"Beyond Apocalypse: Centering Justice in Climate Education and Activism"
Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - 2:30pm
Katie McKay Bryson, Hampshire College
Betsy is Director of the Population and Development Program and Professor of Development Studies in the School of Critical Social Inquiry, Hampshire College
Katie is Coordinator of the Population and Development Program and Former Alaskan environmental justice activist
Location:
Rm 115, Engineering Lab II, UMass Amherst
Presented by:
New England Faculty Colloquium: Climate Change, Policy, and Energy Solutions
Video:
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In this talk Betsy Hartmann and Katie McKay Bryson of the Population and Development Program (PopDev) at Hampshire College will describe their work to bridge divides between educators and activists as
as between different social movements to build a stronger constituency for justice-centered climate policies in the United States. PopDev’s climate-related activities include college courses, high school curricular materials, scholarly and popular publications, and workshops and convenings that bring students, activists and policymakers together. PopDev has a critical perspective on apocalyptic population and security narratives about climate change that place blame on poor people and immigrants from the Global South. Instead, our organization promotes a positive vision of change grounded in reproductive and environmental justice, as well as in the belief that only a fundamentally diverse climate movement can achieve effective and equitable climate policy in the U.S.