NameTransdisciplinary Seminar Series in Sustainability
Address1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, ON, St. Catharines, ON
Date2018-02-09
Time11:00:00
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DescriptionThe Anthropocene—the new epoch of indelible human impact on the Earth system—manifests, at this stage of its history, as a moment of profound ecological crisis. A key question for humanity is therefore how we should govern ourselves as the planetary force we have become. In this paper, I ask how this question applies to Canadians and approach it from the standpoint of what we might call the Canadian environmental imaginary. My key claim is that if we are to meet the challenges of the Anthropocene responsibly it is crucial for us to cultivate a kind of nationalism that has environmental concerns as its central focus. This is ecological nationalism....
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