On October 27, climate researchers from UBC will gather to tell stories about their work for climate justice, their partnerships with communities from around the world, and how their work contributes to the global struggle for our future. What is UBC doing to support climate justice and sustainability research? Join us for a film screening […]
Join us for the Night of Ideas 2023 – an evening of creative thinking taking place in 200 cities and 100 countries around the world in early February 2023. In Vancouver, artists and speakers will reflect on More? Slow is Beautiful from their perspective. Presenters include Andrea Reimer, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Azul Carolina Duque, Ndidi Cascade, Tabitha […]
This workshop is a space to question our melancholic attachments to fossil fuels and the versions of colonial modernity that they underwrite. When we avoid or deny these attachments, we advertently or inadvertently resist transition and transformation. As the damages of greenhouse gas emissions worsen, these emotional and psychological delays alongside socio-political ones exacerbate harm. […]
Throughout the past academic year, the CNE Catalyst Program, an initiative of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British Columbia, has fostered inter- and trans-disciplinary collaborations to address the urgent and complex challenges posed by the climate and biodiversity crises, as well as movements for climate justice. By bringing together […]
As the world seeks sustainable solutions to climate change, the green transition has gained significant momentum. However, it is crucial to critically examine the potential neocolonial implications of these efforts, particularly regarding Indigenous communities. In this presentation, Mateus Tremembé sheds light on the ongoing struggle of the Tremembé Indigenous People in northeastern Brazil against the […]