'I do therefore there is': enlivening socio-environmental theory

Socio-environmental theory needs to be enlivened, to be made with bodies - literally - in mind. Experiences of nature do not always fit neatly within categories of reason and rationality. Embodied knowledge plays a significant role in shaping how we think about nature. Following a brief overview of some literature on embodiment, to place 'flesh' on this argument, case studies, ethnographies and the like are examined to clarify the idea that we think - and thus think about nature - as bodies. Finally, discussion turns toward what an enlivened environmental politics may look like once we begin thinking of nature as being embodied.