UofW Core Team

Director
Dr Larry Buell

Larry Buell is an environmental educator who specializes in "Sense of Place" interpretations of the natural and cultural environments and creating Earth-based living and learning communities. Larry received his master's in Outdoor Education from Penn State and his doctorate from the University of Massachusetts. He is founder and former director of the Outdoor Leadership Program and the Earth Education Human Ecology curriculum at Greenfield Community College where he is Professor Emeritus of Human Ecology. In 1992 he founded the Earthlands intentional community and environmental center. Larry is the visionary behind University of the Wild and is the author of numerous books and articles, including, The Outdoor Leadership Competency Manual; The 24-Hour Experience: An Outdoor Adventure Program; a text book on Human Ecology: Roots of our Worldview and Foundations for a Sustainable Future; and Return to the Meadow:Poetry, Prose, and Images of Place.