GundxChange: Common Boundaries: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Ownership

In these weekly talks, hosted by the Gund Institute for Environment, scholars and leaders exchange ("xChange") new research and solutions for people and planet. This week, Michael Cox, a professor and chair of environmental studies at Dartmouth College, will discuss how humans do and should engage with the natural environment through the concepts of rights and responsiibliites. In this presentation, Cox will discuss how he addresses this question in his recent book, "Common Boundaries". In the book, Cox develops the theory and practice of environmental property rights, moving beyond simplistic assumptions that do not reflect the diversity of arrangements we see in the world. Recognizing this diversity will help us craft better responses to environmental problems in the future with an interdisciplinary foundation in what has worked, or not worked, in the past. Synthesizing a variety of methods and disciplines, Cox explores rights-based environmental policies as well as different cultural approaches to environmental ownership. Michael Cox is a professor and chair of environmental studies at Dartmouth College. He is an environmental social scientist specializing in environmental governance, with a particular emphasis on community-based natural resource management. His first book, "Common Boundaries: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Property", delves into the significance of environmental property rights across academic disciplines, cultures, and types of environment policy. Additionally, Cox co-hosts the In Common Podcast, which features discussions of the lives, research, and endeavors of scholars and practitioners dedicated to fostering sustainable human-environment interactions. For the best experience we recommend attending this event in person, however a Zoom link is available: https://uvm-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lSNW5rnRQZmTchKYhI2-ow