Gathering at the Intersections of Folklore and the Environment
The Fellows of the American Folklore Society (AFS), the Diverse Environmentalisms Research Team, and the Climate Interest Group of the Folklore and Science Section will…
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Sustainable Architecture – Bridging theory and practice.
Join us for the ‘Sustainable Architecture – Bridging Theory and Practice’ workshop to be held on September 21 and 22, 2024. Application Process: Please complete…
Narrating the Neoliberal Agenda: Tales of democracies, communities, and public spaces
The Ideal Spaces Foundation and Allan Siegel invite you to participate in a two day-Symposium September 6-7, 2024 at the Ideal Spaces Foundation Nesslerstrasse 16…
Textile Waste-Driven Design Workshop 2024
This sixteen-day interdisciplinary seminar is for artists, designers, and educators interested in participating in critical discourse and hands-on workshops on the subject of unsustainable global…
An Uprising of Imagination: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
What is the role of fiction in climate solutions? Grist recently published the third collection of winning stories from its climate fiction short story contest,…
On the Term “Degrowth”
The first time I heard the term “degrowth,” I felt unsettled and confused. I agree with Mike Degani’s assessment of the term in his recent…
Degrowth is a Planned Reduction of Useless Stuff
Degrowth is a weird and unsettling word. It sounds more intuitive in the original French— la décroissance. For some that’s the appeal, and for others that’s the problem.…
