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Climate Advocacy in the face of Ecological Violence
Manage episode 439122669 series 2915031
The University of the Witwatersrand, the Presidential Climate Commission and University of Pretoria are hosting leading climate advocate, Amitav Ghosh (USA). Later this afternoon, he is set to give a lunchtime seminar (the Pro-Vice Chancellor seminar) on the Limitations of Apocalyse: Catastrophic and Gradualist Imaginings of the Planetary Future.
In this seminar, he will seek to unpack the historical and political roots of climate change. He will also seek to illustrate the impact violence and destruction of the environment is due to systems of oppression.
Guest: Amitav Ghosh - Climate Advocate, Environmentalist, global thinker and renowned author
6579 episodes
Manage episode 439122669 series 2915031
The University of the Witwatersrand, the Presidential Climate Commission and University of Pretoria are hosting leading climate advocate, Amitav Ghosh (USA). Later this afternoon, he is set to give a lunchtime seminar (the Pro-Vice Chancellor seminar) on the Limitations of Apocalyse: Catastrophic and Gradualist Imaginings of the Planetary Future.
In this seminar, he will seek to unpack the historical and political roots of climate change. He will also seek to illustrate the impact violence and destruction of the environment is due to systems of oppression.
Guest: Amitav Ghosh - Climate Advocate, Environmentalist, global thinker and renowned author
6579 episodes
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