Ross Robertson is a senior associate editor of EnlightenNext magazine. Since 2003, his in-depth reporting has covered an eclectic range of topics, from studies of postmodern neo-tantra, manliness, and Gen-X cultural forms to explorations of evolutionary philosophy, consciousness studies, and critiques of popular New Age art and media. In particular, Robertson has worked to help define and articulate an emergent perspective within twenty-first century environmental thought known as “bright green.” His workshops, lectures, and roving reportage for EnlightenNext have taken him from the halls of MIT and the University of Massachusetts to the utopian streets of Burning Man and the Italian spiritual community of Damanhur. Earlier incarnations of Robertson’s professional life saw him working stints as a farmer, cabinetmaker, and environmental activist with a wide variety of nonprofit organizations, including Planet Drum Foundation and the Natural Resources Defense Council. He is a graduate of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and of Naropa University’s Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics.

Blog Entries by Ross Robertson

The Inner Life: Nature And Transcendence

3 Comments | Posted November 1, 2009 | 07:12 AM (EST)


Yosemite wallsFor an introduction to this series of dialogues between EnlightenNext magazine's Ross Robertson and environmental philosopher Michael Zimmerman, see this post. For the previous blog in the series, click here.

Michael,

I like the way...

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The World I Built from Darkness

Posted September 11, 2009 | 02:08 PM (EST)


An Interview with Zoltan Torey

The last thing I saw with complete clarity was a glint of light in the flood of acid that engulfed my face. I recall reeling back, gasping for air with my nose, mouth, and eyes full of the stuff, coughing and spluttering. It tore off...

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology--2

Posted August 6, 2009 | 02:39 PM (EST)


Michael Zimmerman
Dear Ross,

Thank you very much for your interest in the book that Sean Esbjorn-Hargens and I have written about integral ecology. I welcome the opportunity to dialogue with you about it!

You zeroed in on...

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology: 1

Posted July 30, 2009 | 03:56 PM (EST)


Painting in the Dark (interiority), 2005, by Sally Smart
Dear Michael,

Thanks again for agreeing to discuss this always subtle and fascinating subject--integral ecology--with me here on our blog. I am...

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Perspectives on Integral Ecology: A Dialogue

Posted July 23, 2009 | 04:43 PM (EST)


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About a year and a half ago, I wrote a feature story for EnlightenNext magazine about a cutting-edge perspective on environmentalism known as "bright green." When I first discovered the term--and the emerging movement it represents--at the...

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Pomoboarding

Posted May 21, 2009 | 11:22 AM (EST)


Google rules. Google Images, in this case, which digested the search term "postmodern" in 0.19 seconds and spat out this photo of a folk singer called The Bedroom Philosopher, along with the lyrics for his song "I'm So Postmodern":

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