Fly Me to the Moon: Imagining a Future Beyond Extraction (November 11, 2020)

The remarkable Jamaican film Fly Me to the Moon examines the deep ecological and racialized geopolitical connections between the polluted landscapes left by bauxite mining in Jamaica (and other Caribbean countries) and the sleek icons of space travel and modernity. Esther Figueroa, director of the film, joins a panel of activists, artists, and scholars to discuss toxic mining and […]

ecopolitics podcast series with canadian scholars

Series produced by Professor Ryan Katz-Rosene (University of Ottawa) and Professor Peter Andree (University of Carleton)  https://www.ecopoliticspodcast.ca/ Topics covered include environmental racism and justice in Canada, federalism and the environment, environmental law and policy, environmental political economy, Indigenous environmental politics, corporate social responsibility, ENGO activism, and more. In each episode we interview experts in the […]

LYY Institute (finland)for Natural Resources, Environment, and Society: webinar on Climate challenges and possibilities of the EU Green Deal and EU’s Recovery Plan, october 5th

Time: Monday 5th October, 10:00- 12:00 Main Speakers: Krista Mikkonen (Green Party), Finland’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change & Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP), Member of the European Parliament Chairs: Professor Rauno Sairinen & professor Hanna Lehtimäki, University of Eastern Finland, LYY Institute In December 2019 the European Commission presented the European Green Deal, the key plan to […]

European association for the study of literature, culture, and the environment

Cognition, Emotion, and the Impact of Environmental Narratives EASLCE 16th Webinar: Cognition, Emotion, and the Impact of Environmental Narratives with Prof. Alexa Weik von Mossner https://www.easlce.eu/easlce-16th-webinar-cognition-emotion-and-the-impact-of-environmental-narratives-with-prof-alexa-weik-von-mossner/embed/#?secret=1tXxolZXwZ

CfP: Ecology of economic thought

The Ecology of Economic Thought: online workshop January 2021 Julia Nordblad (Uppsala) Troy Vettese (Harvard) One would think that environmental history and economic history would be peas in a pod. After all, central questions in the history of economic thought concern environmental issues such as the early-modern enclosures and the importance of water-power and coal […]