·Brings together a group of top scholars on the much debated issue of “the very germs of ecology: development and genesis.”

·Is the first to delve into ecology becoming authentic eco-phenomenology.

·Is the only book to investigate the relationship between ontopoiesis, the laws of the cosmos and the earth, and fundamental ecology.

Doctors William and Jadwiga Smith have worked closely with Dr. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka since the mid-1980s.  They published widely in the Analecta Husserliana and the Phenomenological Inquiry, organized international conferences, and participated in the WPI at all levels. Both William and Jadwiga Smith are sole trustees for the Dr. Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka Houthakker Living Trust, which oversees and supports the WPI. They are currently professors of English at Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA.  

Dr. Daniela Verducci, who serves as the Co-President of the WPI, is responsible for the European conferences that the WPI sponsors and supports.  She is also a long-time collaborator of Dr. Tymieniecka’s, whose work with the Institute began in the 1990s. Dr. Verducci is currently a professor of Moral Philosophy at Macerata University, Italy.