Field Environmental Philosophy: integrating ecological sciences and 
ethics into biocultural education and conservation

The Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve (CHBR), embedded within the sub-Antarctic ecorregion, represents a frontier towards globalization.   Although it is considered one of 24 pristine areas in the world, it is not free from local and global threats.  In this context, field biologists and philosophers associated to the Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program and the Omora Ethnobotanical Park (OEP), have worked to describe the region’s biodiversity, linking ecological and philosophical research.  The OEP has implemented a methodology called “Field Environmental Philosophy (FEP)” which integrates ecological sciences and environmental ethics through a 4-step cycle. We practiced OEP’s FEP to study the underperceived biodiversity of the CHBR by exploring its inhabitants, their habitats and habits. By following this methodology, we have witnessed transformative experiences by students, researchers, and other participants, who are able to translate their discoveries into ethical and responsible actions that stimulate, in turn, new questions and sustainable activities in the CHBR.