I am a professor emeritus in environmental studies and biology at New York University. My areas of interest include principles of form and function in systems (described as metapatterns), environmental challenges to global prosperity, CO2 and global change, biosphere theory and the role of life in earth dynamics. I work toward knowledge about life on a global scale; past, present, and future. My collaborative research has contributed to understanding the biosphere, with "biosphere" defined as the integrated system of atmosphere, ocean, soil, and life. My modeling of the global carbon cycle quantified biological versus physical-chemical impacts on the distribution of carbon and other elements in world's oceans.
I'm also a guitarist and one of the founding members of The Amydaloids. We have two albums: "Heavy Mental" & "Theory of My Mind."
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My Publications on Passionate Meanderings
Mind Watching: Field Notes from Wilderness Solitude
- Day 0 Introduction
- Day 1 The Stream
- Day 2 The Mesh
- Day 3 Shoes and Paths
- Day 4 Are Plants Automatons? What about Me?
- Day 5 A Storm of Individualism
- Day 6 The Light of Creativity
- Day 7 Grooving with Gravity
- Day 8 Levels of Automaticity (or Freedom)
- Day 9 Thinking about Thinking
- Day 10 Desire for an Alternative Moment
- Day 11 Where is the Tree?
- Day 12 Attention to Attention
- Day 13 Scraping by without Meta-thinking
- Day 14 Black Beetle Moon Night Gratitude
- Day 15 The Braided Streams of Thinking
- Day 16 Compressing Time with Imagery
- Day 17 Experiencing a Tree at Lyman Lake
- Day 18 - El Morro National Monument
- Day 19 - Bluewater Lake
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Fellow traveler... delighted to discover your Mind Watching series. Our paths criss-crossed for over a decade, stating in Milwaukee of…