Dominique Bourg

Dominique Bourg (born 11 August 1953 in Tavaux; ) is a French philosopher. Since 2006, he is professor at the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment of the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).

He has two doctorates and is a specialist of the environment, global changes, and sustainable development. He published many articles and books and participated in various committees related to the environment. and the Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique ("Dictionary of Ecological Thinking") with Alain Papaux (2015). He analyses that, "Ecological thinking is characterised by a critique of modernity, a scepticism about the possibility of solving environmental problems through technology and a questioning of the separation between humans and nature". Officer of the National Order of Merit since 2004. Officer of the Legion of Honour since 2013 (Knight since 2001). « Prix du livre environnement » of the Veolia Foundation in 2015, for the Dictionnaire de la pensée écologique ("Dictionary of Ecological Thinking").

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Dominique Bourg was part of the "Coppens commission" who prepared the French Charter for the Environment of 2004.

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