Concepts of Nature hits on the ontological/metaphysical problems within environmental philosophy, as well as with their social and linguistic implications. As an upper-level course in philosophy, students had to have already passed a philosophy course as a prerequisite to this course, so I was able to expect more of the students in this course. The course ran much like a small seminar. Students read two books and were required to lead class discussion with a prepared handout. The material for the course was difficult, but students supported one another as we worked through the material together. For this course, I oriented it towards ecofeminist commentary on the question of “what is nature?”; to this end we read Kate Soper’s aptly named What is Nature? and Val Plumwood’s Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. Students also completed a lengthy research paper for the course that they completed via scaffolded design with peer review. In a future concepts of nature course, I’d like to tackle the question of wilderness!