The branch of posthumanist thought that focuses on the relationship between humans and the natural environment, decentering the human within ecological systems. Environmental posthumanism argues that we are not separate from nature but deeply embedded in it—our bodies are ecosystems, our societies depend on ecological processes, our futures are tied to planetary health. It challenges the human/nature binary that has justified environmental destruction, proposing instead that we are part of nature, not its masters. Environmental posthumanism is the philosophy of the Anthropocene—the recognition that humans have become a geological force, for better and (mostly) worse.
Example: "She'd always thought of nature as something 'out there'—parks, wilderness, places to visit. Environmental posthumanism showed her that nature was also in here—the bacteria in her gut, the carbon in her breath, the water in her cells. She wasn't separate from nature; she was nature. The insight changed how she saw everything—including herself."
by Dumu The Void February 19, 2026
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