The Bhumi Project works with some great people. We are happy to announce three new Advisors to the Project. They bring with them experience, knowledge and skills to help further our work.
Prof. Martin Haigh
Martin Haigh is a professor of Geography at Oxford Brookes University and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. Among many roles, he was formerly co-editor of the Journal of Geography in Higher Education and President / Vice President of the World Association of Soil and Water Conservation. In 2010, he was Visiting Professor at the Centre for Natural Resource Data Management Systems at Kumaun University, Almora, Uttarakhand, India. He has been working on landslide mitigation in the Himalayan region since 1978 and more generally on sustainable development and environmental education. In 2010, he won the Royal Geographical Society’s international “Taylor & Francis Award’ for contributions to Higher Education.
Mat McDermott
Mat is Business and Energy Editor at treehugger.com. He is also a contributor to Hinduism Today, and works closely with Hindu and yoga communities in New York City, where he currently lives. Mat is working with us on a number of initiatives and oversees our weekly e-bulletins and social media strategy.
Alysia Radder
Alysia Radder is studying Religion & Nature as a graduate student at the University of Florida. As the former Director of the Bhakti Academy in Gainesville, FL, she continues to educate religious communities, including her own, about the benefits of ecological awareness and environmentalism as a means of strengthening religious commitments and personal relationships. Alysia is an academic advisor for the Bhumi Project and is working on organizing an upcoming academic conference to further promote scholarship in the field of Hinduism & Ecology.
