun-giu, professor of philosophy at Beijing Normal University, Beijing; Liu Bing, Graduate School, Beijing University of Science and Technology, and Academia Sinice; Bao Qingde, Professor of Philosophy, Inner Mongolia University; Yang Tongjin, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing; Fan Chun Ping, editor of the Jilin People's Publishing House, Changchun, Jilin, China (on publishing a Green Classics Series, including a P. R. China translation of my Philosophy Gone Wild; Zeng Huan, Political Law Department, Huazhung Normal University, Wuhang, Hubei; Ye Ping, Harbin Institute of Technology, on a Center for Environment and Development there; Yu Mouchang, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing; Xiao Ling, Department of Philosophy, Nanking University, Nanking, Jiangsu; Cao Liancheng, Professor of Philosophy, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Northeast Forestry University;

Lecture and consultation, Northeast University, Shenyang, China. Lecture "Principles of Conservation Ethics," (to 500 students), November 1-3, 1998. Chen Changsu, Professor of Philosophy, Moderator. Hosts: Hu Xiaomin, Professor of Environmental Engineering; and Wang Zi Yan, Professor of Philosophy.

Lecture and workshop with Environmental Protection Bureau, Shenyang, China, November 1, 1998. Lecture: "Natural and Cultural Values."

Lecture, "Types of Environmental Ethics" to graduate students, Northeast University, November 3, 1998.

Interview with Huo Xiu, Reporter for Station BTV, Beijing (main TV station in Beijing) for the program, "Going with Nature," November 4, 1998.

Lecture at the Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value," November 5, 1998.  Moderator: Yin Deng-xiang, Director, Science, Technology, and Society Program. Host: Ma Huidi, Chinese Society for the Dialectics of Nature, and editor of Studies in Dialectics of Nature.

Visit to Liangshui (Cold Water) Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang Province, China, United Nations Man and the Biosphere Conservation Site, with an experiment station and experimental forest of the Northeastern Forestry University. October 23-24, 1998.  Largest and one of the few old-growth forests of the endangered Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis), also over 200 species, 40 species of mammals.  Consultations with Reserve research scientists, and with 60 academics in China teaching environmental ethics and sustainable development courses.

Visit to the Ecology Laboratory, Open Research Laboratory of Forest Plant Ecology, Zu Yuangang, Director, October 25, 1998.  Consultation on the role of ecology in environmental policy.

Visit to College of Wildlife Resources, Northeast Forestry University, October 25, 1998. Jia Jingbo, Acting Director and Editor-in-Chief of Chinese Wildlife.

Visit to Wudalianchi Nature Reserve (Five Joined Lakes Nature Reserve), Heilongjiang Province, China, October 26-29, 1998.  United Nations Man and the Biosphere Reserve.

Interview with Yang Changguo, Regional Secretary, Communist Party, Nehe region, China, on environmental policy and sustainable development in socialism, October 29, 1998.

Visit to Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve, Lushuihe, Fusong, Jilin Province, China, October 30-31, 1998. A Man and the Biosphere Reserve, the only alpine reserve in eastern China, includes old-growth forest and habitat for biodiversity conservation, including the Siberian tiger.  Consultations with officials and researchers at Lushuihe Forestry Bureau.

Visit to Qianshan Nature Reserve, Anshan, China, November 3, 1998.  Consultation with officials at Environmental Protection Bureau, Anshan (largest steel-making city in China).

1998. University of Missouri, St. Louis, November 23, 1998.  With related consultations at Missouri Botanical Gardens. Stephanie Ross, Coordinator. Invited lecture, "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

1998. North American Society for Social Philosophy, meeting at American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Washington, DC, December 27-30, 1998.  Louis P. Pojman, Philosophy, United States Military Academy, West Point, Coordinator. Invited lecture, "Naturalizing Values."  Published as: "Naturalizing Values: Organisms and Species," in Louis P. Pojman, ed.,  Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application, 3rd ed. (Belmont CA: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 2001), pages 76-86.

1998.  International Society for Environmental Ethics, meeting at American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Washington, DC, December 27-30, 1998. Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Philosophy, University of Notre Dame, Coordinator.  Invited lecture, "Realism in Environmental Ethics."  Version of material published as: "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?" In Timothy D. J. Chappell, ed., The Philosophy of the Environment (Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 1997), pages 38-64.

1998.  Wolf Reintroduction to Yellowstone National Park, Seminar, James Halfpenny, Coordinator, Yellowstone National Park, March 13-15, 1998. Biological conservation, environmental policy, and environmental ethical issues.

1998. Wildlife in Yellowstone National Park, Gene Ball, Coordinator, Yellowstone National Park, May 26-29, 1998.  Biological conservation, environmental policy and environmental ethical issues.

1998.  Frank Church/River of No Return Wilderness, Middle Fork Salmon River trip, July 22-August 3, 1998. Bitterroot, Boise, Nez Perce, Payette and Salmon-Challis National Forests. Wilderness conservation; Wilderness draft management plan in progress and Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) underway for largest wilderness area in the contiguous United States. Issues in wilderness management and philosophy.

1998. "Mini-Gifford Lectures. Three lectures, summarizing the Edinburgh Gifford Lectures of 1997, given at First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins, February 22, March 1, March 8.

1998.  Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Minneapolis, Minnesota, May 6-10, 1998. James Clark, Moderator. Distinguished lectures. Two lectures, summarizing the Edinburgh Gifford Lectures of 1997.

1998. Paideia: The Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, Main conference session on Philosophy and the Natural Environment, Robin Attfield, Chair, Boston, August 9-16, 1998.  Invited principal lecture, "Nature and Culture in Environmental Ethics."  Published as: "Nature and Culture in Environmental Ethics." Pages 151-158 in Klaus Brinkmann, ed., Ethics: The Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy, vol. 1 (Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center, 1999).

1998. McNair Memorial Distinguished Lecture, "Evolutionary History and Divine Presence," University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chancellor's Established Lectures, September 16, 1998, with related presentations, September 17, 1998, to the Carolina Environmental Program, William Glaze, Director, and the School of Natural Resources, Richard Andrews, Coordinator.

1998.  Queens' College, Cambridge University,  Love and the Ultimate Nature of Reality:  Cosmology, Freedom, and the Theology of Kenosis, October 1-2, 1998.  Sir John Polkinghorne, Principal, Conference Coordinator.  Lecture: "Kenosis and Nature," published as: "Kenosis and Nature.  Pages 43-65 in Polkinghorne, John, ed., The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis (London: SPCK, 2001 and Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001).

1998. Carl Howie Center for Science, Art, and Theology, Distinguished Lectures, Let There Be Light. Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia. October 9-10, 1998. Three lectures: Lecture I. "Earth: The Planet Gone Wild." Lecture II. "Animals: Beasts Present in Flesh and Blood." Lecture III. "Life: Perpetually Perishing, Perpetually Regenerated." Lectures videotaped. copy in CSU archives.

1998. John Wesley Powell Distinguished Memorial Lecture, "Genes, Values, and Ethics," American Association for the Advancement of Science, Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division. Seventy Fourth Annual Meeting, Grand Junction, Colorado, 17-21 May, 1998. Donald J. Nash, Conference Coordinator.

1999. Presentation at Conference, "Research Priorities in the Earth Sciences," Boulder, CO, March 5-7, 1999, sponsored by Geological Society of America, U.S. Geological Survey, and National Academy of Sciences Committee on Basic Research Opportunities in the Earth Sciences, and the National Science Foundation.  Prepared task group statement: "Geophilosophy: Philosophers and Geoscientists Thinking Together on the Future of the Earth Sciences," published in GSA Today (Geological Society of America), July 1999, pp. 18-19. 

1999.  Lecture, "Genes, Genesis and God," University of Wyoming, March 11, 1999.  Sponsored by Phi Beta Kappa, Department of Philosophy, and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Eric Nye, Coordinator.

1999.  1999 Boston Summer Workshop on Science and Religion," Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, June 27-30.  Keynote lectures, "The Genesis of Ethics" and "The Genesis of Religion."

1999 . "Landscape Ecology: The Science and the Action, 5th World Congress, International Association for Landscape Ecology," Snowmass Village, Colorado, July 29-August 3, 1999. Invited lecturer, "Landscapes and their Beholders: Perception and Reality, Nature and Culture."

1999.  Boston Center for Faith and Science Exchange, 10th Anniversary Celebration, by invitation, Boston Museum of Science, Sunday, October 3.

1999.  Conference: "Strategies for Survival: In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation," Chicago Botanic Garden, September 29-October 1, 1999. I nvited paper: "In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation: Philosophical and Ethical Concerns."  Published as: "In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation: Philosophical and Ethical Concerns."  Pages 21-39 in Edward O. Guerrant, Jr., Kathy Havens, and Mike Maunder, eds. Ex Situ Plant Conservtion: Supporting Species in the Wild.  Society for Ecological Restoration International and Center for Plant Conservation. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2004.

1999. Conference: "Empathy, Altruism and Agape: Perspectives on Love in Science and Religion,"  University Park Hotel at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Templeton Foundation. October 1-3, 1999.

1999. Conference: "Commission on the Future of Planetary Cosmology," Harvard-Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics, Harvard University, October 4, 1999.

1999. Conference: "Environmental Aesthetics," Utah State University, Logan, October 7-9, 1999.  Diane Michelfelder, Philosophy, Chair, and Conference Coordinator.  Keynote lecture, "Aesthetic Experience in Forests."

1999. Pueblo Presbytery, Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., Pueblo, CO, October 16-16, 1999.  Keynote lectures, "Genes, Genesis and God" and "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

1999.  Idaho, Sawtooth Mountains and Bighorn Crags, Frank Church/River of No Return Wilderness.   Llama and hiking trip. Wilderness conservation. July 8-14, 1999.  Wilderness trip in Frank Church/River of No Return Wilderness, Idaho, and resulting commentary on proposed U.S. Forest Service management plan revision proposals.

1999. Pacific Northwest Conference on Philosophy, North Idaho College, Coeur d'Alene, ID, October 22-23, 1999. Thomas Flint, Conference Coordinator. Keynote lecture, "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?" at Videotaped, copy in CSU archives. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God." Videotaped, copy in CSU archives.

Interview on KSPS, Spokane, with Tony Stewart, Show Host, and Jennelle Burke, an environmental lawyer. Regional PBS Station, aired in seven states and two Canadian provinces. Interview videotaped.

1999. Lectures, "Environmental Ethics," Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Department of Biology, Iowa State University; "Genes, Genesis and God," for Tenth Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Ames, Ames, IA, October 25-26, 1999.

1999. Conference: "Wild Places and the Human Spirit," Montana State University at Billings, October 29-30, 1999, Billings, MT. Co-sponsored Sierra Club, Yellowstone Basin Group.  Keynote lecture, "Aesthetic Experience in Forests."

1999.  "Kenosis and Nature," conference on "Love and the Ultimate Nature of Reality: Cosmology, Freedom, and the Theology of Kenosis," held at The Yale Club, New York, November 10-11, 1999. Sir John Polkinghorne, Queens' College, Cambridge University, Coordinator. Paper presented. Published as: "Kenosis and Nature. Pages 43-65 in Polkinghorne, John, ed., The Work of Love: Creation as Kenosis (London: SPCK, 2001 and Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2001).

1999. T rip to Okavango Delta, Botswana, researching wildlife conservation and sustainable ecotourism development in Botswana. May 23-June 4, 1999.  Newspaper report: "Call of the Wild: African Safari a Mix of Intrigue, Adventure, and Survival," Fort Collins Coloradoan, October 30, 1999, pages D8, D7.

1999.  Trip to Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania, researching wildlife conservation and sustainable ecotourism development in Tanzania. June 5-12, 1999.

1999.  University of Montana, Missoula. President's Lecture, Distinguished Lecturer Series, "Genes, Genesis, and God." February 15, 1999, Richard Drake, Co-ordinator. Lecture videotaped.

Other lectures: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics," Department of Philosophy and President's Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Montana, Missoula, February 16, 1999. With front page coverage in The Missoulian, "The Father of `Earth Ethics'," February 17, 1999. Albert Borgmann, Co-ordinator.

Lecture, "Wilderness for Real," University of Montana, Department of Forestry, February 16, 1999.  Wayne Freimund, Director, Wilderness Institute, Co-ordinator.

Interview on KUFM, PBS Montana, 89.1, with Sally Mauk, on Environmental Ethics. Broadcast, February 15, 1999.

1999. Aubrey L. Haines Distinguished Lecture at the Fifth Biennial Scientific Conference on the Great Yellowstone Ecosystem, National Park Service, Yellowstone National Park, WY, October 11-13, 1999.  Keynote lecture: "Natural and Unnatural, Wild and Cultural."  Published  in Western North American Naturalist (2001):267-276.

1999. Named "Presbyterian Author of the Year," with presentation ceremony at the General Assembly, United Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., in Dallas-Fort Worth, June 24, 1999.

1999. Templeton Lecture, "Genes, Genesis and God: Values and Their Origins in Natural and Human History," Philadelphia Center for Religion and Science and the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania. Critical commentary on Rolston's book, Genes, Genesis and God with panel: Arthur Caplan, Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania; M. Susan Lindee, History of Science, University of Pennsylvania; and Robert Pollack, Biology Department and Dean of Natural Sciences, Columbia University. Videotaped in VHS and DVD format.  Copies in CSU archives. BETA SP Master in archives. Symposium posted on Meta: A Moderated Listserv Promoting the Constructive Engagement of Science and Religion: http://www.meta-list.org Meta 059.

1999. Interview on KUWR, Wyoming Public Radio, March 11, 1999.

2000-2003. Materials placed in archives, February 2009. 

2000. January 14-17, 2000. Berkeley, Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences. Templeton Workshop for faculty teaching science and religion courses.  Rolston lecture: "The Genesis of Religion: Evolutionary and Theological Explanations."

2000. February 27-28, 2000. First Presbyterian Church, Savannah, Georgia. Foote Lecture Series. Three Rolston lectures:

1. "Christians and the Environment"

2. "The Genesis of Religion: Biological and Theological Explanations"

3. " Genes, Genesis, and God."

2000. March 2-3, 2000. Vanderbilt University. Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities. Rolston lecture: "Projective Nature: Values and their Preservation in the Solar System.

2000. April 5, 2000. Thiel College, Greeneville, PA. Three Lectures:

1. "Intrinsic Values: Shared vs. Selfish Genes"

2. "The Bible and Ecology"

3. "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value"

2000. April 12-13.  King's College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God."

2000. April 14-16, 2000. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana. Conference on Alternative Conceptions of Justice.  Rolston lecture: "Enforcing Environmental Ethics." Later published as: "Enforcing Environmental Ethics: Civic Law and Natural Value." Pages 349-369 in James P. Sterba, ed., Social and Political Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2001.

2000. April 17-18, 2000. University of South Carolina, Columbia. Rolston lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

2000. April 19-20, 2000. Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Two Rolston lectures:

1. "Environmental Ethics"

2. "Genes, Genesis, and God."

2000. April 27-29, 2000. Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.  Lloyd H. Rising Lecture. Rolston: "Genes, Genesis, and God."

2000. April 30-May 1, 2000. University of Minnesota, Crookston, and Woodside Center for Interdisciplinary Studies. Conference on Environmental Ethics and Public Policy and Lectures in Science and Religion. Rolston lectures:

1. "Enforcing Environmental Ethics"

2. "Genes, Genesis, and God."

2000. May 26-29, 2000. University of Aberdeen, Scotland.  Gifford Bequest International Conference: "Natural Theology: Problems and Prospects." Rolston paper: "Naturalizing and Systematizing Evil." Later published as . "Naturalizing and Systematizing Evil." Pages 67-86 in Willem B. Drees, ed., Is Nature Ever Evil? Religion, Science and Value. London: Routledge, 2003.

2000. May 23-25, 2000. International Interdisciplinary Conference, University College, Cork, Ireland. Theme: Environmental Philosophy. Rolston plenary lecture: "Enforcing Environmental Ethics:Civic Law and Natural Value."  Later published as: "Enforcing Environmental Ethics: Civic Law and Natural Value." Pages 349-369 in James P. Sterba, ed., Social and Political Philosophy: Contemporary Perspectives.  London: Routledge, 2001.

2000. September 25, 2000. University of Portland, Oregon. Rolston lecture: "Value in Nature and the Nature of Value."  Also two classes taught.

2000. October 13, 2000. Center for Life Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. Rolslton lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

2000. October 23-25, 2000. Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam. Conference: "Is Nature Ever Evil, Wrong, or Ugly?  Neutrality and Engagment in the Scientific Study of Reality." Rolston paper: "Naturalizing and Systematizing Evil."  Later published as: "Naturalizing and Systematizing Evil."  Pages 67-86 in Willem B. Drees, ed., Is Nature Ever Evil? Religion, Science and Value. London: Routledge, 2003.

Second Rolston lecture: "Environmental Science - Environmental Advocacy."

2000. November 2-3, 2000. Keystone, Colorado. Conference on Restoration Biology. Rolston lecture: "Restoration Biology."

2000. November 5-9, 2000. Campo Grande, Brazil. II Brazilian Congress on Natural Protected Areas. Rolston lecture: "Intrinsic Values in Nature." Published: Pages 76-84 in II Congresso Brasileiro de Unidades de Conservaçao, Anais, vol 1., Conferências e Palestras, organizers Miguel Serediuk Milano and Verônica Theulen (Proceedings of the Second Brazilian Congress on Conservation Areas), November 5-9, 2000, Campo Grande, Brazil.

2000. November 13-14, 2000. Hastings Center, Garrison, New York. "Ideas of Human Nature."  Invitation declined.

2000. November 20, 2000. Villanova University. Rolston lecture: "Feeding People versus Saving Nature."

2000. December 16, 2000. Commencement Address, College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University. "Natural? Resources? Management?"

2001. February 14, 2001. First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins, Colorado. Lecture: "Physics, Biology, and Religion: Turning the Millennium." In a series: "The Relevance of Faith." 

2001.  February 22, 2001.  California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA (CalPoly). Invited Lecture, "Aesthetic Experience in Forests," Also class visits, faculty consultation. Faculty Seminar, "Global Climate Change."

2001.  February 26, 2001. Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana. College of Sciences and Humanities Emens Distinguished Professorship Lecture. "Naturalizing and Systematizing Evil."

Later published as: "Naturalizing and Systematizing Evil." Pages 67-86 in Willem B. Drees, ed., Is Nature Ever Evil? Religion, Science and Value. London: Routledge, 2003. Alsso several class visits.

2001. March 3-6, 2001. Auburn, Alabama, 32nd Annual Leith Lectures, First Presbyterain Church

Three lectures:

1. "Nature and Spirit

2. "The Genesis of Religion"

3. "The Genesis of Ethics"

4. "Genes, Genesis, and God"

2001.  March 21, 2001. College of Liberal Arts Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Colorado State University. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis and God."

2001.  March 28, 2002. Wildlife Short Course, Colorado State University.  Presentation: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

2001.  April 4-5, 2001. Queens University, Charlotte, North Carolina. Inaugural William and Margaret Witherspoon Distinguished Lecture: "Genes, Genesis and God." Also class visits.

2001.  April 12-13, 2001. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Lectures: "God and Endangered Species." "What Does the Bible Say about Ecology." Also consulation on impending Ph.D. program in religion and nature.

2001.  April 18, 2002. Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis and God." Also classroom visits.

2001.  June 1-6, 2001. Tenth Pacific Science Inter-Congress, University of Guam, Guam. Paper presented: "Enforcing Environmental Erthics"

2001.  June 14-19, 2001. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania. "Interpreting Evolution" Workshop. Paper presented: "Evolution and Theodicy."

2001.  July 30-August 3, 2001. Oxford Seminars on Science and Christianity, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, UK Rolston lecture and seminar: "Evolutionary History and Possibilities for Divine Interaction: Genetic Natural History as the Genesis of Information."

2001.  August 6-7, 2001. Highlands, North Carolina. Highlands Institute Public Lecture Series. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis and God." Also lecture to Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Franklin, NC.

2001.  August 21-24, 2001. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. First Brazilian Symposium on Philosophy of Nature, State University of Rio de Janeiro. Funding for overseas speakers failed.

2001.  September 13-17, 2001. Society of American Foresters National Convention, Denver, Colorado. Planned papers: Holmes Rolston, III and James E. Coufal, "The SAF Code of Ethics Revisited." Holmes Rolston, III, "Foresters and the Ethic of Consumption."  Conference aborted, due to 9/11 attacks on World Trade Center, and closing of airports in following days.

2001. October 18-21, 2001. Portuguese Ministry for Science and Technology, Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon. Distinguished Lecture, Ciência Viva - Agência Nacional para a Cultura Ciêntífica e Tecnologica, Ministério da Ciência e da Tecnólogia. Government of Portugal, Ministry of Science and Technology, Seminars on Science in Portuguese Society. Lecture: "Managed Earth and the End of Nature." Also address at book presentation, Series in Ethics, Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, (Department of Philosophy, University of Lisbon), Portugal. October 21, 2001. On release of Cristina Beckert, ed., Natureza e Ambiente: Representaçoes na Cultura Portuguesa (Nature and Environment: Representations in Portuguese Culture).

2001. November 17-20, 2001. American Academy of Religion, 2001 Annual Meeting, Denver.

Invited paper: "Adapted Fitness and Religious `Genius'". November 17, 2001.

Invited paper: "Anthropic Biology?" November 18, 2001.

2002. April 4, 2002. Texas A&M University. Lecture: "Challenge in Environmental Ethics." 

2002. April 8, 2002. University of North Texas, Denton, Texas. External reviewer in program review of Department of Philosophy.

2002. May 19, 2002. Davidson College, bestowed honorary Litt.D. on Holmes Rolston III

2002. June 17-18, 2002. Columbus, Ohio. General Assembly, United Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Rolston was presented the William Gibson Award for Lifetime Achievement in Environmental Justice. Rolston acceptance address: "Natural Christians."

2002. July 26-28, 2002. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Rolston taught short course in "Environmental Ethics," Yellowstone Association, Lamar Ranch, Lamar Valley.

2002. August 20-26, 2002. Granada, Spain. International Society for Science and Religion. Inaugural Meeting. Rolston served on Membership Committee. Theme: "Science and the Three Monotheisms in the 21st Century: A New Partnership?"

2002. September 18-21, 2002. Edinburgh, Scotland. International Forum for Genetic Engineering (IFGENE). Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. Rolston a plenary speaker, "What Do We Mean by the Intrinsic Value and Integrity of Plants and Animals?" Published: Pages 5-10 in David Heaf and Johannes Wirz, eds., Genetic Engineering and the Intrinsic Value and Integrity of Plants and Animals, Proceedings of a Workshop at the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, UK. Dornach, Switzerland: Ifgene, International Forum for Genetic Engineering, 2002.

2002. November 7-9, 2002. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Conference: "Biology and Purpose: Altruism, Morality, and Human Nature in Evolutionary Theory." Rolston address: "The Good Samaritan and his Genes." Published as "The Good Samaritan and His Genes." Pages 238-252 in Philip Clayton and Jeffrey Schloss, eds., Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004. Lecture is also audio-recorded and CD is in Rolston Media archives, Colorado State University Library.

2003. February 19, 2003. Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Seminar: Yale Center for Bioethics and Public Policy. Two lectures:

1. "From Is in Genetics to Ought in Ethics"

2. "Bioethics and the Good Samaritan"

Whole event snowed out by a major snowstorm.

2003.  February 21-23, 2003. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER), Seminar: Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life: Philosophical, Theological, and Ethical Perspectives. Washington, DC. Rolston paper, "Originating Life: Six Big Questions." Published: Pages 13-21 in Connie Bertka, Nancy Roth, and Matthew Shindell, eds., Workshop Report: Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Implications of Astrobiology. Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007. Report of a symposium held February 21-23, 2003 at American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, DC. Later, revised paper, published as: "Generating Life on Earth: Five Looming Questions." Pages 195-223 in F. LeRon Schults, ed. The Evolution of Rationality. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2006.

2003.  February 25, 2003. Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, New York. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Science and Religion at Columbia University. Rolston lecture: "The Good Samaritan and his Genes." Published as "The Good Samaritan and His Genes." Pages 238-252 in Philip Clayton and Jeffrey Schloss, eds., Evolution and Ethics: Human Morality in Biological and Religious Perspective. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2004.

2003.  March 19, 2003. Rolston awarded Templeton Prize in Religion. (Full name: Templeton Pize for Progress Toward Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities) Initial public announcement and press conference at Church Center, United Nations, United Nations Plaza, New York. Rolston prepared remarks. Presentation by John Templeton. Newspaper interviews, stories. 

May 7, 2003.  Rolston presented the Templeton Prize by Prince Philip in Buckingham Palace, London. Accompanying papers and events. Newspaper and journal interviews, stories.

Associated Press story, with Press Agent clips received from 202 newspapers, combined circulation of about 15 million. Includes:

New York Times

USA Today

International Herald Tribune

Wall Street Journal

Washington Post

Washington Times

The Times (London)

Gannett News Service, with Press Agent clips from 14 Gannett Newspapers, total circulation of 736,000.

News stories from separate Rolston interviews in about three dozen newspapers, including

Los Angeles Times

Baltimore Sun

Denver Post

Rocky Mountain News

Philadelphia Inquirer

Charlotte (NC) Observer

Ottawa Citizen

National Public Radio, Interviewer Robert Siegel

March 19, 2003, national broadcast, to about 12 million listeners

http://www.npr.org

Audio CD copy in Rolston media archives, Colorado State University Library

See also CSU Library Digital Files: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/37608

BBC Radio 4, "Sunday Programme," March 23, 2003

Interviewer: Roger Bolton

Norman Winter, norman.winter@bbc.co.uk

BBC London Radio, "Sunday," March 20, 2003

BBC News, 19 Mar 2003

Interviewer: Helen Sewell

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2864845.stm

Australian Radio National, "Breakfast," March 26, 2003.

Interviewer: Peter Thompson

http://www.abc.net.au/rn

Audio CD copy in Rolston media archives, Colorado State University Library

Colorado Public Radio, "Colorado Matters," April 18, 2003.

Interviewer: Dan Drayer, about 25 minutes

KCFR, Denver and CPR throughout the state

Audio CD copy in Rolston media archives, Colorado State University Library

Online in CSU Library Rolston Digital files:  http://hdl.handle.net/10217/37386

Utah Public Radio, "Access Utah," April 4, 2003.

Interviewer: Lee Austin, about 25 minutes

Station KUSU, Logan, UT, and UPR throughout the state

Audio CD copy in Rolston media archives, Colorado State University Library

Jefferson (Oregon) Public Radio, "Jefferson Exchange," April 30, 2003.

Interviewer: Jeff Golden, 55 minutes.

Audio CD copy in Rolston media archives, Colorado State University Library

Vatican Radio, May 7, 2003.

Interviewer Philippa Hitcher

E-mail: news@vatiradio.va

105live.vaticanradio.org

worldwide broadcast

Audio CD copy in Rolston media archives, Colorado State University Library

Premier Radio, UK. "Homerun" Programme

Interviewer: Cindy Kent

May 7, 2003, live at the studio, London

Radio VEM FM 101.6, Vem Spyur, June 20, 2003

Yerevan, Armenia

Interview by Manuk Hergny

www.venm.am

manuk@vem.am

Audio CD copy in Rolston media archives, Colorado State University Library

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, December 14, 2004, and rebroadcasts

Radio National, "The Spirit of Things,"

Interviewer: Rachael Kohn, 35 minutes

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/relig/spiri2

Audio CD copy in Rolston media archives, Colorado State University Library

Interview, Robert Schuler, Crystal Cathedral, Los Angeles. See October 12, 2003.

Lecture tour in British Universities is filed under February/March 2004.

end Templeton Prize

2003, continued 

2003.  March 24-26, 2003. Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Witherspoon Distinguished Lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God." Also roundtable discussion with faculty, "The Human Relationship to Nature: From Is to Ought."

2003.  April 2, 2003. First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins. Lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

2003.  April 4, 2003. Utah State University, Logan, Utah. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God." Also half hour interview on Utah Public Radio, KUSC, "Access Utah," audio copy filed in archives with media.

2003.  April 8-9. Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God." Also class presentation, "Naturalizing Evil."

2003.  April 16-17, 2003. Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri. Lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Also consultation with faculty.

2003.  May 11-23, 2003. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER), Washington, DC. Advisory Committee.

2003.  May 31-June 5, 2003. Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania. Conference: "Works of Love: Scientific and Religious Perspectives on Altruism." Rolston plenary lecture: "Genetics and Altruism."

June 19-29, 2003.  Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Principal Host: Dr. Workineh Kelbessa, Chair, Department of Philosophy. Includes all-university lecture: "Environmental Conservation and Development in Africa." For details see Rolston, Trail Log, 2003.

2003.  June 30-July 12. Research trip, Development and Conservation in Uganda, with particular reference to Bwindi National Park and mountain gorilla conservation For details see Rolston, Trail Log, 2003.,

2003.  June 22-July 13, 2003. University of Alaska, Anchorage. NEH Seminar on Environmental Ethics. Seminar failed, due to lack of funding

2003. S eptember 14, 2003. Sustainable Living Fair, Fort Collins, Colorado. Rolston talk: "Justice, Charity, and Sustainable Living."

2003.  September 12, 2003.  Boulder, Colorado. Interface Breakfast. Rolston talk: "The Good Samaritan and His Genes."

2003.  September 18, 2003. Religion and Environment. Event sponsored by Joe Libermann, U. S. Senator from Connecticut, Sam Brownback,U.S. Senator from Kansas, and National Religious Partnership for the Environment, Wasington, DC. Event failed due to scheduling problems.

2003.  October 11-12, 2003. Crystal Cathedral, Los Angeles. Interviews at Crystal Cathedral "Hour of Power" services, resulting from Templeton Prize. Robert Schuller.

]2003.  October 18-19, 2003. Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, International Conference on Environmental Ethics, sponsored by Chinese Society for Environmental Ethics. Event failed, due to outbreak of SARS disease.

2003.  October 20, 2003. University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Theology Forum, and American Scientific Affiliation. Rolston lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God."

2003.  October 29, 2003. University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming. School of Environmental and Natural Resources. Rolston lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

2003.  November 3, 2003. Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Public lecture: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics." Philosophy forum: "Nature for Real: Is Nature a Social Construct?"

2003.  November 6, 2003. Department of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship, Fall Seminar Series. Rolston seminar: "Ethics for a New West."

2003.  November 9, 2003. Foothills Unitarian Church, Fort Collins, Colorado. Sermon: "The Bible and Ecology."

2003.  November 14-16, 2003. . American Association for the Advancement of Science, Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER), Washington, DC. Seminar: Exploring the Origin, Extent, and Future of Life: Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives. Continuing the work of the conference on February 21-23, 2003. See also there.

2003.  November 17, 2003. Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, and Canyon Institute for Advanced Studies. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God." Also: November 17, 2003. Lecture, Departments of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Arizona State University. "The Bible and Ecology."

2003.  November 23, 2003. American Academy of Religion, Atlanta, Georgia. Templeton Prize Address: "Caring for Nature: From Fact to Value, from Respect to Reverence." Published as:

"Caring for Nature: From Fact to Value, from Respect to Reverence," Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 39(no. 2, 2004):277-302.

2003.  December 5-6, 2003. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Program of Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER), Washington, DC. Advisory Committee meeting.

2003. D ecember 26-29, 2003. American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, Washington, DC.

Paper, "Respect and Reverence for Life."

2004.  January 22, 2004. Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas. 

2004. January 23-25, 2004. Clear Lake Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas. Also St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas.

2004. February 6, 2004. Presbytery of Peaks and Plains, Timnath, Colorado.

2004. February 7, 2004. American Scientific Affiliation, Boulder, Colorado.

2004.  February 12-13, 2004. Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, Utah. National Endowment for the Humanities.

2004. February 19-21, 2004. Saratoga Springs, NY. North American Interdisciplinary Conference on Environment and Community.

2004.  February 16, 2004. St. Joseph's College, West Hartford, CT.

2004.  February 18. 2004. Yale University - Bioethics

February-March 2004. Lecture tour in United Kingdom.

2004.  February 24, 2004. Managing the Future, Royal Society of Arts, London.

2004.  February 25, 2004. University of Lancaster. Lecture failed to University faculty on strike.

2004.  February 26, 2004. Oxford University.

2004.  March 1, 2004. University of Exeter.

2004.  March 3, 2004. University of Edinburgh.

2004.  March 5, 2004. University of Aberdeen.

2004.  March 8, 2004. University of Wales, Cardiff.

2004.  March 9, 2004. Cambridge University.

2004.  March 12-14. Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church, Louisville, KY.

2004.  March 15, 2004. Coker College, Hartsville, SC.

2004.  March 21, 2004. Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA.

2004.  March 23, 2004. Hampden Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, VA.

2004.  March 25-28, American Philosophical Association, Pasadena, CA.

2004.  April 1-21, 2004. Taiwan.

2004.  April 21-May 31, 2004. Visiting Professor, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA..

2004.  April 28, 2004. University of New England, Portland, ME

2004. May 26, 2004. Southern Environmental Law Center, Charlottesville, VA.

2004.  June 1-4, 2004. International Society for Enviromental Ethics, Allenspark, CO. Brief visit.

2004.   May 2004.  U.S. Senate aides group on religion and environment. Joe Liebermann. Failed.

2004.  May 2-3, 2004. American Academy for the Advancement of Science, DOSER, Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, Washington, DC.

2004.  May 7, 2004. Davidson College, Davidson, NC. Board of Visitors.

2004.  June 5, 2004. Colorado State University Library, Tables of Content.

2004.  June 14-15, 2004. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Science Advisory Board. C-VPRESS. Committee on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems and Services.

2004.  July 28-31, 2004. IRAS, Institute on Religion in an Age of Science, Star Island, Portsmouth, NH.

2004.  August 17-22, 2004. International Society for Science and Religion. Boston, MA.

2004.  September 16, 2004. Seminar, Atmospheric Sciences, CSU. Tom Von de Haar.

2004.  September 23-24, 2004. UNESCO, Paris. Working Group on Environmental Ethics.

2004.  October 2004. Millard Penny. Rotary, Gardens on Spring Creek, Fort Collins, CO.

2004.  October 4, 2004. Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa.

2004.  October 7, 2004. International Development Seminary, John Wilkins-Wells, Sociology, Colorado State University.

2004.  October 11, 2004. University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

2004.  October 22-23, 2004. California Environmental Law Conference, Yosemite, CA.

2004.  October 25-27, 2004. University of Virginia. University of Virginia Medical School. University of Virginia Law School.

2004.  November 5-7, 2004. Headwaters Conference, Western State College, Gunnison, CO.

2004.  November 10, 2004. Research Colloquium on the Envionment, Colorado State University. Connie Uliasz.

2004.  November 12, 2004. Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, PA.

2004.  November 12-14, 2004. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.. Science Advisory Board. C-VPRESS. Committee on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems and Services.

2004.  November 18-19, 2004. UNESCO. Working Group on Environmental Ethics. Meeting in New Orleans, LA.

2005. J anuary 13, 2005. Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology and the Christian Faith (PASTCF), Larry Angus, Denver, CO. 

2005.  January 16, 2005. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Boulder, CO.

2005. J anuary 26, 2005. Boston University, Institute for Philosophy and Religion. Event failed due to snowstorm. Rolston reached Boston, but university closed. David Eckel.

2005.  January 21, 2005. PBS, Science Friday. Ira Flatow. Science and Religion. Panelists John Haught, Holmes Rolston, III, Varadaraja V. Raman, Steven Weinberg. Recording in media archives.

2005. February 9, 2005. Lecture, Wilderness Management, NR 592, George Wallace, Colorado State University.

2005.  February 13, 2005. First Congregational Church, Greeley, CO. Nan Sollo.

2005.  February 17, 2005. Fort Collins Breakfast Rotary Club. Mildred Johnson.

2005.  March 23, 2005. Promised Land and Planet with Promise. Religious Studies Seminar, Colorado State University. Idris Hamid.

2005.  April 2, 2005. Mendel Medal, Villanova University, Villanova, PA.

2005.  April 3, 2005. First Presbyterian Church, Oak Ridge, TN. Jackson B. Davidson Memorial Lecture on Science and Religion. Richard Ward.

2005.  April 4, 2005. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Spirit. Science. Nature. Man. Challenges in Environmental Ethics. John Nolt.

2005.  April 11, 2005. Colorado State University, The Wildlife Society.

2005.  April 13, 2005. Teleconference, Technologico de Monterrey, Mexico. Institutio Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. Juvenal Gutiérrez.

2005.  April 22, 2005. Earth Day, Wyoming Public Radio. Walt Gulick, Kris Prinzing, William Lynn, Holmes Rolston, panelists.

2005.  April 25, 2005. First Presbyterian Church, Boulder, CO. Christians, Wildlife, Wildlands.

2005.  May 2, 2005. Princeton University. Values in Nature: The Role of Ethics in Environmental Policy. Dale Jamieson.

2005.  May 14, 2005. Teleconference, Carol Drummond. Union Institute and University, Ph.D. candidate.

2005.  May 15, 2005. Presbyterian Association on Science, Technology, and the Christian Faith (PASTCF), Montview Presbyterian Church, Denver. Lecture: "Caring for Nature: From Respect to Reverence." Larry Angus.

2005.  May 17, 2005. Yale University, New Haven, CT. Symposium: Ethical Aspects of Avian Influenza Epidemic Preparedness.

2005.  May 19, 2005. Tennessee Law Association. Solid/Hazardous Waste Conference, Gatlinburg, TN. Stewardship in the 21st Century.

2005.  May 31-June 3, 2005. International Society for Environmental Ethics, Allenspark, CO.

2005.  June 11-12, 2005. Nature in the Kingdom of Ends, Conference, Selfoss, Iceland. Inbcludes lecture: University of Iceland, Reykjavik. Includes interview for journal: Hugur: "Eigingildi í náttúrunni -- heimspeki á villigötum?" (in Icelandic) ["Intrinsic Value in Nature -- A Philosophy Gone Wild?"]. Interview by Thorvardur Arnason with Holmes Rolston, III, in Hugur 17(2005), pages 12-26. Published in 2006.Hugur is an annual, the only Icelandic periodical that is solely dedicated to philosophy.

2005.  June 15-17, 2005. Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Conference on Rapid Landscape Change and Human Response in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic. Tony Berger. Also includes: "Dynamic Nature and a Conservation Ethic." Weathering Change: Newsletter of the Northern Climate Exchange 3(no. 4, spring 2005):8. Published by Yukon College, Government of Canada, Government of Yukon. ISSN 1703-4256, print. ISSN 1703-4264, online. www.taiga.net/nce. See also: "Perpetual Perishing, Perpetual Renewal," The Northern Review, number 28, Winter 2008, pages 111-123. Yukon College, Yukon.

2005.  July 25, 2005. Planning meeting, Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

2005.  July 21-22, 2005. Teaching Business Ethics, Center for Business and Society, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado. Boulder, CO. Joseph DesJardins.

2005.  August 3-5, 2005. Chatauqua Institution, Chatauqua, NY. Three lectures.

2005-2006.  September 2005 - May 2006. Visiting Distinguished Professor, Yale University, Center for Bioethics

2005.  October 8, 2005. Planning meeting, Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, University of North Texas, Denton, TX.

2005.  October 16-17, 2005. Virginia Polytechnic Institute, VPI, Blacksburg, VA.

2005.  November 19-22, 2005. American Academy of Religion, Philadelphia, PA: Gifford Lecture panel: Witham, The Measure of God.

2005.  October 25-26, 2005. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.. Science Advisory Board. C-VPRESS. Committee on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems and Services.

2005.  December 2-3, 2005. American Academy for the Advancement of Science, DOSER, Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion, Washington, DC. Advisory Committee.

2005.  December 13-14, 2005. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC.. Science Advisory Board. C-VPRESS. Committee on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems and Services.

2005-2006. 

2005-2006.  September 2005 - May 2006.    Visiting Distinguished Professor, Yale University, Center for Bioethics. Papers from classes and seminars while there.

2006.  Phoenix, Arizona. January 22, 2006,    Metanexus Academic Board. Lecture, "The Interpretation of Nature in Biology and in the School Curriculum," and participant.

2006. J anuary 24, 2006.    Boston University. Lecture. "Naturalizing Evil."

2006.  February 3, 2006.    Potthoff Legacy Lecture, Christ Church United Methodist, Denver, Colorado. Lecture: "Generating Life on Earth: Five Questions."

2006.  February 20, 2006.    Rhodes College, Memphis, Tennessee, lectures, including "Genes, Genesis, and God.".

2006.  March 12-15, 2006.    Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan. Inaugural Richard J. Burke Lectures in Philosophy, Religion, and Society, and related events. "Genes, Genesis, and God" and "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

2006.  March 16-17, 2006.     University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Lectures. "Caring for Nature: What Science and Economics Can't Teach Us But Religion Can."

2006.  April 6-8, 2006.    Planning meeting for publishing the Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy (in due course published: Detroit: Macmillan Reference, Gale, 2009), Editorial Advisory Board.

2006.  April 20, 2006.    Chapel service, talk: "Promised Land and Planet of Promise."

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2006.    April 27-28, 2006.     Subcommittee on Valuation for Regional Decision Making: Chicago Wilderness Source Example, Science Advisory Board, Committee on Valuaing the Protection of Ecological Systems aqnd Services (C-VPRESS), Chicago. Interviews with persons representing Chicago Wilderness.

2006.   May 1, 2006.     Luncheon speaker to Board of Directors, Wildlife Trust, on occasion of Wildlife Trust International Conservation Awards. Mary Pearl Co-ordinator. With Philanthropic Auction evening.New York City, "Values in Nature."

2006.   May 8-10, 2006.    Science Advisory Board, Committee on Valuing the Protection of Ecological Systems aqnd Services (C-VPRESS). Washington, DC. Board meeting in preparation of EPA report.

2006.   May 30-June 2, 2006.   International Society for Environmental Ethics, Annual Conference, Allenspark, Colorado.

2006. June 9-12, 2006. Nassau, Bahamas. John Templeton Foundation, Annual Members and Trustees Meeting.

2006.  July 8-13, 2006. International Society for Science and Religion, Conference, Cambridge University, Cambridge.

2006. July 27, 2006.    Missoula, Montana. Center for Ethics, University of Montana, Two lectures: "Caring for Nature: What Science and Economics Can't Teach Us, But Religion Can." "Generating Life on Earth: Six Looming Questions." and related events. Broacast on Missoula Community Public Access TV (MCAT).

2006.  August17-19, 2006.    Copenhagen, Denmark. Symposium, "God, Matter, and Information: What is Ultimate?" and planning board for book, eventually published as: Paul Davies and Niels Henrik Gregersen, eds., Information and the Nature of Reality: From Physics to Metaphysics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010), Rolston paper: "Care on Earth: Generating Informed Concern,"pages.204-245. Also Rolston interview on Danish Radio.

2006.  October 14, 2006.    Environment Colorado, Denver. Presentation on "Faith and Environment."

2006.  September 8-11, 2006. King College, Bristol, Tennessee. Lectures: "Environmental Ethics," and "Genes, Genesis, and God," and sermon, Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church, Bristol, Virginia, "Christians, Wildlife, Wildlands."

2006.  November 2, 2006.    Ohio State University. Presentation and Panel (with Owen Gingerich, Harvard astronomer, and Jack Haught, theology, Georgetwon University): "Two Cultures: Science and Religion in the Age of Darwin." Also lecture: "Generating Life on Earth: Six Looming Questions."

2007. J anuary 18-22, 2007.     Yucatan, Mexico. Complexity Theory, Emergence, and the Influence of Life on Matter. . Science and Transcendence Advanced Research Series (STARS), CTNS, The Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, Berkeley, CA). Participant and advisor.

2007.  February 2, 2007.     Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Florida Center for Science and Religion. Annual Meeting. Stewardship and the Environment, Keynote speaker "The Bible and Ecology."

2007.   February 9-10, 2007. University of North Texas, Denton, TX. The Future of Environmental Ethics. Symposium and presentation.

2007.  February 19-24, 2007.    Conference: "The Environment: Survival and Sustainability." Cyprus.    Rolston cancelled attendance due to political unrest there.

2007.  March 16-18, 2007.    Taos, New Mexico. International Society for Science and Religion. Committee to prepare a statement on Intelligent Design. Various draft texts and research materials.

2007.  March 23-25, 2007.    Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin 2007 Van Evera Lecture Series, and related events. "Is God Green? Exploring the Link Between the Environment and Spirituality." Also Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute.

2007.  March 27, 2007.    Davidson College, Davidson, NC. Inauguration of the Holmes Rolston, III, Endowed Chair in Science and Religion, Andrew Lustig, first chair holder.

2007.   March 29-30, 2007.    Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC. Lecture: "Generating Life on Earth: Six Looming Questions."

2007.  April 2-3, 2007.    Stetson University, Deland, FL. Lecture: "Generating Life on Earth: Fiove Looming Questions," and related events.

2007.  April 15, 2007.    First Methodist Church, Fort Collins, CO. Lecture: "Genes, Genesis, and God."

2007.  April 22, 2007. First Presbyterian Church, Loveland, CO. Sermon: "Christians, Wildlife, Wildnands." Earth Day observance.

2007.  May 29-June 1, 2007. International Society for Environmental Ethics, Annual Meeting. Allenspark, Colorado.

2007.  June 19-21, 2007.    Nassau, Bahamas. John Templeton Foundation, Annual Members and Trustees Meeting. Also nature tours on Grand Bahama Island.

2007. J uly 14, 2007.    Estes Park Land Trust. Breakfast address, celebrating opening of Hermit Park Open Space.

2007.  September 21-23, 2007.    University of Delaware. Keynote Speaker: Conference on Environment, Energy, Ethics.

2007.  October 6, 2007. Boulder, Colorado, Public Library. Panel on "Ecology, Religion, and Spirit." Rolston participant and speaker.

2007.  November 8-11, 2007. Munich, Germany. Symposium on Aldo Leopold. Attendance declined.

2007.  October 13, 2007. Boulder, Colorado. Birds of Prey Foundation. Fall Migration Celebration and Annual Recognitions. Rolston speaker: "Challenges in Environmental Ethics."

2007.  October 20, 2007.   Larimer County Colorado) Parks and Open Lands. 2007 Annual Volunteer Appreciation Event.   Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch, Loveland, Colorado.  Rolston speaker. "Life and the Nature of Life -- in Parks."

2007. November 12, 2007. University of Georgia, Athens. Odum Environmental Ethics Lecture "The Future of Environmental Ethics."   Also visits to Southern Highlands Reserve, Native Plant Arboretum and Research Center, Lake Toxaway, NC, and Elachee Nature Science Center, Gainesville, Ga.

2008.  January 17-20, 2008. International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culutre, Morelia Mexico. Plenary lecture: "Caring for the Earth: Promised Land and the Planet with Promise."

2008.  J anuary 30, 2008. Teach-in, Global Warming, at CSU

2008.   February 14, 2008. Rotary Club, Estes Park. Talk: "Mountain Majesties, Fruited Plains: Rocky Mountain Aesthetics."

2008.   February 20-24, 2008. France. Séminaire d'éthique environmentale et animale: Holmes Rolston III. Lectures, Grande salle de la maison Heinrich Heine, University of Paris.. Organized by: le Collège international de philosophe et l'Institut Veolia Environment.   Principal host: Hicham Stephane Afeissa. Includes a 36-page boooklet about Holmes Rolston in French. Includes a French translation, "La valeur dans la nature et la nature de la valuer [Value in Nature and the Nature of Value]. Orgininally published in Robin Attfield and Andrew Belsey, eds., Philosophy and the Natural Environment (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pages 13-30. Royal Institute of Philosophy, Annual Supplement Volume.

2008.   March 3, 2008. Screening of the documentary, Flock of Dodos, followed by panel discussion. Colorado State University

2008.   March 7-16, 2008. Trip to Gallapagos Islands. Write up in Trail-Log, 2008.

2008.   March 18-23, 2008. American Philosophical Association, Pacific Division. Invited Symposium: Environmental Ethics: Where It's Been, Where It Is, Where It Ought to Go. Included Rolston: "The Future of Environmental Ethics."

2008.   March 28-30, 2008. Goshen College, Goshen. Indiana. Annual Science and Religion Conference. Science and Origins: Deeper Quesfions. Rolston Lectures: I. Generating Life on Earth: Five Looming Questions. II. Human Uniqueness: Spirited Mind. III. Three Big Bangs. Also discussions and interviews. Includes a book-length manuscript of the three talks, once intended for publication by Goshen College, which failed. But there is little here which is not also published in Rolston, Three Big Bangs.

2008.    April 3, 2008. Utah Valley University, Utah. Lectures, environmental ethics, science and religion.

2008.    April 20-21, 2008. Westminster Presbyterian Church, Charlottesville, VA.  Inaugural Lectureship in Contemporary Theology

2008.    April 13-14, 2008.   Brenau University, Gainesville, Georgia.  Lecture, environmental ethics.   Stewardship and Sustainability: A Challenge for Faith and Science. A Dialogue for Earth Day 2008. Nine co-operating local institutions, including several local churches. Frank Armstrong, principal host.

2008.   May 27-30, 2008. International Association of Environmental Ethics/ International Association for Environmental Philosophy, Allenspark, Colorado.

2008.   June 12, 2008.  Serralves Conference. Crítica do Contemporâneo. Conferências Internacionais. A Política/ A Ecologia/ O Social. Oporto, Portugal. Lecture: The Future of Environmental Ethics.

2008.  July 1-5, 2008. Environmental Ethics in Teaching Social Sciences and Humanities, The Second Summer School, Nakhabino, Moscow, Russia. Leading teacher in symposium with about three dozen Russian academics teaching environmental ethics. Principal host: Ruben Apressyan, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy.

2008,  July 10-12, 2008. Oxford University. Ian Ramsey Center, Conference on God, Nature, Design. Plenary speaker.

2008.  July 15, 2008. Luncheon meeting with Myra Monfort.

2008.  September 18, 2008. Eddy Lecture, Colorado State University.

2008.  September 26-27, 2008. Maryville College, Maryville, TN. Main speaker, The Maryville Symposium. Conversations on Faith and the Liberal Arts. Address: Caring for Nature: From Respect to Reverence. Lecture later published: "Caring for Nature: From Respect to Reverence," Discerning a Moral Environmental Ethic, The Maryville Symposium: Conversations on Faith and the Liberal Arts(Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee), volume 2, 2008, pages 5-25. With responses by Drew Crain, Biology, Maryville College, and D. Brian Austin, Philosophy, Carson-Newman College. Principal host: Ronald A. Wells.

2008.  Taiwan, September 28-November 15, 2008.

Visiting distinguished professor for six weeks at National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, and events sponsored by Taiwan Ecological Stewardship Association.

Also lectures at:

National Taiwan Normal University

Providence University (Jing-Yi). Taichung (at Shalu), Inaugural St. Francis lecture

Tunghai University

Tainan Theological College and Seminary

TamKang University, Tamsui

National Cheng Kung University

National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu

Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, Taipei

National Dong Hwa University, Hualien.

National Taiwan University, Taipei, November 12, 2008. "Environmental Ethics and Sustainability." Lecture by Holmes Rolston III at Sponsored by College of Bio-Resources and Agriculture and College of Life Sciences. 1. Sustainability: A comprehensive ethic? 2. Present duties to future generations. 3. America's duties to the world. 4. Ethics and economic development. 5. Sustainable development vs. sustainable biosphere. This lecture is recorded on DVD. 1 hour, 20 mins, and a copy is available in the Rolston Library in Eddy Library, CSU.

Also: Seven Stars Synod of the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan,

Hong Kong Baptist University and China Graduate School of Theology.

Also: 

Yang-Ming Shan National Park,

Guandu National Park

Shan-Ping Nature Reserve

Graduate Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology,

National Museum of Marine Biodiversity and Aquarium. 

Kenting National Forest Recreation Area, Henchun Research Forest

Cilan Forest Conservation area, ancient cypress forest, with Confucius tree, sprouted 551 B.C.

Maps, guides, photos of Rolston in situ.

Includes four books

1. Chen, Tsu-Mei, ed., Huan-Jing Luun-Li-Shei Ru-Men (Introduction to Environmental Ethics) (Taipei: Taiwan Ecological Stewardship Association, 2007). ISBN 978-986-84047-0-0. Contents listed in catalog for Rolston Library in Eddy Library, CSU.

2. From Land Ethics to Earth Charter, with various selections. In Chinese.

3. The Praxis of Environmental Ethics and Ecological Spirituality in Taiwan. In Chinese.

4. Reconstructing the Ecological Culture in Taiwan. In Chinese.

2008.   November 20, 2008.   University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Thomas Overholt Annual Lecture: The Future of Environmental Ethics.   Recorded DVD, one copy iin Rolston CSU paper archives, one copy in CSU Library general circulation. One copy in Rolston Library in Eddy Library, CSU.  Also online.

2009.  February 12-16, 2009. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Annual Meeting, Chicago. Our Planet and its Life: Origins and Futures, Symposium, "Toward the Science and Ethics of a Culture of Sustainability," Rolston lecture, "Sustainable Development versus Sustainable Biosphere." Online streaming video, Windows Media, 30 minutes. 

Also online CSU digital archives:    http://hdl.handle.net/10217/40518

Also published as pages 91-101 in Jack Lee, ed., Sustainability and Quality of Life. Palo Alto, CA: Ria University Press, 2010. Distrubuted by Ingram. ISBN 978-0-9743472-1-9.

2009.   March 4, 2009. Rotary Club of Fort Collins. Talk: Ethical Issues in Global Warming

2009.   March 22-31. 2009. Celestial Aesthetics: The Aesthetics of the Sky and Heaven, 7th International Conference on EnvironmentalAesthetics, held at the Valamo Monastery, Heinävesi, Finland.Sponsored by University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland. Rolston lecture: "Celestial Aesthetics: Over our Heads and/or in our Heads?" Published as "Celestial Aesthetics: Over our Heads and/or in our Heads?Theology and Science 9(2011):273-285.

2009.  April 16, 2009. Oklahoma City University. Wimberly School of Religion and Graduate Theological Center. Distinguished Lecture: "Caring for Nature: From Respect to Reverence."

2009.   April 19, 2009. First United Methodist Church, Fort Collins. Earth Day Sermons.

2009.   April 22, 2009. University of Northern Colorado, Greeley. Center for Honors, Scholars, and Leadership. Earth Day lecture: "The Future of Environmental Ethics.

2009.   April 26-28, 2009. University of Montana, Missoula. Panel on the intellectual biography of Rolston by Christopher J. Preston. Saving Creation: Nature and Faith in the Life of Holmes Rolston, III (San Antonio, TX: Trinity University Press, 2009). Rolston response to panel.

2009.   May 9-18, 2009. Korea.  Main host: Hallym University. Chuncheon. Also spoke at Chen-ju University, Jeju, and at Soong-Sil University, Seoul.   Also visited Halla Mountain (Mount Hallasan), and other reserves on Jeju, Geomunoreum, also in mainland Korea, tour of Upo Wetland.

2009.  June 12-14, 2009. Templeton Foundation Annual Meeting, Nassau.

2009.  June 16-19, 2009. International Society for Environmental Ethics, Annual Meeting, Allenspark, CO.

2009. July 18-21, 2009. Metanexus Institute, Cosmos, Nature, Culture: A Transdisciplinary Conference. Tempe, AZ. Plenary lecture: Three Big Bangs.

2009.  September 19, 2009. Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA.   Agnes Scott Ethics Program, Series in Extra-terrestrial Ethics.   Rolston lecture: Ethics in Space: Extra-terrestrial Ethics. Also lunch discussion at Columbia Theological Seminary.

2009.   October 16, 2009. Royal Institute of Philosophy, London.   Annual Programme of Public Lectures, Series, Session 2009-2010, The Environment. Rolston lecture: The Future of Environmental Ethics.   Published as "The Future of Environmental Ethics," in Anthony O'Hear, ed., Philosophy and the Environment, Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement (Cambridge University Press, 2011), volume 69(no. 1): 1-28.   Online at:   http://hdl.handle.net/10217/70417.

Also research visit to Down House, home of Charles Darwin, and papers there.

2009.   October 30, 2009.   Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences. Lecture: The Future of Environmental Ethics.

2009.  December 3-6, 2009. University of Arizona, Tucson.  Liberty Fund Colloquium: Capitalism, Environmentalism, and Humanitarianism. Department of Philosophy. Rolston among a dozen selected colloquium participants.

Also field trip to Madera Canyon, San Rita Mountains, Coronato National Forest.

2010.  April 1, 2010. Metropolitan State College, Denver. Environmental Ethics Conference, Philosophy Department. Keynote address: "The Future of Environmental Ethics."

2010.  April 9-10, 2010. Colby College, Waterville, Maine. Political Ecology and Environmental Philosophy (PEEP). Toward Ecological and Social Sustanability. Keynote address, Rolston: Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Biosphere.

2010.  April 14, 2010. Purdue University, Department of Philosophy. Lecture: The Future of Environmental Ethics

2010.   April 22-23, 2010. Hampden Sydney College, Hampden Sydney, VA. Lectures on Earth Day. Rolston, The Future of Evironmental Ethics. Also class visits and consultations with students on student papers and projects.

2010.   June 8-11, 2010. International Society for Environmental Ethics, Annual Meeting. Allenspark, CO.

2010.  July 8-10. Ulan-Ude, Russia. Conference on Environmental Ethics and Sustainable Development. Declined.

2010.  September 22, 2010. TILT, The Institute for Learning and Teaching, Colorado State University.   My Favorite Lecture Series. Rolston: The Future of Environmental Ethics.   Recorded. DVD, one copy in CSU Rolston archives, one copy in general circulation CSU library.   Also online.

2010.   October 25, 2010. Baylor School, Chattanooga, TN. Prep School. Lecture: Three Big Bangs.

2010.   October 26, 2010.   Furman University, Greeneville, SC. Charles Townes Distinguished Lecture in Faith and Reason. Rolston: Three Big Bangs.   Also class visits.

2010.   October 28, 2010.  Clemson University, Clemson, SC. Rolston lecture: Environmental Ethics: Challenge and Resilience in the New Millennium.   Also class visits.

2010.   November 11, 2010. KRFC Radio, Fort Collins. Radio interview on program: Interfaith Dialogue.

2010.    November 25-27. Suzhou, China. World Culture Forum. Invitation declined.

2010.   Symposium on book: Kathleen Dean Moore and Michael P. Nelson, eds., Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 2010.  First Methodist Church, Fort Collins, CO. Rolston comments.

2011.   January 23-25, 2011, Institute for Reformed Theology. Religion and Science Colloquium. Cosmology and Providence.

2011.   February 10, 2011.   Seattle University.   Catholic Heritage Lecture Series. Rolston lecture: Three big Bangs: The Evolution of Matter-Energy , Life, Mind.

2011.   February 21, 2011. Conservation Leadership Colloquium, Center for Protected Areas Management and Training. Rolston presentation: Challenges in Environmental Ethics.

2011.  March 30-April 8, 2011. Paris.  American Church in Paris. Three lectures:   I. The Primordial Big Bang: Matter-Energy.   II. Life: Earth's Big Bang.   III. Mind: The Human Big Bang.   Also panel discussion.

2011.   April 10-12 , 2011, Institute for Reformed Theology. Religion and Science Colloquium. God the Creator. Colloquium on Rolston, Three Big Bangs.

2011.   April 14-15, 2011. Lubbock, Texas. Lubbock Christian University. Scholar's Colloquium. Rolston lecture: Saving Creation: Faith Shaping Environmental Policy. Also Faith and Faculty luncheon and address. Also Faculty Reading Group Brunch, discussion of Three Big Bangs.   Also field trips to Palo Duro Canyon other regions of the Llano Estacado.

2011.   June 14-17. 2011. Nijmegen, Holland. International Society for Environmental Ethics, Annual Meeting. also field trip to Millingerwaard, Gelderse Poort "New Nature Reserve." with konik horses and Galloway cattle.   Also field trip to Holthurnse Hof, Duivelsberg, Landscape Garden of the Dutch Cultural Landscape Society.

2011.   July 7, 2011. Meeting in Rocky Mountain National Park with Christiana Peppard, and family, Fordham University.

2011.   July 18-22, 2011. Newcastle, England. 6th International Conference on Environmental Futures. University of East Anglia.  Paper presented, commentary. Field trip to Lindesfarne Island.

2011.   August 25-27, 2011. Helsingør, Denmark. Symposium: Is God Incarnate in All that Is?   Symposium of eighteen invited participants, prospective to preparing a book manuscript on the subject. Rolston paper: Divine Presence--Causal, Cybernetic, Caring, Cruciform: From Information to Incarnation.   Also video filming of Rolston by Robert Kuhn, director, Closer to Truth, program series on PBS. Two of the resulting Closer to Truth programs are:

1.   "Closer to Truth. Why Science and Religion Think Differently." DVD. 27 minutes. Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviews four theologians at Helsingør, Denmark, and an atheist in London. Niels Henrik Gregersen, theologian, University of Copenhagen. Science is more analytical, religion is more synthetic, comprehensive. The two are not at war, but religion cuts a wider path through all of human experience. Holmes Rolston, III, philosopher, theologian, Colorado State University (Rolston interview starts at 6 minutes, 30 seconds). Science is good at empirical questions, but does not touch the deeper value questions. After four hundred years of science, the deeper value questions are as sharp and as painful as ever. Christopher Southgate, theologian, University of Exeter. Science focuses on limited questions, but most aspects of life go beyond to questions of personal experience and transcendent truth, the answers to which are far more difficult. Celia Deane-Drummond, theologian, Notre Dame University. The study of nature in science can point to God, but religion confronts ethical questions. The goal of the religious search is a transcendent God, who cannot be subject to the scientific analysis appropriate for the physical world. Anthony A. C. Grayling, philosopher, atheist, New College of the Humanities, London. Science has demands for rationality and is powerfully self-correcting. Religion has faith and suppresses doubt. Conclusions: Science cannot judge values and meaning, but it does not follow that the diverse religions can. The truth or falsity of religion must stand or fall on its own merits. Each should be assessed in its own light. The ultimate question is whether any transcendent reality exists beyond the reach of science. Aired on PBS, 2012. Online at:  http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67470.

2.  "Closer to Truth . Do General Principles Govern All Science?" DVD. 26 minutes. Robert Lawrence Kuhn interviews: Geoffrey West, physicist, Santa Fe Institute, on complex adaptive systems Martin Rees, astrophysics, Cambridge University, on complex systems resulting from simple laws. Stuart Kauffman, theoretical biologist, Santa Fe Institute and University of Calgary, on super-critical complex systems, molecular and economic. Holmes Rolston, III, philosopher, Colorado State University, on three Big Bangs: matter-energy, life, human mind, genesis of cognitive complexity, revealing a Logos in creation. (Rolston interview starts at 15 minutes, 20 seconds.) David Deutsch, physicist, Oxford University, on good explanations in general systems theory. Among the conclusions: As we get closer to truth, everything seems more interconnected. God is consistent with these general principles, but not required for them. Aired on PBS, 2012. Online at:     http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67469.

2011. August 31-September 3, 2011. Presbyterians for Earth Care, conference: God's Earth: Too Big to Fail? Rolston plenary lecture: New Paradigms for the Future and Environmental Ethics.

2011. September 10-18, 2011, National University of Singapore.   Lectures, environmental ethics, science and religion, symposia. Also visits to Sungei Buloh Nature Reserve, Singapore. Trip to Komodo Nature Reserve, Indonesia, with Komodo dragons. Trips to Cambodia, Viet Nam.

2012. January 10, 2012. Kiwanis talk on Komodo Dragons.

2012. January 22-24,2012. Richmond, Virginia, Science and Religion, Institute on Reformed Theology. Also lunch and meeting with James Somerville, pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond.

2012. February 8, 2012.  Colorado Christian University, Denver.

2012. February 16, 2012. "Three Big Questions." First lecture in a series of three. "Big Bang: Start Up? or Set Up?" Sponsored jointly by First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins, and Department of Philosophy, Colorado State University, under a Templeton Foundation grant in a program: Scientists in Congregations. Held in Behavioral Sciences building, Colorado State University. This lecture isrecorded , with commentary by Roger Culver and Sanford Kern. DVD. 1 hour, 10 minutes, copy in Rolston Library in Eddy Library, CSU. See abstract in that catalog. Also in CSU digital archives, online at:

http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67468.

Second lecture: "Life: Full House? or Lonely Planet?" March 22, 2012. Recorded, with commentary by Mike Antolin and John McKay, CSU biologists.  DVD. 1 hour, 13 minutes, copy in Rolston Library in Eddy Library, CSU.  See abstract in that catalog.  Also in CSU digital archives, online at:    http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67472.

Third lecture: "Human Singularity: Mind and Spirit," April 26, 2012. Recorded, with commentary by Wayne Viney and Bryan Dik, CSU psychologists. Two DVDs. Disk 1, Lecture, 44 minutes. Disk 2, Discussion, 54 minutes, copy in Rolston Library in Eddy Library, CSU. See abstract in that catalog. Also in CSU digital archives, online at: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67471.

Various planning and preparatory records here, including permissions.

2012.  March 5, 2012.  Colorado Conservation Exchange. Rick Knight.

2012.  March 23-24, 2012.  Denver University.  Bioethics Conference.

2012.  April 3, 2012., 2012.   Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah. Lecture: "The Anthropocene: Beyond the Natural." Also trip to Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, north of Salt Lake City, on Salt Lake.

2012. April 13-15, 2012.  Princeton University. James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Seminar on Governing Science: Technological Progress, Ethical Norms, and Democracy. Rolston talk: "Concerns Concerning Biosciences, Human Nature, and Governing Science." Recorded, DVD, 45 minutes, copy available in Rolston Library in Eddy Library, CSU. Also in CSU digital archives, online at:     http://hdl.handle.net/10217/70421.

2012.  April 15-17, 2012.  Richmond, Virginia, Science and Religion, Institute on Reformed Theology. Followed by trip to North Carolina.

2012.   May 1, 2012. Guest lecture, "Ecology and Advocacy," in LIFE320, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, CSU. Nicole Viera, instructor.

2012.  May 3, 2012. Mike Whatley, National Park Service, Education and Outreach

2012.  May 6. 2012. Speech to Graduating Class, National Park Service and National Parks Conservation Association Leadership Education, on CSU campus. Principal Host: Jim Barborak.

2012.  June 1, 2012.   London - Giffords - Templeton.  An event of interviews and lectures, honoring the seven living persons who have both given the Gifford Lectures and been awarded the Templeton Prize, held June 1, 2012, at the British Academy, London.  Rolston talk:   "Cybernetic and Cruciform Nature."   Recorded on DVD, copy available in the Rolston Library in the Eddy library, CSU. Interview 22 minutes, lecture 22 minutes, total 44 minutes. Also in CSU Library, digital archives, online at:   http://hdl.handle.net/10217/70422.

2012.  June 12-15, 2012. International Society for Environmental Ethics, meeting, Allenspark, Colorado.

2012.  August 9, 2012. Fort Collins Seniors, talk on Madagascar. Senior Center, Fort Collins.

2012. July 30-August 2, 2012. Trip to Apache National Forest to find the "Green Fire" site, where Aldo Leopold shot a wolf an reached her in time to see green fire in her dying eyes. Recalled in his "Thinking Like a Mountain," in A Sand County Alamanac. Details in Trail Log, 2012.    Also a newspaper story: "Learning How to Think like a Mountain," Fort Collins Coloradoan, August 12, 2012, p. C9. CSU digital archives, online at:    http://hdl.handle.net/10217/70409.

2012.  August 28, 2012. Center for Collaborative Conservation, Seminar on Power and Ethics. Rolston talk on "The Anthropocene: Beyond the Natural," on CSU campus. Talk recorded audio, with PowerPoint slides. DVD. Copy Rolston Library in Eddy Library, CSU. Also available online at:     http://hdl.handle.net/10217/68177.

2012.  October 10, 2012.   "Green Fire Revisited." Talk to National Park Service and National Parks Conservation Association Leadership Education, on CSU campus. Host: Ryan Finchum,

2012. October 11, 2012.   Senior Center, Fort Collins. Talk on Leopold: Green Fire. Host Greg Daly.

2012. October 13, 2012.   First Presbyterian Church, Fort Collins. Talk on "Cruciform Nature." In Scientists in Congregations series.

2012. October 16, 2012.   McNair Lecture at St. Andrews University, Laurinburg, NC. "Three Big Bangs: Matter-Energy, Life, Mind.

2012. October 18, 2012.   Journey of the Universe. Documentary screening, School of Global Sustainability, CSU. Panel following the screening, hosted by Tom Lovejoy.

2012. October 31, 2012.   Class on Sustainability, Brian Dunbar, at CSU. Led class: Sustainable Development vs. Sustainable Biosphere.

2012. November 4-10, 2012.   Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton Theological Seminary. Consulting with group in "Inquiry on Evolution and Human Nature." Will Storrar, Director.

2012.  December 4, 2012.   Led class, Katie McShane, Ethics and Climate Change. Talk: "The Anthropocene! Beyond the Natural?"

2013.   January 27-29, 2013.  Richmond, Virginia, Science and Religion, Institute on Reformed Theology.

2013.   February 10, 2013.   St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Boulder, CO.   Lecture: "The Bible and Ecology." 

2013.   April 3-5, 2013.   Symposium: Lessons of Leopold: Ecosystem Ethics and Public Policy," Utah Valley University, Orem, UT. Lecture, "Revisiting, Reconsidering Green Fire."   Aldo Leopold shot a wolf a hundred years ago, the most iconic wolf kill in conservation history. He recalled the "green fire" in her dying eyes, metaphor and symbol, and his "thinking like a mountain," when launching his land ethic, on a moral frontier. Leopold is revisited and reconsidered in the light of contemporary and global issues in environmental ethics. The lecture was record, and there are DVD copies in Colorado State University Library, and in Rolston Library in Eddy Library, Philosophy Department, Colorado State University.   Also online.   A newspaper story about Rolston's trip to rediscover the site of the shooting can also be found at:    http://hdl.handle.net/10217/70409.

2013.   April 14-16, 2013. Richmond, Virginia, Science and Religion, Institute on Reformed Theology. Last of six meetings over three years in this symposium-instiute.

2013.   Apr. 29-May 3, 2013. Center for Theological Inquiry, Princeton. Evolution and Human Nature. Presention and panel, with Simon Conway Morris, Cambridge University.

2013.   Meeting with Wangheng Chen, Wuhan University, China, in Fort Collins, on environmental ethics in China.

2013.   June 11-16, 2013. International Society for Environmental Ethics. Annual Meeting, held at University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. Rolston on panel on the Anthropocene Epoch and environmental ethics.   Trip includes visits to the Norfolk Broads, and day trip with local guide, Tim Holt-Wilson, to ancient St. Margaret's Church, Hales, to Hales Green, ancient estate, to Covehite, at the sea, with a spectacular ruined church, St. Andrew Covehite , also to Staverton Park, a forested area, wiith pollarded oaks, and its southern part "The Thicks." More detail in Trail Log, 2013.

2013.  July 27-Aug. 3, 2013. Virginia Beach, Va, and kayak trip into Dismal Swamp.  More detail in Trail Log, 2013.

2013.   August 16, 2013. Phone interview with Maura O'Connor, on De-extinction.

2013.  October 18-19, 2013.  Davidson College, 60th class reunion, combined with -

2013.   October 23, 2013.  Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA. Lecture, chapel talk, and class visits. Lecture: Three Big Bangs. Chapel talk: Promised Land and Planet with Promise. Talk is recorded, Audio CD, copy in archive files, another copy in Rolston Library in Eddy Library. Talk is online audio at:    http://hdl.handle.net/10217/80603.   Also includes trip to Shenandoah National Park.

2013.   November 5-9, 2013. The College of Idaho, Caldwell, ID.  Rolston lectures inaugurating the Carter-Chalker Lectureship on Faith and Contemporary Issues, November 7, 2013, also several class visits. Lecture: "Three Big Bangs: Matter-Energy, Life, Mind." Recorded on 2 DVDs. Disk 1: Matter-Energy Life, 57 minutes. Disk 2: Mind. 35 minutes.   Copies placed in paper archives, also available in the Rolston Library in the Eddy Library, also online.     Also includes a trip to Owylee Mountains (Nov. 8) and hike up Juniper Gulch.

2014. March 3-9, Yellowstone wolves.  See Trail Log 2014.

2014.  March 18-19, 2014.  Cambridge University, St. Edmunds College, conference, “Greening the Gods:  Ecology and Theology in the Ancient World.”  Presented paper: “Loving Nature: Christian Environmental Ethics.”

2014.  April 28, 2014.   President’s Dinner for University Distinguished Professors.

2014.  April 29, 2014.  Celebrate CSU, with announcement of Holmes Rolston Endowed Chair in Environmental Ethics.

The Holmes Rolston Endowed Chair in Environmental Ethics was announced at four celebration events during March, April, and May, 2014. 1. Dinner at Jay's Bistro, with Dean Ann Gill, Holmes and JaneRolston, Myra Monfort, and selected guests, March 11, 2014. 2. The President's Dinner for University Distinguished Professors, April 28, 2014. 3. Celebrate Colorado State, with Tony Frank, CSU President,April 29, 2014. 4. CLA Dean Ann Gill's Reception for Faculty and Staff Donors, May 7, 2014.  These events are recorded on DVD, copies in Rolston Library in Eddy Library, Rolston paper archives, and CSU Library:  LB2336.3.C65 H65 .     Also online:   http://hdl.handle.net/10217/82163,

2014.  May 2, 2014.  Lecture, Front Range Community College, Environmental Ethics. Rod Adams, instructor.

2014.   Blacks in the Wilds, correspondence, Michelle Brown, Case University.

2014.  June 14-20.  International Society for Environmental Ethics.   Highlands Camp, Allenspark, CO.

2014.  July 3-19.  Mongolia trip.   See Trail log 2014.

2014.   August 26, 2014.  Paul Shrivastava, Concordia University, Montreal.   Lunch in Fort Collins.

2014.  September 10-14, 2014.  University of Montana, Missoula.  Fall 2014 Conference: The Storied Past, the Troubled Future: The Imperative of Wilderness at 50 Years.  Lecture: “Why Wilderness?” Research papers.  This lecture was recorded and produced as: “Why Wilderness,”  DVD copies in paper archives, in Rolston Library in Eddy Library, and in Colorado State University Library: GE42.R65 2014.  Also online at:       http://hdl.handle.net/10217/86383.

2014.  September 24, October 8, October 22.  Osher  Lifelong Learning Institute.  Three Big Bangs.

2014.  Sept. 26-October 7.  Trip to West Virginia, North Carolina, and Alabama, to see ailing sisters.

2015.    Records no longer kept here.  Later material elsewhere on this webite.