Environmental Humanities
We’re digging into the cultural roots of environmental vitality and distress while co-creating just and flourishing futures, starting in Waco.
We investigate the cultural dimensions of humans relationships with nature, seeking to live more compassionately in our beautiful common home, our planet.
We’re partnering with others across Baylor and Waco to nourish this campus garden into a center for environmental discovery, creativity, and community health.
This minor invites you to draw on many disciplines—from literature and philosophy to sociology and ecology—to cultivate environmental awareness, take local action, and prepare for diverse paths of care and advocacy.
Meet some of our faculty from across the university.
News
See More NewsWith the support of Student Government, and in collaboration with Environmental Humanities and Creative Waco, the Baylor Community Garden invites student artists and organizations to contribute to an exciting mural painting project!
Director of Environmental Humanities Joshua King and Senior Director of Sustainability Gary Cocke offer five tips for embracing sustainability during the holidays to help us reconnect with simpler, more meaningful traditions.
Baylor has been awarded a nearly $1 million grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to drive community initiatives focused on food security, sustainable agriculture and climate resilience in underserved areas of Waco. Led by Stephanie Boddie, Ph.D., Joshua King, Ph.D., and Kevin Magill, Ph.D., the project will work with the Sustainable Community and Regenerative Agriculture Project (SCRAP) to implement composting, community gardening and waste reduction efforts to promote local and regenerative food systems. Baylor is one of several partners involved in the $17.9 million Community Change grant awarded to local non-profits, led by Mission Waco Mission World, and the City of Waco.
Several faculty in and supporting Environmental Humanities just spoke at the UN Habitat World Urban Forum 12 (Nov. 4-8) in Cairo, Egypt. Dr. Stephanie Boddie (Social Work, Environmental Humanities faculty affiliate) and Dr. Joshua King (English, Environmental Humanities Director) shared about their work with the Sustainable Community and Regenerative Agriculture (SCRAP) Collective, and Dr. Paul Martens (Religion, Director of Baylor's Ethics Initiative and Interdisciplinary Programs) organized an interdisciplinary panel focused on interfaith human dignity.
Profiles
Read More"So far my experience in the Environmental Humanities minor has been wonderful, I love being able to explore the relationship between the humanities and the environment from my Eco Gothic Lit class to my Environment and the Political Process class."
"If there is one thing the Environmental Humanities minor has been excellent at, it's fostering love in the Baylor community—a love that extends to all our earthly neighbors—and it brings me hope for the future we are growing here.”
"I am all in as a part of the minor, looking forward to taking more classes and even pursuing an Environmental Humanities-based undergraduate thesis in the coming semesters. "
"Being a part of the Environmental Humanities minor has been nothing short of transformative. As a student with a deep passion for both science and the humanities, I never thought I would find a program that seamlessly integrates these two disciplines."