Tag: ethics
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Fashion and the Anthropocene: towards a sustainable fashion future
Category: UncategorizedThursday 27th October 2022 14.00-17.00 incl. reception NU Building, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Today the fashion industry forcefully promotes its sustainability credentials. From branding and promotion strategies to recycling, resale, rental and reuse, fashion companies are keen to demonstrate awareness of the climate crisis. But are these responses adequate? As the…
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EHC Special Event: Christopher Preston on Climate Engineering
Category: NewsEHC Special Event in cooperation with the Faculty of Theology Friday 13 January, 13.15 – 14.45h Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Main Building, room 10A20 Christopher Preston Climate Engineering: When Humans Enter the Domain of God(s) Proposals to engineer the climate in order to push back against warming global temperatures are gaining…
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Brief introduction to animal rights
Category: NewsThe latest addition to the Dutch book series “Elementaire deeltjes” is a book on animal rights, Dierenrechten. Historian Dirk-Jan Verdonk explores past, present and future of the moral position ascribed to animals in theology, philosophy, science, law, and policy. Which responsibility do people have for animal welfare? Dirk-Jan Verdonk is…
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Visiting fellow’s new edited collection on climate justice and geoengineering
Category: NewsTags: anthropocene, christopher preston, climate engineering, climate justice, ethics, geoengineeringNow that humanity’s industrial emissions have pushed the global atmosphere into states it has not experienced for more than 3 million years, should we call upon our scientists and engineers to try to push it back? This is the question raised by the dramatic prospect of climate engineering (or geoengineering).…