Ecological Design Collective | Jonas Johnson | Activity https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/members/jonas/activity/ Activity feed for Jonas Johnson. Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:08:31 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.15.1 en-US 30 hourly 2 035177e944a295060e40e0f651bdddc5 Jonas Johnson posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/litter-spring-summer-2025/#comment-113 Fri, 04 Jul 2025 20:00:59 -0400 14480d33a0a95233451948489ba00df4 Jonas Johnson: Hey Folks! My colleague @Alaa and I are co-teaching a […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/7028/ Fri, 04 Jul 2025 19:59:40 -0400 Hey Folks! My colleague @Alaa and I are co-teaching a free, asynchronous humanities course this month that might be of interest to EDC members, starting July 14th. The title is “Craft and Power: The Anthropology of Making in the 21st Century.” We’d love to have you all along for the ride as we make and think together!

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Humanities Blast Courses | Humanities Institute

Welcome! Blast Courses in the Humanities are free, interactive summer courses offered by AGHI since summer 2020. All members of the public are welcome to join an online, flexible, and fun group as you dive into four weeks of ideas, … Continue reading

]]> 1 133c2b00261dfd4e111fea7bfa15eb3c Jonas Johnson posted an update: Hello from the field!I wanted to share this summer […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/6462/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:55:31 -0500 Hello from the field!

I wanted to share this summer course opportunity at CEU in Budapest in case any grad students are interested. I attended a previous version of this seminar on the decline of western democracies; the course has since been updated to focus on ecological themes, titled “ECOLOGY, CAPITALISM, AND DEMOCRACY.” Very…

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Ecology, Capitalism, Democracy | CEU summer course

Ecology, Capitalism, Democracy | CEU summer course

]]> 1 98b3d6dea95e1d479508cb1577a9cf24 Jonas Johnson posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4491/#acomment-4496 Fri, 03 May 2024 10:08:37 -0400 @Michael Degani woah I hadn’t read this!!! Talk about a crazy reterritorialization…

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I have been thinking a lot about the “ecologies of militarism”—particularly as it is weaponized in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. I’ve always loved Forensic Architecture’s detailed […]

]]> 7aee61c30588b92816bc98294e914821 Jonas Johnson posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4491/#acomment-4492 Thu, 02 May 2024 21:45:27 -0400 “Ecologies of militarism” as a conceptual frame also draws attention to the global interconnectedness of the capitalist and geopolitical interests that conspire to destroy our environment, push weapons of war, and restrict civilian dissent in the name of “security.” The first time I saw one of FA’s investigations was at the Whitney Biennale…

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I have been thinking a lot about the “ecologies of militarism”—particularly as it is weaponized in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. I’ve always loved Forensic Architecture’s detailed […]

]]> eb2be1554aad6c5b32c042d76e1f9877 Jonas Johnson posted an update: I have been thinking a lot about the "ecologies […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/4491/ Thu, 02 May 2024 21:33:28 -0400 I have been thinking a lot about the “ecologies of militarism”—particularly as it is weaponized in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. I’ve always loved Forensic Architecture’s detailed exposés and the way they make use of 3D design, satellite imaging, and machine learning. I wanted to share this investigation of ecocide in the wake of the IDF ground…

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Forensic Architecture

Forensic Architecture

]]> 5 f21c06776529c53fba19c7caee00c09e Jonas Johnson posted a new post. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6556 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 10:32:42 -0400
Race, Ecology, and Design: Our 2021 Seminar Series

The Ecological Design Collective revisits a series of conversations with artists, architects, and designers on the confronting the relationship between vernacular knowledges and ecological restoration,…

]]> 0 ec36bac4337f87f0d6f6a5e39d22c043 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6746 Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:49:59 -0500 0 e6e0b4bc69c487cb7a8d493f7591b654 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6629 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 02:01:12 -0500 0 4e842ec551d21605315cd654d18175bb Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6623 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 01:53:38 -0500 0 d93fc35eb8df59462d0b6f6add745cfc Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6613 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 01:39:58 -0500
Ajay Singh Chaudhary presents "The Exhausted of the Earth" in conversation w/Dharna Noor

Climate change is not only about the exhaustion of the planet, it’s about the exhaustion of so many of us, our lives, our worlds, even…

]]> 0 20ad9fbcd55a087e0188c23a5154924a Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6587 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 19:00:54 -0500
A Conversation with Soledad Salamé [ONLINE]

Join the Ecological Design Collective for a conversation with Baltimore-based visual artist Soledad Salamé on the connections she forms between ecologies and technologies in her…

]]> 0 ba490c1e509bf2ff5d8c38e4e7ce9648 Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group ECO-ARTs: For anyone in NYC! https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3859/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 20:30:32 -0500 For anyone in NYC!

https://abcnews.go.com/US/climate-museum-us-welcoming-visitors-nycs-soho-neighborhood/story?id=106107867

abcnews.go.com

The first-ever climate museum in the US is welcoming visitors in NYC's Soho neighborhood

New York City's Climate Museum is welcoming visitors free of charge to its pop-up exhibit in Soho.

]]> 0 d412106b8ef57e35364eff7774658a71 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6340 Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:51:04 -0500
Tide Pool Social: Passages for a New Year [IN PERSON]

Have you reckoned a thousand acres much? Have you reckoned the earth much? Have you practiced so long to learn to read? Have you felt…

]]> 0 1a49b44d5f10f1e2fe4fabc5ebe1eba2 Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group Green Building: Places Journal has a really insightful critical review […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3801/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:11:38 -0500 Places Journal has a really insightful critical review by Belmont Freeman of the Emerging Ecologies architecture exhibit at MoMA. Really appreciated the take-aways from the exhibit (which I haven’t seen yet) that Freeman draws out, between an ecological “aesthetics” and environmentalism, the need to reuse and retrofit rather than build new…

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Just a moment...

Just a moment...

]]> 2 e48cfd7e3608f6fa344976844d410a8e Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group ECO-ARTs: Hey folks! I just posted two eco-arts related events on […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3800/ Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:55:59 -0500 Hey folks! I just posted two eco-arts related events on the platform, craft workshops hosted by the Natural History Society of Maryland in Baltimore. One is paper bead making ($60) and the other is agar-art painting with bacteria ($25). Seems like its up this…

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Paper Bead Workshop with Candace Stribling

Upcycle paper into wearable, sustainable, and sentimental art. Discover the art of creating your very own paper bead necklace. This engaging class will guide you through the process of making exquisite paper beads from scratch. You will learn how to … Continue reading

]]> 0 5e3c073ccf290e675ac86d01815e5786 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6307 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:51:25 -0500 0 e33ba2f5ad9e70920f4bcecbaa13fb0e Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6300 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 16:47:46 -0500 1 882f7228fcf6eb0b7547f448e9b089cb Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6294 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:38:00 -0500
Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt Hendrix present "Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea"

From renowned organizers and activists Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, comes the first in-depth examination of Solidarity—not just as a rallying cry, but as potent…

]]> 0 2ff5a4327621a3be56b5e9f9f35377ae Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6288 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:35:50 -0500 0 9a362be560ad842711ce311c2625eb12 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6282 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:31:14 -0500 0 9b6355bc9a5d12a4acc984dfdf55edd6 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6274 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:28:59 -0500 0 835d22409153874eeaee94a60dc0a606 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6268 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:07:03 -0500 0 c068671f5684e2d8156a5e774857e048 Jonas Johnson posted a new post. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6164 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 23:18:16 -0500
Ecological Thresholds: Growth and Change in 2023

The Ecological Design Collective strives to create a community for radical ecological imagination and collaborative practice. This year at the Ecological Design Collective has been…

]]> 0 1868df26f8180241863ac2cd3ad01184 Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group ECO-ARTs: @Alaa and I saw a really interesting artwork at the BMA […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3754/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 18:19:54 -0500 @Alaa and I saw a really interesting artwork at the BMA the other day, Play Me Home by Tiona Nekkia McClodden. The artwork reflects on themes of race, history, and southern locality; but what drew our attention to the EDC was the recurring motif of the four o’clock flower, which becomes a symbol for resilience, rootedness, and place-making in… Read more

]]> 1 f37d4dbfc4d04a915d68da8715c6726c Jonas Johnson replied to the discussion Designing for decay in the forum Opportunities https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/designing-for-decay/#post-6162 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 20:22:24 -0500 Reply to Designing for decay

I think there’s an interesting aesthetic sensibility to the “ruin” and “decay” that’s also worth exploring; I’m thinking here of all of the things that we design to “look” ruined, from the jump; a sort of nod to a baroque artistic sensibility that reifies a “time before the fall” with its attendant conservative appeal. As a southerner I…

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Tide Pool Social: Eco-Film Matinee [ONLINE]

Join the EDC this December 20th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET for a virtual watch party of two short films featured on the DC Environmental Film Festival’s web repository. We will stream Wrought (2023; 22m) and The Botanist (2017; 20m) … Continue reading

]]> 1460d1e8168868dd3e30b7c187ede5ac Jonas Johnson posted a new post. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6133 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 03:48:36 -0500
Walking the Highway to Nowhere

A guided tour documents past harms, engages present struggles, and imagines radical possibilities in West Baltimore. On September 21st, 2023, Ecological Design Collective curator Cristina…

]]> 0 487fa6401baa0c148867d57400712789 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=6093 Tue, 12 Dec 2023 23:02:48 -0500
Tide Pool Social: Eco-Film Matinee [ONLINE]

Join the EDC this December 20th from 1:00pm to 2:00pm ET for a virtual watch party of two short films featured on the DC Environmental…

]]> 0 b89432e3801e8a8c89710a61e5afaa64 Jonas Johnson posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3721/#acomment-3723 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 17:04:44 -0500 Worth also adding for those who don’t know; it’s impossible to understate just how loud active sonar is. If there is a diver– or anything else fleshy and unprotected from the intense sound waves– near a submarine that turns on it’s active sonar…. The shockwave alone would instantly turn their insides to jelly.

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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the ecological costs of warfare and militarism—from the US DOD’s outsized role in climate change as one of if not THE LARGEST polluter on the […]

]]> 55aefe3fbef2a98ea1a54952584eb8f6 Jonas Johnson posted an update: I've been thinking a lot lately about the ecological […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3721/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:46:16 -0500 I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the ecological costs of warfare and militarism—from the US DOD’s outsized role in climate change as one of if not THE LARGEST polluter on the planet, to the militarized response to global insecurities born from climate catastrophe, to the weaponization of the environment against occupied Palestine. This…

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So Long And Thanks For All The Fish! Russia’s Naval-Defense Dolphins May Have Escaped.

A storm breached the pens, in Sevastopol harbor in occupied Crimea, where the Russian navy kept its specially-trained dolphins.

]]> 1 43d26c65e4138044511acd705e0f10ab Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group Visual mediums: Hello everyone!My name is Jonas, and I’m the graduate […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3702/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 20:41:17 -0500 Hello everyone!

My name is Jonas, and I’m the graduate coordinator for the Ecological Design Collective. I’m combing through the groups currently on the platform, and wanted to check to see if you anyone would like some help pushing this group’s objectives forward. We’ve been tightening up a few key projects and collaborations on the site and…

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30 Min Meeting | Jonas Stark Johnson | Cal.com

30 Min Meeting

]]> 0 d50058f50294c4e63a13efae040ba648 Jonas Johnson: So exciting (and a little jealous) to see these photos […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3665/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 01:36:43 -0500 So exciting (and a little jealous) to see these photos from our Thoughtful Thursday Tide Pool Social at Red Emma’s! Thanks so much everyone for coming out—If you’ve got any photos of the cards you’ve made, I’d love to see ’em! @kroome @Nicole @jordan @fernandolv @Ale (forgive me those I’m leaving out!)

]]> 1 be4424e58818ff1f8b083306748ca0cc Jonas Johnson posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3623/#acomment-3632 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:09:36 -0500 Really great photo essay! The contrast between the model encampment photo and the mostly-vacant red-roofed camps, coupled with the photo of the improvised fishing boat, was evocative of a deficient “engineering/ planning” mindset as it confronts these contingencies, compared to the resilience and ingenuity of these communities as they…

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Hello EDC world, I am sharing some of the pictures that I took during my brief fieldwork on a refugee island in Bangladesh. This island is situated in the middle of the sea, […]

]]> 21c1346c18519918a749cf998bf8d037 Jonas Johnson posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3618/#acomment-3631 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 13:44:18 -0500 Welcome to the Collective! Always great to see new faces on here.

I clicked thru your profile—I’d really love to hear more about your work at the Kalan Collective (looks fascinating, and I’m sure others here would agree too!). If you’d ever want to connect and think about ways this platform could synergize/ support your work, shoot me a… Read more

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Hello EDC world! This looks like a great platform!

]]> 0bc6e122919539478d251b3fc643e119 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=5934 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 18:32:07 -0500
Join Us for a Thoughtful Thursday

Within hours of circling the Thanksgiving dinner table and reflecting on “what we are thankful for,” Americans are bombarded by department store circulars and flashing…

]]> 0 785c5960346ae6191f411a52d42ae2dc Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=5867 Wed, 15 Nov 2023 14:43:07 -0500 0 aaf8a34fb6da7111dadd948ded9f1fb9 Jonas Johnson replied to the discussion Share your climate story! in the forum Climate Imaginarium https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/groups/climate-imaginarium/forum/discussion/share-your-climate-story/#post-5835 Sun, 12 Nov 2023 18:44:48 -0500 Reply to Share your climate story!

Growing up in southern Mississippi, I have distinct memories of my first snow, which in my city fell once every five or so years. I was maybe six, and I ran outside on a crisp night—along with damn near every kid on the block—to recreate every winter wonderland scene from the library of movies, tv shows, and cartoons that enchanted us every…

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]]> 40f11180aefc9b980667a2db0ecda508 Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group ECO-ARTs: Had a great time with @kroome , @Marina , and @Alaa […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3448/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 23:02:05 -0500 Had a great time with @kroome , @Marina , and @Alaa checking out the ECo Art Walk at Georgetown University on Friday! I’m dropping some thoughts below, and I uploaded some pics in the “albums” tab of the group. Looking forward to the next museum/ exhibit visit soon!

The exhibit featured “digital paintings” that are part of the series…

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ECo ArtWalk - The Earth Commons

Environmental Graphiti: The Art and Science of Climate Change Environmental Graphiti—The Art of Climate Change by ECo Artwalk featured artist Alisa Singer uses abstract images to illustrate the science behind the critical changes impacting our planet. The series consists of digital … Continue reading

]]> 2 2b874912e3c4bf6daac2eab3030bdfe0 Jonas Johnson replied to the discussion Welcome to the Climate Imaginarium! in the forum Climate Imaginarium https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/groups/climate-imaginarium/forum/discussion/welcome-to-the-climate-imaginarium/#post-5751 Mon, 06 Nov 2023 17:38:38 -0500 Reply to Welcome to the Climate Imaginarium!

Hey ya’ll! I’m Jonas, and I’m pretty new to the idea of climate writing—but I’ve been a long-time lover of sci-fi speculation, dystopian critiques, and utopian dreams. I’m a 3rd year anthropology PhD student at Hopkins and the current coordinator here at the EDC. I’m really interested in learning how to tell compelling stories as an…

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Public Library for Climate Futures — Are.na

A public library and communal repository for climate fiction stories of all mediums, genres, and modalities. Curated by the Climate Imaginarium.

]]> 1588838dcbffa53e79a45d43d6489117 Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group ECO-ARTs: Eco Art Walk https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3447/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 01:03:23 -0500 Eco Art Walk

]]> 0 583b74223a743b60661096250ae7772e Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group ECO-ARTs: ECo Art Walk @ Georgetown U. with EDC Eco Arts Group https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3444/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 01:02:27 -0500 ECo Art Walk @ Georgetown U. with EDC Eco Arts Group

]]> 0 db6adfb7aca5dc7f4ca42c160c61388c Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=5440 Fri, 27 Oct 2023 01:26:04 -0400
Tell Your Climate Story Workshop

What is your climate story? Our personal experiences often force us to confront what it means to live in the midst of ecological collapse—unseasonably warm…

]]> 1 59867b0e612767ecbc3add5221cda220 Jonas Johnson started the discussion Repairing and caring in my cluttered junk closet in the forum Opportunities https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/forums/discussion/repairing-and-caring-in-my-cluttered-junk-closet/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:56:15 -0400 Repairing and caring in my cluttered junk closet

I have several objects that need a bit of care—temporary paperweights that are sitting around waiting for that “one day over the rainbow” when I finally get around to repairing them. (I sense there is something distinctly Southern about this particular strain of hoarding; the only thing that keeps my yard free of a rusted out car, my porch…

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]]> 783dcc4fc23fd59d9e426c5c5956c912 Jonas Johnson posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/event/we-live-in-the-water-changing-climate-and-socioecology-on-smith-island/#comment-61 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:17:49 -0400 b957f9bd65078e2d915799bfeae29d0b Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=5381 Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:17:49 -0400
We Live in the Water: Changing Climate and Socioecology on Smith Island

Please join us this Tuesday, October 17, 2023, from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm for JHU Anthropology Fall 2023 Colloquium Series, as JHU’s Department of…

]]> 1 7c29cb034c6e3e29d05f3056d6b9730f Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group Eco Anthropologists: More interesting Degrowth […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3200/ Sun, 15 Oct 2023 18:03:10 -0400 More interesting Degrowth anthropology conversations:

https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/111215628622969843

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Pauline von Hellermann (@pvonhellermannn@mastodon.green)

Here is a recording of Roundtable 1 of the #AnthropologyAndDegrowth workshop, with Ieva Snikersproge and Ritu Verma. My talk (together with Peter Sutoris and Tobias Mueller) is about the critical role we feel #Anthropology can and should play in the … Continue reading

]]> 1 40e7e18cd3ddddacd0ec4ce438b99253 Jonas Johnson posted an update: Ugh why do we lack so much creativity?Anyone know folks […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3195/ Thu, 12 Oct 2023 20:59:38 -0400 Ugh why do we lack so much creativity?

Anyone know folks at Friends of Herring Run?

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/herring-run-cut-trees-plan-scrutinized-baltimore/45499333

]]> 2 4a2cb95bf17ee8dbc88edf13e5499bf0 Jonas Johnson posted a new event. https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/?p=5313 Thu, 12 Oct 2023 02:00:06 -0400
Virtual Tide Pool: Community Project Sprint

COMMUNITY PROJECT SPRINT: All day on October 18th, 2023, with a lunch break meetup at 12 noon EDT (meeting link) Is there a project you’re…

]]> 1 066485d597baaa2f93a5bd268b0403b0 Jonas Johnson posted an update in the group Eco Anthropologists: Following Mike's lead, here's a grad conference at […] https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3187/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:57:58 -0400 Following Mike’s lead, here’s a grad conference at the EnviroLab at Penn:

Elemental Thinking: Troubling States of Matter
https://www.pennenvirolab.org/conference

The approach to study environmental systems and change through the classical elements – fire, earth, water, and air – has been formative to the composition of environmental studies and…

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Conference — EnviroLab

Conference — EnviroLab

]]> 0 d8f67270623c8835f6b6a8e77689b776 Jonas Johnson posted a new activity comment https://community.ecodesigncollective.org/timeline/p/3162/#acomment-3186 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 19:48:17 -0400 Something so insidious about this being called the Fredrick Douglass Tunnel 🙁

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