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Tapestries and Radiation: the EHC visits COVRA
Category: UncategorizedTags: blog post, covra, excursion, nuclear aesthetics, nuclear art, nuclear storage, nuclear waste, radioactivityOn the 9th of October, the Environmental Humanities Center visited COVRA, a nuclear waste management facility. Ruby de Vos, PhD Candidate at the University of Groningen tells us all about her experience of this unique excursion.
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Swimming in the Anthropocene: Embassy of the North Sea at Het HEM
Category: UncategorizedOn the 16th of November, The Embassy of the North Sea presents ‘Swimming in the Anthropocene’ in het HEM, Zaandam.
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Crossing Border X Border Sessions: Nature
Category: UncategorizedA recommendation from EHC: On the 31st of October, Crossing Border and Border Sessions present an evening programme about nature writing.
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ASI Symposium Water in Times of Climate Change
Category: UncategorizedThe Amsterdam Sustainability Institute presents the Water Symposium on 6 and 7 November.
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We were at the #ClimateStrike in The Hague
Category: UncategorizedTags: climate change, climate justice, climate protests, climate strike, den haag, klimaatstaking, the hagueOn Friday the 27th of September, an estimated 30,000 people marched the streets of our political capital The Hague to demand climate justice. We were there to join the protest and share a feeling of community and collective action with green-minded people of all ages.
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Climate Duties, Freedom and Well-being: Lecture by Ingrid Robeyns
Category: Uncategorized“We all have individual climate duties, that is, duties not to emit more than our fair share of net emissions, and then analyses the question what the implications are for our freedoms and quality of life.” CLUE+ invites you to Prof. Ingrid Robeyns’ lecture on September 18th!
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Lecture and Masterclass Allan Stoekl – Sustainability: Technocracy and Meditation
Category: UncategorizedTags: Allan Stoekl, Buddhist Economics, environmental humanities, Georges Bataille, sustainability, technocracyPlease note a change of room for the Masterclass: VU Medical Building, room D-565. In his public lecture on 20 September, Allan Stoekl draws on the work of Georges Bataille and E. F. Schumacher’s Buddhist economics to imagine a theory of sustainability that will avoid the pitfalls of the technocratic…
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CfP Aarhus University: Governing Urban Natures: Infrastructure, Citizenship and Municipal Ecologies
Category: UncategorizedTags: aarhus university, call for papers, cfp, denmark, environmental history, environmental humanities, urban natureA call for papers from our colleagues in Denmark! The submission deadline is the 8th of September. The seminar will be held at Aarhus University from 4-5 December 2019 as a cooperative effort among the Ecological Globalizations Research Group, Urban Orders Research Center, and the Center for Environmental Humanities, all…
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After Hiroshima: Cultural Responses to the Atomic Bomb
Category: UncategorizedHow did artists, writers, film makers, and activists respond to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and their aftermath, and how do they relate to nuclear issues today? After Hiroshima highlights some of the different responses to these questions by bringing together film screenings, performances, lectures, visual art, and even…
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Should we follow the Wizard or the Prophet? – Discussing diverging paths for sustainable food system transformation
Category: UncategorizedTags: event, food, food system, sustainability, sustainable food, transitions, vrije universiteit amsterdam, vuThis food system symposium will include keynote talks by international food system experts from within and outside academia. It is held at Vrije Universiteit on Friday, September 13, 9:00-13:00.