Hood was the first recipient of the REAL Fellowship in summer 1992. He has received a Ph.D. in philosophy from Bowling Green State University . He is now an assistant professor at Middle Tennessee State University . He is the web administrator for the International Society for Environmental Ethics Syllabus Project , which is now at MTSU . Ecological restoration is a science which abandons some of the assumptions of classical science, specifically those that serve to separate humans from nature.
Restoration emphasizes the importance of all dimensions of experience.
Because of this, restoration is more than merely a product. It can be better conceptualized as a tripartite undertaking made up of a process, a product, and an affective dimension. As a process, restoration is the interaction of active knowers with dynamic systems. The product of the restoration process is a healthy and sustainable community. The affective dimension of restoration recreates human reations with the world through the concepts of care and responsibility.