Environmental Humanities is a multidisciplinary field that explores the entangled relationship between human culture and the wider material world. If the Environmental Sciences investigate the material factors that contribute to our ecological crisis, the Environmental Humanities fosters a transformative dialogue with the sciences as well as the aesthetic, imaginative, religious, and ethical components that not only drive our crisis but also equip us with the cultural tools to create healthy, flourishing futures. Humanity is heading towards a global crisis that has been brought about by the domestication, exploitation and degradation of the natural environment. Apart from sciences, this problem is closely interconnected with social structures and processes, and with cultural representations thus with history and politics, too. Therefore, historically, politically, aesthetically, and ethically reflective approaches that require the expertise of the humanities and social sciences are essential. This is precisely where the environmental humanities came into play. 

Environmental Humanities is interested in rethinking the links between human beings and their environment, between nature and culture, as well as in bridging the gap between sciences and humanities. Environmental Humanities bridges the traditional gap/divide between the sciences and humanities by using literature, history, philosophy and other humanities disciplines to address environmental problems. The scholars from Environmental Humanities are........

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