BY-LAWS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

ARTICLE I: NAME

1. The Name of this organization shall be the International Association for Environmental Philosophy.

ARTICLE II: PURPOSE

1. The purpose of the International Association for Environmental Philosophy is to provide a forum for wide-ranging philosophical discussion of nature and the human relation to the natural environment. We define the Association's breadth of scope to be environmental philosophy in the most comprehensive sense, i.e. not only environmental ethics, but environmental aesthetics, environmental ontology, environmental theology, the philosophy of science, environmental political philosophy, philosophy of technology, ecofeminism, and other areas. We define its breadth in methodology by the diverse approaches we bring to these issues, including many schools of Continental Philosophy, studies in the history of philosophy, and the tradition of American philosophy.

ARTICLE III: NOT FOR PROFIT STATUS

1. The Association is not organized for profit. Its purposes are exclusively philosophical and educational, and the Association shall conform to the Internal Revenue Code as it defines such associations.

ARTICLE IV: MEMBERSHIP

1. The initial membership of the Association will consist of the Steering Committee formed in October, 1997.

2. Subsequent membership is open to anyone sharing the aims of the Association. Dues shall be assigned as is appropriate to support the activities of the Association.

3. Student members shall pay dues at a reduced rate.

ARTICLE V: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

1. The Association's Executive Committee shall consist of two Co-Directors, the Secretary, the Treasurer, a Director of Interdisciplinary Activities, and two Executive Committee Members at Large. The Executive Committee shall also serve as the Program Committee, determining the program for the Association's annual meetings. Executive Committee members will serve three-year terms, and may succeed themselves in the same office. Terms shall be staggered, beginning with the election of one Co-Director, Treasurer, and one Member at Large at the end of the Association's third year, with the remaining Executive Committee members elected the following year.

2. The Executive Co-Directors shall share in the administration of the Association. They shall have final responsibility for the program at the Association's annual meetings, including the prerogative of inviting papers to be read, as well making the arrangements for the meeting. The Executive Co-Directors shall have general charge of the business of the Association, and shall preside at the annual Business Meeting. Co-Directors will be elected for four-year terms, staggered at two-year intervals.

3. The International Association for Environmental Philosophy is committed to avoiding the insularity that is often endemic to academic philosophy, not only by engaging other academic disciplines in dialogue and cooperative pursuits, but also through a promoting and sponsoring a wide range of activities. Accordingly, the Director for Interdisciplinary Activities shall promote, initiate, organize, and direct a variety of interdisciplinary activities including, but not limited to, interdisciplinary speakers, conferences, and grant applications; internships and educational programs; and environmental activities of both a recreational and a practical/conservationist orientation. The Director for Interdisciplinary Activities will work cooperatively with the Executive Co-Directors in consultation with the Executive Committee, and shall report annually to the IAEP membership.

4. The Secretary shall record the minutes of each meeting of the Association, and make copies available to members. The Secretary shall keep a curent list of members in the Association. The Secretary shall also prepare and maintain a bibliography of writings in environmental philosophy by Association members and others that fall within the scope of the Association's concerns.

5. The Treasurer shall be responsible for all financial affairs of the Association, recieving donations and dues and disbursing the Association's funds in behalf of the Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall keep a written record of receipts and expenditures and submit a report to the Association's meeting.

6. The two Members at Large shall serve on the Executive Committee and shall also serve on the Program Committee.

7. Members of the Executive Committee will normally be expected to attend each of the Association's annual meetings.

ARTICLE VI: BOARD OF DIRECTORS

1. The Board of Directors shall advise the Executive Committee as is necessary.

2. The Board of Directors shall serve as a Nominating Committee for elections to the Executive Committee, selecting two candidates for each position from among the nominations recieved.

3.The membership of the Board of Directors shall be maintained at a level deemed reasonable and appropriate by the organization, as determined in the following manner. New members in the Board can be nominated by a petition of six IAEP members, submitted to either of the Executive Co-Directors no later than two weeks prior to the annual business meeting, for elections to be held at that meeting. Members will be rotated out when they cease active attendance at IAEP meetings for three or more years, unless otherwise determined by the Executive Committee.

4. Members of the Board of Directors should attend the Association's annual meetings regularly.

ARTICLE VII: MEETINGS

1. The annual meeting of the Association shall consist of a program and a business meeting, and shall be held at a time and place determined at the previous year's business meeting.

ARTICLE VIII: ELECTIONS

1. Election of the Executive Committee shall be conducted by mail, and members will be elected by a majority of all dues paying members who vote.

2. Election to the Board of Directors will be by majority vote of dues paying members at the Association's annual meeting.

|ARTICLE IX: AMENDMENT

1. The By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds mail vote open to all the Association's members. The Executive Committee shall issue a Call for Amendment upon the written petition of ten members.

ARTICLE X: DISSOLUTION

In the event that this Association should dissolve, any remaining assets shall be donated to a similar not for profit environmental organization, to be chosen by the Board of Directors.