About Stephen Bede Scharper Stephen Bede Scharper is Associate Professor of Environment, Religion, and Anthropology at the University of Toronto, a Senior Fellow of Massey College, and columnist for the Toronto Star. He is co-editor of The Natural City (2012). Books by Stephen Bede Scharper For Earth's Sake Toward a Compassionate Ecology by (author) Stephen Bede Scharper edited by Simon Appolloni