I presently have two primary research interests. One is applying ideas of embodied mind and embodied cognition to problems of animal mind and cognitive evolution. The other is articulating aspects of a philosophy of nature that is able to encompass the broadest concerns of human meaning and value. In these and other efforts I draw on my background in classical American philosophy, Ancient philosophy, cognitive science, phenomenology, and Asian thought. I have also been active in citizen environmental planning, bioregional organizing, and the arts and culture of place