Author: Droz Laÿna

Thank you! Synthesis of the 2025 Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

The Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy 2025 took place on November 6-7th. The 2025 symposium took place under the theme: “Life as Regeneration & Flourishing in Environmental Philosophies in Asia”. The limits of life often correspond to fascinating fringes in environmental philosophy, such as the blurry borders between life and non-life, which sometimes encompasses dimensions of regeneration, purification or cleansing, toxicity, and rebirth. For two days, over 100 registered participants and about 28 presenters and moderators explored questions of animism, regeneration and healing among environmental philosophies in Asia, including views from Myanmar, Philippines, India, Indonesia, China and Japan. Members of the organization team mainly based in India and Japan and The Philippines served as moderators. 

Thank you so much for your participation!

Find more details of the results from the event below!

NAEP 2025 Online Symposium
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Thank you! Synthesis of the 2023 NAEP online symposium

The theme of “Plants & animals in the environmental philosophies of Asia” framed the 2023 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy that took place on November 2-3, 2023. We discovered the work of 19 presenters, most of them new to the network, working on diverse regions and traditions in Asia, from Indonesia to China. Over 160 participants registered to the zoom, and around 20-30 people participated in each session. Presentations from diverse regions in Asia made us explore various perspectives on plants and species, ranging from philosophy to law and activism.

Read more!

NAEP 2023 Online Symposium
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Program of the 2023 Online Symposium

Join us to the online symposium that will take place on November 2-3! All times are indicated in Japan time, please convert it to your time zone. Participation is free.

Theme 2023: Plants & animals in the environmental philosophies of Asia

Environmental philosophy explores the ways we, humans, relate to the environment. The environment, or “Nature”, encompasses a large variety of elements, including plants and animals. In Asia, diverse worldviews, traditions, philosophies and grassroots perspectives approach plants and animals through different categories, conceptualizations and narratives. This symposium aims to support exchanges on this diversity to foster dialogue towards sustainable solutions.

Register here

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Deadline for CfP extended to September 1st!

Dear all,

We are getting ready for the 2023 NAEP Online Symposium on November 2-3rd!

Thank you for everyone who already sent us your proposals. We decided to extend the deadline for the Call for Papers to September 1st. If you were interested but did not have the time to prepare an abstract yet, here is your chance! Please fill out the form.

More info: https://asiaenviphilo.com/naep-online-symposium-2023/

In collaboration with the Youtube channel “Philosophy Today”, we started releasing some of the videos of last year’s NAEP symposium. Watch the presentation by Novritsar Hasintongan Pakpahan on “Indonesian Environmental Philosophy of Co-Existing with Nature”🌿🌱

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An3T512-5jU

Welcome to our new members, and we wish all of you a wonderful summer!

Laÿna and Orika,

For the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

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NAEP 2023 CfP available in Japanese and Vietnamese

Dear all,

Thank you to those of you who have already submitted an abstract for the 2023 NAEP symposium on the theme of plants and animals to be held online on November 2-3.

There is still time, the deadline for abstracts is July 31st!

The Call for Paper is now available in Japanese, in Vietnamese, and in English.

To submit your proposal, please fill up this form or send us an email ( asiaenviphilo@gmail.com ) with your name, affiliation and contact information and your 200-250 words abstract.

Looking forward to reading your proposal and exchanging with you.

Best wishes,

Laÿna and Orika, for the 2023 NAEP symposium organisation team. 

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Call for Papers for the 2023 NAEP Online Symposium

Call for Papers

2023 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

Dates:  November 2-3 (no conference fee, participation is free)

Theme: Plants & animals in the environmental philosophies of Asia

Environmental philosophy explores the ways we, humans, relate to the environment. The environment, or “Nature”, encompasses a large variety of elements, including plants and animals. In Asia, diverse worldviews, traditions, philosophies and grassroots perspectives approach plants and animals through different categories, conceptualizations and narratives. This symposium aims to support exchanges on this diversity to foster dialogue towards sustainable solutions.

The NAEP 2023 Online Symposium welcomes contributions from scholars, practitioners and stakeholders on a broad range of aspects within Asian worldviews, including but not limited to:

  • Conceptualizations of plants and animals in Asia
  • Narratives, stories and artforms about animals and plants in local knowledge practices
  • Traditional ecological knowledge of local and indigenous communities
  • Embodied knowledge of plants and animals
  • Sustainable sociocultural practices related to plants and animals
  • Biocultural networks and heritage forms
  • Ecofeminism
  • Zoosemiotics and phytosemiotics

Early- and mid-career scholars are especially encouraged to send proposals.

We welcome abstracts for individual presentations, panels, online posters and workshop proposals. Please submit your 200-250 words abstract by email to asiaenviphilo@gmail.com, including your name, affiliation and contact information, by July 31st 2023.

Language: The primary language of the conference is English. We aim to be non-native friendly, so we make it a rule that we speak slow and accessible English. If you would like to present in a language other than English, please contact us.

Organisation: Orika Komatsubara, Laÿna Droz, Dipanwita Pal, Duy Hung Nguyen, Concordia Marie Lagasca-Hiloma, Jerry D. Imbong, John C. Ryan, Sethunarayanan Nagarajan, Romaric Jannel.

About the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy (NAEP)The Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy (NAEP) was founded by a group of scholars in the field of environmental philosophy in Asia in 2019 with the goal to support works related to environmental philosophy within Asian traditions of thoughts broadly conceived or related to grassroots perspectives on environmental issues in Asia. Visit our website: www.asiaenviphilo.com

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Brainstorming meeting July 2022

Dear all,

We will meet informally online to brainstorm on our next common project on July 14th between 17.00-19.00 Japan Standard Time. Please join us on zoom: https://lmu-munich.zoom.us/j/97670144866?pwd=RUg4SHVOdFdOOWVGb2p1WTZrV2wxQT09

Meeting ID: 976 7014 4866 Password: 418128

If you cannot make it to this meeting, but are potentially interested in participating in the project, please send us an email (asiaenviphilo@gmail.com) and we will include you in the project group. We will share the main points of our discussion with you by email and find ways to continue the conversation.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Best regards,

Laÿna and Orika

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Newsletter June 2022

Dear all,

We want to thank everyone who interacted in the process of organizing as well as during the two days of the 2022 Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy. We wrote a short feedback here. We are also working on some video presentations that we will publish soon.

We will organize an open discussion online to discuss what to do as our next common project (for instance along the lines of our previous project on the meanings of Nature in East and South-East Asia). If you are interested in collaborating on our next common project, please fill up your availabilities here by July 6th.

Other upcoming events and calls:

As usual, if you have any question, suggestions, event, publications, call for paper, ideas for projects or anything else to share, please feel free to contact us!

Best wishes,

Orika Komatsubara and Laÿna Droz 
Coordination for the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

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Invitation to the Online Symposium of the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

Dear all,

The program for NAEP’s first Online Symposium on 17-18 June 2022 is ready!

We will explore the diversity of environmental philosophies in Asia thanks to over twenty presenters from a dozen countries, from India to Japan. The program includes special sessions to approach Asian Environmental Philosophy from the perspective of philosophical traditions, policy, indigenous knowledge, as well as movies and literature. We will also hold two interactive workshops to debate about “Nationalism and Environmental Philosophy in Asia” and discuss the meanings of “nature” in Asia as well as future projects of the network.

Participation is free and online.

Please register and download the full program from here.

Everyone is welcome. Share widely!

As usual, if you have any question, suggestions, event, publications, call for paper, ideas for projects or anything else to share, please feel free to contact us (asiaenviphilo@gmail.com)!

We are looking forward to your participation!

Best wishes,

Orika Komatsubara and Laÿna Droz 
Coordination for the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

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December 2021 Newsletter

Dear all,

We are excited to announce that we are organizing NAEP’s first public Online Symposium, on 17-18 June 2022 on the theme “Diversity of Environmental Philosophies in Asia”. We welcome abstracts (200-250 words) for individual presentations, panels and workshops proposals (submission by email to asiaenviphilo@gmail.com, by February 21st 2022). Participation is free and the primary language is English, but we welcome suggestions in other languages. We are interested in a broad range of questions including but not limited to:

  • Can we speak of “Asian Environmental Philosophy”?
  • How is environmental philosophy conducted and practised in different contexts and traditions in Asia?
  • What are the influences of these ideas on the local ways of life?
  • What could be the role of Asian environmental philosophies in a global context?
  • What are the challenges and opportunities faced by environmental philosophy scholars in Asia?
  • What is the role of Indigenous knowledge in Asia to address environmental issues? 

Please share the Call for Papers widely. You can download the document and the poster from here !

Other upcoming events and calls:

If you have any question, suggestions, event, publications, call for paper, idea for projects or anything else to share, please feel free to contact us (asiaenviphilo@gmail.com)!

We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Best wishes,

Orika Komatsubara and Laÿna Droz 
Coordination for the Network of Asian Environmental Philosophy

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