kevin m anderson
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Environment |
| Occupation | Geographer, Philosopher, Sewage Worker |
| Location | Austin, Texas, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Kevin M. Anderson is a geographer and philosopher who is the coordinator of the AWU - Center for Environmental Research. Kevin has studied at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania [BA], Durham University, England, Ohio University [MA] where he taught philosophy and symbolic logic for several years. He received his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Texas at Austin with a dissertation entitled: Marginal Nature: Urban Wastelands and the Geography of Nature. His environmental career began on a Pennsylvania farm raising chickens, pigs, and purebred Black Angus cattle, and it has since ranged from running an organic farm in Potomac, Maryland to starting a river conservation foundation in Northeastern Hungary as a Peace Corps Volunteer. He is a co-founder and president of the Texas Riparian Association. |
| Interests | soil ecology, sewage, wasteland, birds, birding, sustainable agriculture, urban ecology, urban sustainability, environmental history, riparian ecology, restoration ecology, environmental philosophy, history of philosophy, literature, nature writing, nature/culture, Hungary, Central Europe, Texas rivers, Austin, weeds |