While there are many roots to the global environmental crisis we face, some of the most important emerge from our concepts of ownership, especially of land. Howard Vogel is an emeritus professor of law at Hamline University, having taught constitutional law, restorative justice, international human rights, and a seminar in ethics after having done extensive public interest litigation in environmental law. Since his retirement, Howard has continued working on 2 main projects: STANDING IN THE LIGHT - LETTING OUR LIVES SPEAK: The Quaker Way in an Age of Racial Violence, War and Ecological Crisis MAKING PEACE WITH THE EARTH AND EACH OTHER: Embracing Our Planetary EntanglementImplications for Our Ideas of Owning Land, the Rule of Law, Human Rights & Conflict Resolution