Social Justice Days: Environmentalism beyond green capitalism
Le mardi 8 mars 2022, à 13h00.
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This event is part of Social Justice Days! Find the full schedule here: https://fb.me/e/1I5CYBex4
We are told that environmentalism is about buying green, organic products, or using smarter and more efficient technology. This logic has been extended to argue that we can make cruise ships and mansions "green" and that we can save nature and the climate by buying carbon credits. But you can't buy sustainability. Climate resilience isn’t an add-on to a holiday package deal. In this workshop, we begin with a guided exercise on different strategies for being an environmentalist. We then discuss the difference between green capitalism and an ecological approach, and what world-changing, decolonial environmentalism can look like. Based on a forthcoming book published with the New Press, this workshop is aimed at those who aren't satisfied with mainstream proposals for "saving the planet", and are looking for alternatives that connect back to a desire for meaningful and care-ful relationships with others living in the world.
Facilitators:
Vijay Kolinjivadi is a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Development Policy at the University of Antwerp, has been published in Al Jazeera, New Internationalist, Truthout, The Conversation, and Mongabay, and is an editor at Uneven Earth.
Aaron Vansintjan is a writer and researcher focusing on green gentrification and an editor at Uneven Earth.
The workshop will be co-presented by Uneven Earth, a website focusing on environmental politics.
Length: 30 minute group exercise, 30 minute presentation, 30 minute discussion.
Register at: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZUvdu2uqD8vHt3RS...
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Auto-transcription in English will be available on Zoom for this event
Auto-transcription in English will be available on Zoom for this event
translation from English to French can be available for all events with 48 hours notice unless already provided; please email info@qpirgmcgill.org to request.
La traduction chuchotée de l’anglais vers le francais sera disponible sur demande avec 48 heurs de pré-avis; envoyez un courriel à info@qpirgmcgill.org.
If you have other questions or concerns related to accessibility, please don't hesitate to get in touch at info@qpirgmcgill.org or send us a message on facebook.
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Land Acknowledgment:
This event takes place on the traditional territory of the Kanien'kehá:ka. The island called "Montreal" is known as Tiotia:ke in the language of the Kanien'kehá:ka, and it has historically been a meeting place for other Indigenous nations who are a part of the Haudenosaunee confederacy. For those of us at QPIRG, acknowledging the keepers of these territories is part of a process of reminding ourselves that our lives are only possible because of the land that we live on, and that most of us benefit from these territories as settlers, and it is also about reminding ourselves of how deeply important it is that our work, as a social-justice organization, be deeply and profoundly informed by the context of colonization. We would encourage everyone to seek out more spaces for learning and understanding the history of these territories
This event takes place on the traditional territory of the Kanien'kehá:ka. The island called "Montreal" is known as Tiotia:ke in the language of the Kanien'kehá:ka, and it has historically been a meeting place for other Indigenous nations who are a part of the Haudenosaunee confederacy. For those of us at QPIRG, acknowledging the keepers of these territories is part of a process of reminding ourselves that our lives are only possible because of the land that we live on, and that most of us benefit from these territories as settlers, and it is also about reminding ourselves of how deeply important it is that our work, as a social-justice organization, be deeply and profoundly informed by the context of colonization. We would encourage everyone to seek out more spaces for learning and understanding the history of these territories
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