African American Environmentalism: Issues and Trends for Teaching, Research and Extension
In 2006, using the collective findings from all these reviews and my work experiences, I conceptualized an interdisciplinary model for articulating “The environmental Heritage of African-Americans.” It is at once a fluid and on going paradigm that acknowledges the African Diaspora but also includes rural and
community resource development concepts and cultural artifacts. The model accepts the principles and theories of John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, Aldo Leopold and others, but also acknowledges the historical contributions of W.E.B. Dubois, George Washington Carver, John Hope Franklin and others. It is particularly mindful of the literary treatment of land/natural resources/environment by the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary African- American writers.