Event will Talk about Intersectional World-building in Environment Fiction
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The Climate Group has picked the Columbia Climate School as its university partner for this years Climate Week NYC. Running Sept. 20-26, Climate Week NYC convenes crucial environment leaders to speed up environment action and talk about ambitious dedications ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference, or COP26, later on this fall in Glasgow.
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The impacts of environment modification have been hard and noticeable this summer season, with extreme rainfall, heat, drought and wildfires taking place in lots of regions across the country. With so much destruction in the headlines, it might not be surprising that environment storytelling often perpetuates so-called “disaster narratives,” however storytelling likewise has the power to drive the imagination and imagination we require to resolve the climate crisis. How can we picture more confident methods to bridge the gap in between unfavorable climate effects and a more sustainable future? And how can we center stories from those most likely to experience the effects of environment change, and who are frequently not consisted of in environment conversations?
On September 20, 2021, from 2:00 PM– 3:15 PM ET, the Columbia Climate Schools M.A. in Climate and Society program will be partnering with Grist, Orion Magazine, and Natural Resources Defense Council for Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a conversation about diversifying and decolonizing environment fiction while envisioning a better world. The Climate Week event comes at the conclusion of Grist Solutions Lab Fixs inaugural climate fiction contest of the same name. In introducing the contest, the organizers desired to share stories and visions from those communities most impacted by environment modification, and drawing inspiration from Afrofuturism, hopepunk, and solarpunk. The contest got over 1,000 submissions; read the 12 winning stories here.
Authors Sheree Renée Thomas, Adrienne Maree Brown, Morgan Jerkins, and Kiese Laymon functioned as judges for the environment fiction contest, and will be participating in the event together with Fixs Tory Stephens and Earthers Brian Kahn, a lecturer and alumnus of the Climate and Society program. Panelists will check out intersectional world-building, focusing justice, and producing brand-new visions for our future world through story.
Registration is complimentary and open to the general public. Please register here on Eventbrite.
With so much devastation in the headings, it might not be surprising that environment storytelling frequently perpetuates so-called “catastrophe narratives,” but storytelling also has the power to drive the creativity and imagination we need to address the environment crisis. On September 20, 2021, from 2:00 PM– 3:15 PM ET, the Columbia Climate Schools M.A. in Climate and Society program will be partnering with Grist, Orion Magazine, and Natural Resources Defense Council for Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors, a conversation about decolonizing and diversifying environment fiction while picturing a much better world. The Climate Week event comes at the conclusion of Grist Solutions Lab Fixs inaugural climate fiction contest of the exact same name.