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Climate Futures: This Changes Everything

2015-2016 Theme for the EHI & UCSB’s Critical Issues in America Series

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Climate Futures: This Changes Everything is the 2015-2016 theme for both UCSB’s Environmental Humanities Initiative (EHI) and the Critical Issues in America series.

The talks below are also available as audio podcasts and on Vimeo and Youtube.

Roundtable: Are We Saving The Planet Or Kidding Ourselves? Perspectives On The Recent Paris Agreement On Climate Change

John Foran (Sociology and Environmental Studies, UCSB)

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Roundtable: Are We Saving The Planet Or Kidding Ourselves? Perspectives On The Recent Paris Agreement On Climate Change

Hilal Elver (Global Distinguished Fellow at the Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy, UCLA School of Law)

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Roundtable: Are We Saving The Planet Or Kidding Ourselves? Perspectives On The Recent Paris Agreement On Climate Change

Richard Falk (Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, UCSB)

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Roundtable: Are We Saving The Planet Or Kidding Ourselves? Perspectives On The Recent Paris Agreement On Climate Change

Emily Williams (UCSB Climate Hazards Group)

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Roundtable: Are We Saving The Planet Or Kidding Ourselves? Perspectives On The Recent Paris Agreement On Climate Change

Theo LeQuesne (Global Studies, UCSB)

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Roundtable: Are We Saving The Planet Or Kidding Ourselves? Perspectives On The Recent Paris Agreement On Climate Change

Mariah Brennan Clegg (Climate Justice Project, UCSB)

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Roundtable: Are We Saving The Planet Or Kidding Ourselves? Perspectives On The Recent Paris Agreement On Climate Change

Catherine Gautier (Geography, UCSB)

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From Mesoamerica to Colombia: The Beehive Collective on Resistance, Rivers, and Regeneration

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

A talk by the Beehive Collective, a wildly motivated, all-volunteer activist arts collective dedicated to “cross-pollinating the grassroots” by creating collaborative, anti-copyright images for use as educational and organizing tools.

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Food Security and Climate Justice at the Paris Climate Change Conference

Hilal Elver, Monday, November 23, 2015

Climate change poses a distinct threat to all aspects of food security, threatening livelihood of already vulnerable people, while current fossil fuel based agricultural practices are responsible for accelerating climate change.

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What’s on Your Plate? Why Diet Change Is Key for Climate and Food Justice

David Cleveland, Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Food that is good for people and for society is also good for the climate—this positive synergy between climate justice and food justice can help motivate needed change.

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Holistic Environmental Management in Shuar Territory

Tuntiak Katan, Thursday, November 5, 2015

The Shuar territory, and thus the Shuar culture, is threatened by deforestation, degradation, oil, and mining activities. Currently, the Shuar’s younger generations are dedicated to achieving the implementation of “Holistic Environmental Management for Healthy Living,” in order to care for nature and ensure the survival and wellness of present and future generations.

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Roundtable: The Paris COP 21 Climate Summit: Why We Are Going and What We Hope to Do There for Climate Justice

Speakers: John Foran (Sociology and Environmental Studies, UCSB), David Pellow (Environmental Studies, UCSB), Emily Williams (UCSB Climate Hazards Group), Mariah Brennan Clegg (Climate Justice Project, UCSB), Summer Gray (President’s Post-Doc, UCSC), Theo LeQuesne (Global Studies, UCSB).

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