MEDIA INDIGENA 136
Added 2018-10-14 21:11:59 +0000 UTCON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:
Twelve years. According to a new report from the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), that's how long we have to act both decisively and radically concerning the climate if we are to keep life viable for much if not most of humanity.
Here's another number: 1.5 degrees Celsius. According to the same IPCC report, that’s the maximum increase in average world temperatures, relative to pre-industrial levels, that our planet can sustain before it will simply be unable to sustain us.
That’s the bad news. But believe it or not, there is good news here too: many say keeping our planet below 1.5 is not only achievable, but realistic, though it will require a scale and scope of change that is simply unprecedented.
This week, visiting professor of Canadian Studies at Princeton University Candis Callison, along with Kim TallBear, associate professor of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, join host Rick Harp to grapple with these sobering facts, as well as discuss what’s behind them and where our world ought to go from here.
Links we discuss:
- Today marks the end of magical thinking on climate change
- How Climate Change Comes to Matter: The Communal Life of Facts
- Response to the IPCC 1.5°C Special Report, by Prof. Kevin Anderson
- The Planet Can't Survive Our Transportation Habits
- Just 100 companies responsible for 71% of global emissions, study says
- On the Importance of a Date, or, Decolonizing the Anthropocene
- Indigenous Peoples Are Vital to Curtailing the Climate Crisis
LISTEN NOW:
http://mediaindigena.libsyn.com/ep-136-why-decarbonization-and-decolonization-go-hand-in-hand
LIVE WINNIPEG SHOW: THU OCTOBER 18 @ 7 pm, U of W
In Winnipeg this Thursday? Join regulars Kim and Rick plus special guest round-tabler Tim Fontaine of Walking Eagle News fame for another special live audience taping of the podcast, an evening made possible by the generous support of the University of Winnipeg Students Association. Tickets are free thanks to the UWSA, but we ask that you register ahead of time. If you're thinking of coming, let us know and we'll make sure you get great seats as thanks for your support! :)
