Biography

Zhiwa Woodbury is a panpsychologist and long-time advocate for all things natural and wild. Studied Thermodynamics, Science/Math and Communications at So. Illinois Univ. before obtaining a doctorate  in Natural Law (1983). After a successful career advocating for wildlife and wild places, returned to school at CIIS and obtained an MA in East/West Psychology w/emphasis on eco-psychology, spiritual counseling, and also trained/served at Zen Hospice. Author of Climate Sense ~ Changing the Way We Think & Feel About Our Climate in Crisis and Climate Trauma, Reconciliation & Recovery, as well as two peer-reviewed, lead articles in Ecopsychology journal: "Climate Crisis & the Cosmic Bomb: Is the American Dream an Expression of Cultural Trauma" (Dec. 2015) and "Climate Trauma: Towards a New Taxonomy of Trauma" (March 2019). Inspired and spoke at inaugural Collective Trauma Summit (2019). Blogs at PanpsychologyNow! and Rematriation & Ecorestoration Newsletter on substack.