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2.10: Ecofascism and Rewilding: A Conversation With Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha
Read more: 2.10: Ecofascism and Rewilding: A Conversation With Ariel Kroon and Christina De La RochaThere’s no question that the biosphere is in crisis right now thanks to human-driven global warming, our hostile takeover of most of Earth’s land area, and our pollution and overfishing of the seas. Slowing down—never mind outright stopping—the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystems and the mass extinction currently gaining pace calls for aggressively protecting the…
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2.9: Reframing Narratives With Ecocriticism, With Dr Jenny Kerber
Read more: 2.9: Reframing Narratives With Ecocriticism, With Dr Jenny KerberIn this episode, Ariel discusses the topic of ecocriticism with Dr Jenny Kerber, Associate Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University. What is ecocriticism? Why is it important, especially for environmental activists and solarpunks, as a narrative reframing device? Solarpunks work very closely with speculation and imagination and as architects of the narratives by which…
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2.8: 50 Million Years of Climate Change – with Christina!
Read more: 2.8: 50 Million Years of Climate Change – with Christina!For the longer story of the last 50 million years of climate change, including some of the reasons why, catch this episode of our podcast with Dr De La Rocha! You’ll hear about plate tectonics and continental drift, silicate weathering, carbonate sedimentation, and the spectacular effects the growth of Earth’s ice sheets have had on Earth’s…
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Ariel’s Land Story: A Sneak Peek into some Patreon-exclusive content
Read more: Ariel’s Land Story: A Sneak Peek into some Patreon-exclusive contentThis is an excerpt of a post that I (Ariel) made today on our Patreon. It’s members-only content, but I thought I’d give our blog followers a bit of an idea of the kind of content we post there. To read more, head over to our Patreon, where you can subscribe for bonus content like…
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2.7: Science and Christianity: Is There a Conflict? With Norm Nelson
Read more: 2.7: Science and Christianity: Is There a Conflict? With Norm NelsonI (Christina), the host of this podcast episode, as a scientist and atheist who tends to assume all scientists are atheists—because how could they not be? Yet, there is a long tradition of curiosity, inquiry, and, yes, science within the Abrahamic religions and no shortage of devout scientists working hard to this day to understand…
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Ecofascism and Rewilding: A Conversation With Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha – Solarpunk Presents
There’s no question that the biosphere is in crisis right now thanks to human-driven global warming, our hostile takeover of most of Earth’s land area, and our pollution and overfishing of the seas. Slowing down—never mind outright stopping—the collapse of the Earth’s ecosystems and the mass extinction currently gaining pace calls for aggressively protecting the environment, or possibly even giving half of the Earth’s land surface back to nature in a process known as rewilding. But how will we manage to share the Earth with the rest of the biosphere when history shows that we’re pretty terrible at sharing it with each other, with some states even going so far as to have used the preservation of wilderness as a tool of genocide and white supremacy? There are still those who would use environmental protection as an excuse to block immigrants, reject refugees, and expel “undesirable” people from the land. What will it take to value human and non-human life and the land all equally, without using one as an excuse to persecute the other?Getting urgently-needed environmental protection and rewilding right requires facing the evils that have been historically committed in the name of conservation, so that we don’t repeat those grave mistakes, even with the best of intentions. As solarpunks, we need to learn from the past in order to shape futures that are intentionally better than our pasts and presents.And that’s a wrap for season 2! Season 3 will be coming along in the last week of June for Patreon supporters, and to the public in the first week of July. Until then, keep dreaming, and keep up the good work!LinksReframing Narratives with Ecocriticism, with Dr Jenny Kerber Against the Ecofascist Creep webzine teaching resource and explainerRead about the 100-Mile Diet book and phenomenon on WikipediaRead about the locavore movement on WikipediaA great article on philosophical questions with The Sneetches from the Prindle Institute for EthicsSome articles on food forestsThe Half-Earth Project Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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