COM-FSM Professor Contributes to Encyclopedia with UOG Dean

PALIKIR, Pohnpei (November 20, 2012 - Robert Andreas, Professor of Education at the College of Micronesia-FSM, and Dean Sellmann of the University of Guam, have co-authored an article entitled “Pacific Island Environmental Philosophy” for the Encyclopedia of Sustainability: The Americas and The Pacific, Vol. 8. The article explicates the environmental philosophy and long standing sustainability practices and customs of Pohnpei and makes generalizations to other Pacific island cultures. Employing elements of permaculture and living on the edge, they describe Pacific island eco-systems as “edge” phenomena where conflicting environmental factors produce vibrant and sustainable cultural and agricultural practices. Professor Andreas is a UOG alum. The Encyclopedia of Sustainability is published by Berkshire Publishing Group. For more information please contact andreas@comfsm.fm or jsellman@uguam.uog.edu.