Stephanie Kaza

Biographical Information
"Stephanie is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont, where she teaches religion and ecology, Buddhism and ecology, environmental justice, ecofeminism, and unlearning consumerism. She is a long-time practitioner of Soto Zen Buddhism, affiliated with Green Gulch Zen Center, California; she has also studied with Thich Nhat Hanh and Joanna Macy. Stephanie is the author of The Attentive Heart: Conversations with Trees, meditative essays on deep ecological relations with trees, and co-editor (with Kenneth Kraft) of Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism, classic and modern texts supporting a Buddhist approach to environmental activism. She is also vice-president of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies and a member of the International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter group and serves on the board for the Center for Respect for Life and the Environment. In 2002 she received the Kroeps-Maurisch teaching award for excellence at the University of Vermont. "


 * Faculty, Center for Whole Communities
 * Forum on Religion and Ecology: Advisory Board of Area Specialists for the Forum
 * Advisory Board, Living Routes