Thomashow, Mitchell

Mitchell S. Thomashow is a writer, educator, and environmentalist focused on innovations in sustainability and environmental learning. Thomashow is the author of essays in environmental and education anthologies, including as co-founder of Whole Terrain: The Journal of Reflective Environmentalism and Hawk and Handsaw: The Journal of Creative Sustainability. Thomashow was the chair of the Environmental Studies program at Antioch University from 1976 to 2006 and the president of Unity College in Maine from 2006 to 2011. From 2011 to 2015, he was the director of the Presidential Fellows Program at Second Nature, a US-based organization that works with post-secondary institutions on sustainability teaching. From 2011 to 2018, Thomashow consulted with colleges and universities on both sustainability and environmental studies curriculum and programs. He has held fellowships at Second Nature in Boston and Philanthropy Northwest in Seattle.