Watch Vancouver as the Greenest City Panellist Speech
Watch the panellist speech for Vancouver as the Greenest City event online. Jordan Bober is a New Economist who devotes himself to the evolution of a regenerative, socially just economy by convening events, speaking and teaching, and by running a Vancouver-based community currency called Seedstock. Melanie Conn is a long-time activist with women, co-operatives and community economic development. She […]
Vancouver as the Greenest City? A Social Justice Perspective
Vancouver as the Greenest City? A Social Justice Perspective: Panel discussion, Q&A, and a reception following the event. Vancouver is moving rapidly towards becoming the ‘Greenest City’, but what are the implications and opportunities to integrate social justice in these long-term visions of sustainability? What examples are […]
When I Wear My Alligator Boots
Reading and discussion with Dr. Shaylih Muehlmann, Assistant Professor and Canada research chair in language, culture and environment. Her recent book“When I Wear My Alligator Boots“ examines how the lives of dispossessed men and women are affected by the rise of narcotrafficking along the U.S.-Mexico border. In particular, the book explores a crucial tension at the heart […]
Rule Britannia! Rule the Waves’: The World of the Ship and the Quest for Global Time
This will be the fourth talk of the Oecologies Speaker Series at Green College at UBC. Dr. Renisa Mawani (Sociology, University of British Columbia) “‘Rule Britannia! Rule the Waves’: The World of the Ship and the Quest for Global Time” Abstract: Recent accounts of the creation and imposition of a global and standardized time […]
Black, White and Green: Food Justice, Farmers Markets and the Green Economy
Dr. Alison Alkon Assistant Professor and Chair of Sociology, University of the Pacific This talk will begin by describing the emergent concept of food justice, which is found at the nexus of inequalities and food and agricultural systems. It will lay out some of the guiding questions and theoretical antecedents that have helped to define […]
