Film Screening: This Changes Everything. Tuesday, November 17 / 7 PM, UCSB Pollock Theater.
Free Screening: Make Reservations Here
What if confronting the climate crisis is the best chance we’ll ever get to build a better world? Documentary inspired by Naomi Klein’s international non-fiction bestseller This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.
Anthropology Professor Jeffrey Hoelle’s new book, Rainforest Cowboys: The Rise of Ranching and Cattle Culture in Western Amazonia, was recently featured in the UCSB Current. Hoelle’s book “explores cattle raising, deforestation, and ongoing tensions between conservation and development in the Amazon.”
English Professor Tess Shewry’s new book, Hope at Sea: Possible Ecologies in Oceanic Literature, was recently featured in the UCSB Current. Shewry’s book “explores the meaning of hope amid environmental struggles in the Pacific Ocean.”
The Paris COP 21 UN Climate Summit: Why We Are Going and What We Hope to Do There for Climate Justice
Roundtable on the Paris COP21 UN Climate Summit. The panel will feature several faculty and students from UCSB’s Climate Justice project who will be attending COP21. Tuesday, October 27 / 1 pm, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
“Taking Stock of the Anthropocene: An Interdisciplinary Roundtable with UCSB Scholars”
Roundtable featuring UCSB faculty and graduate students Peter Alagona (History and Environmental Studies), Elizabeth Heckendorn Cook (English and Comparative Literature), John Foran (Sociology), Ken Hiltner (English and Environmental Studies), Jeff Hoelle (Anthropology), David Lea (Geology), and Christopher Walker (English). Thursday, May 28, 2015 / 4:00 PM, McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB.
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