George Fisher is director of the Johns Hopkins’ Institute for Global Studies of Culture, Power, and History. He has taught in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University since 1966, and served as Dean of Arts and Sciences from 1983 to 1987. Fisher studied geology at Dartmouth College (B.A., 1959) and Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D., 1963) and theology at St. Mary’s Seminary (M.A, 2002). In the last decade, his interests have shifted from geology to the study of human interactions with Earth in their scientific, social, and religious dimensions, and to philosophical and religious ways of understanding the place of humans in the natural system. Recent publications include: Fisher, G. W., 2000, “Sustainable Living: Common Ground for Geology and Theology,” in The Earth Around Us: Maintaining a Livable Planet, Jill Schneiderman, ed., W. H. Freeman and Company, p. 99-111. Fisher, G. W., 2001, “A Livable Future: Linking Geology and Theology,” in Kellert, Steven, ed. The Good in Nature and Humanity: Connecting Science, Religion, and the Natural World, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, p. 113-122. Fisher, G. W., 2002, “Sustainable Human Development: Connecting the Scientific and Moral Dimensions,” in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, UNESCO – EOLSS, Geneva, CH.