•  1
    Interconnectedness in a "Sea of Islands"
    Pacific Asia Inquiry: Multidisciplinary Perspectives 11 (1): 120. 2020.
    Reflecting on a sense of place in Hawaiʻi in relation to ecological ethics has led me to realize the centrality of interconnectedness. This insight into our interconnectedness informs my research in ecological ethics as I seek to identify and unfold the convergences between the indigenous place-based ecological knowledge (IPEK), and conservation science and natural resource management.
  •  72
    Our home, planet Earth, is under threat from a host of environmental problems: global climate change, loss of biodiversity, and pollution of the air and waterways from industries. I posit that this global crisis arises from the loss of our sense of place in the world. Drawing upon insights on sense of place from the Daoist text, the Daodejing, I make the case for an ecological ethics of weiziran (為自然), that exhorts us to recover our sense of place in the world by dwelling rightly in our relation…Read more
  •  2
    “人法地,地法天,天法道,道法自然。”—Daodejing 25 “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘āina i ka pono.” —Hawaiʻi State Motto Our home, planet Earth, is under threat from a host of environmental problems: global climate change, loss of biodiversity, and pollution of the air and waterways from industries. The reality of climate change affects all of us—it affects habitats and entire ecosystems, and raises other risks such as health and security risks, as well as food production risks. The Fifth Assessment Report from the Intergove…Read more
  • Wei Ziran: A Daoist Ecological Ethic to ground an Ethics of the Environment
    PAP (Philosophical Association of the Philippines) Anthology 5. 2010.
  •  5
    The Festival in Plato's Cretan City and Modern-Day Malaysia
    Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture 7 (3): 129-137. 2004.