About
Apollo 8 astronauts reported that watching the Earth rise over our moon gave them a new appreciation for the preciousness of our planet’s environment. This “overview effect” helps space environmentalism positively to impact Earth environmentalism.
This study site arises as a part of a research project undertaken by Professor Daniel Capper. Some of the ethnographic data from this project appears on individual Issues pages.
Previously Dr. Capper has written critically about religion, especially Buddhism, and the environment in his books Learning Love from a Tiger: Religious Experiences with Nature (University of California Press, 2016) and Roaming Free like a Deer: Buddhism and the Natural World (2022). He extended this research into space with his book Buddhist Ecological Protection of Space: A Guide for Sustainable Off-Earth Travel, which provides an extended treatment of materials on this web site. Looking to the future, Dr. Capper will continue to proactively explore crucial issues surrounding Buddhism and the environment in space along with Buddhism and climate change on Earth.
This site is a winner of a Multidisciplinary Innovation Research Award.
Please take your time in perusing it.
Daniel Capper, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Southern Mississippi, and Adjunct Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Samten@comcast.net
Find more of my work on Researchgate or Academia.edu.