John Hausdoerffer

John Hausdoerffer is a teacher, author, and organizational founder from Western Colorado University. His writing celebrates intersections of environmental ethics and social justice found across diverse cultural communities.

John has authored, co-authored, and co-edited titles include What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be?; Wildness: Relations of People and Place; Catlin's Lament: Indians, Manifest Destiny, and the Ethics of Nature; Kinship: Belonging in a World of Relations; and his forthcoming anthology, The Elemental Life. In bringing his books and courses to life, he was the founding Dean of the Clark School of Environment & Sustainability, the founding Director of the Master in Environmental Management, and the founding professor of the Philosophy Program, all at Western Colorado University. Beyond Western, he co-founded the Coldharbour Institute and the Resilience Studies Consortium. Peace Museum Colorado named him a "Peace Hero" for his work applying transformative learning to community resilience. John spends his time between his mountain home in Crested Butte, Colorado and a lakeside camp in Woodbury, Vermont.