Essays to My Daughter on Our Relationship With the Natural World

"Once again, Steve Simpson shows his remarkable capacity to take a philosopher's complex conceptual work—he did as much with Lao Tzu and John Dewey in earlier books—and explain it in rich and uncomplicated language. Essays to My Daughter on Our Relationship With the Natural World will be at home on college reading lists and on the coffee tables of those interested in more deeply exploring their relationships with the places and ecosystems they inhabit." —Simon Beames, Professor, the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

"Essays to My Daughter is a well-written and thoughtful collection of reflections. It will be assigned reading in my classes, but more importantly, it will be the gift I'll send to friends and colleagues. Steven Simpson helps us understand why we care about the natural world." —Dan Garvey, Professor and President Emeritus, Prescott College

"Such great writing and spirit! In Essays to My Daughter on Our Relationship With the Natural World, Steven Simpson smoothly transitions from commonplace occurrences in nature to thoughtful insights about humankind's relationship with the natural world. This is outstanding nature writing. Many of us in Taiwan have enjoyed Simpson's nature writing for decades. Through the conversation with his daughter, he has inspired me to think about experiences in nature more deeply and to pass them down to the next generation." — Huei-Min Tsai, Professor, Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Taiwan Normal University

"Like a conversation with a friend, Essays to My Daughter is about the formation of an environmental philosophy. Simpson intimately combines his personal experiences with classic nature writing from the likes of Leopold, Thoreau, and Cather. Through one man's wisdom shared with his daughter, this collection has lessons for all future generations as they explore and develop their own relationship with nature." —Leo McAvoy, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota