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Transforming the University to Confront the Climate Crisis, Part 1

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So, how do we connect this many dots?  Every movement, organization, systemic alternative, and countless activists, theorists, and intellectuals are asking this as the crisis unfolds.

The time has come to ask new questions of our own as teachers.

Energy Descent as a Post-Carbon Transition Scenario: How ‘Knowledge Humility’ Reshapes Energy Futures for Post-Normal Times

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Many studies have concluded that the current global economy can transition from fossil fuels to be powered entirely by renewable energy. While supporting such transition, we critique analysis purporting to conclusively demonstrate feasibility.

You Don’t Need to Read this Essay, but….I Did Have a Small Epiphany Today

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Each day now feels like a decisive day in the decade of decision that we have the fate to be alive in.  Speeding up the pace at which we slow down.  Slowing down the pace of destruction.  Speeding up the pace of creation.  Slowing down the machines.  Speeding up our imaginations, going deeper in our dreams, and walking further, together, asking questions about the future we want.  Right now.

How catalytic events change the course of history: From the 9/11 attacks to the coronavirus pandemic

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If you are a chemist, you know very well how catalysts can work small miracles: you had been trying for some time to have a reaction occur, without success, then you add a little pinch of something and – suddenly – things go “bang.” In no time, the reaction is complete. Of course, as a chemist you know that catalysts don’t really work miracles: all they can do is to accelerate reaction that would occur anyway.

The Shortest of Comments, the Biggest of Movements

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The good news is that there is a “new Global Left” that enjoys a multitude of emerging movements, including climate justice groups led by young people. The rich array of activist groups and the dynamism and passion they display excite a sense of possibility.

Why the Global North must Become a Student of the Global South

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It would be arrogant and irresponsible for the global North not to look to cultures in the global South that have sustained themselves for vastly longer than it has taken industrial capitalism to annihilate much of the living world.

John’s Interim Program for a New World

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Since April 1 in some parts of the world is a traditional day for playing tricks and elaborate jokes (mostly on one’s friends), I found myself musing about the world I would like to see and had some fun taking about five minutes to jot down the following list (without rethinking it and in no particular order, except for the final line) in about five minutes.

Thinking through Fire: Climate Solidarity and Multispecies Regeneration

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Having acknowledged these connections, what steps can we take, as scholars, activists, and humans, to cultivate those connections in ways that empower more-than-human beings and ourselves in our collective struggle for Climate X? What does it look/sound/feel like to build climate solidarity beyond the boundaries of the human species? It’s time to find out.

Transition U: An Invitation to Join a Global Knowledge Action Network of Educators

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As the school year beckons, I would like to invite teachers to join me in co-creating an on-line knowledge action network – Transition U – as a space to share our thoughts, materials, best practices, syllabi, and any other resources we have for engaging our students both inside and outside the classroom in learning about the climate crisis, climate justice, and building resilient communities wherever we are.