Mark Hathaway

Seeking Wisdom for a Socially Just, Ecologically Regenerative,
and Spiritually Fulfilling Way of Living with the Wider Earth Community

Teaching, researching, and writing about
ecological wisdom and worldviews,
transformative learning, and
regenerative sustainability.

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Research

My interdisciplinary research explores the intersections between environmental ethics, ecopsychology, ecological worldviews and wisdom, ecospirituality, transformative learning, planetary health, and regenerative sustainability.

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Worldviews & Wisdom

The nature and experience of ecological worldviews and wisdom, including how these may be cultivated in practice.

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Transformative Learning

How personal and social transformation occurs and the implications for sustainability education.

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Ecopsychology & Spirituality

Applying insights from ecopsychology and spiritual traditions to cultivate an engaged, practical ecological wisdom.

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Regenerative Sustainability

Critical, post-development, & liberatory perspectives on regenerative sustainability, social movements, & agriculture.

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Teaching

I am an Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, in the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto and a faculty member of the Earth Charter Center for Education for Sustainable Development teaching courses such as...

Gaia: The Living Earth

Intro to Enviro Studies

ENV100 introduces students to the interconnected concerns that comprise the ecological crisis and considers ways to address these challenges.
 

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Pathways to Sustainability

ENV222 explores the concept and practice of sustainability, integrating scientific, technological, economic, political, psychological, historical, and ethical perspectives.

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Ecological Worldviews

ENV333 explores the nature of worldviews. how these have contributed to ecological challenges, and how changes in our worldviews might help address these.
 

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Sustainability Thinking

ENV411 examines the structures & cognitive patterns that generate unsustainability and explores the kinds of perception, reasoning, & actions needed for a just, regenerative transition.

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Agricultural Sustainability

EESB16H3 explores the ecological costs of industrial food systems (GHG emissions, soil erosion, water use, pesticides, etc.) as well as regenerative agriculture practices.

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Transformative Learning

An Earth Charter professional development course exploring learning that fosters ecological consciousness, worldviews, and a practical, lived wisdom.

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