Peter Blaze Corcoran is Professor of Environmental Studies and Environmental Education at Florida Gulf Coast University. He is also director of the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education. He has served as Coordinator of "University Colloquium: A Sustainable Future," an ecological literacy course required of all students. He is a past president of the North American Association for Environmental Education and immediate past chair of the Ecological and Environmental Education Special Interest Group of American Educational Research Association.

Peter is active in international environmental education, with particular research interests in the Central Asian Republics and South Pacific Island Nations. He has written on environmental philosophy, community education, wholistic education, and the philosophy and pedagogy of environmental education.

He is currently working with several organizations at the local, national, and international levels, including Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation, the President's Council of the National Wildlife Federation, and the Earth Charter Initiative.