Big Thinking at Congress 2018
On the front lines: Indigenous women and climate change
Indigenous communities are on the front lines of fighting resource extraction and climate change, but they are also on the front lines of solutions. Growing up in one of the world’s most intensive fossil fuel extraction projects in the tar sands, Melina Laboucan-Massimo became increasingly aware that our current global energy strategy is unsustainable. After witnessing a massive oil spill in her home community, she dedicated her work to building renewable energy solutions that are key to a community’s health and vitality. Join this session to find out how Indigenous communities are implementing clean energy projects, and how women in particular are creating climate solutions critical to addressing the growing impacts of climate change.
Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Lubicon Cree, Indigenous Knowledge & Climate Change Fellow, David Suzuki Foundation
Petrocultures: Reflections on 10 years of research and advocacy for a world in crisis
Madly off in all directions: Canadian cities and the prospects for a just and sustainable transition
On the final day of Congress 2022, the Environmental Studies Association welcomed Noel Keough to talk about how Canadian cities can become more just and sustainable. And it involves, Keough said, a revolutionary change in thinking. It “will require a...
Petrocultures: Reflections on 10 years of research and advocacy for a world in crisis
In this Big Thinking session, Dr. Imre Szeman and Dr. Sheena Wilson, co-founders of the Petrocultures Research Group, discussed the concept of the “petroculture,” and how our understanding of it could help us transition to a decarbonized and more...