A Case for Ignorance By Annika Kraft Ignorance leads a shadowy existence in the modern cultural and scientific history of Europe and the West, which is built on opposites: culture–nature, science–religion, ratio–emotion, knowledge–ignorance. Ignorance tends Read more…
Dark Green Religion in Europe: Perilous Specter or Promising Movement? By Bron Taylor In April 2024 a conference titled Dark Green Religion in Europe: History & Impacts; Dangers & Prospects took place at the Leibniz-Institute Read more…
Divide and Rule: How the Growing Rift between Peace, Climate, and Social Justice Movements Is Cementing a Ruinous Status Quo By Fabian Scheidler Environmental and peace movements are profoundly divided in many countries today. The Read more…
Decolonizing for the Planetary Community A Counterpoint Conversation at the conference of the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture (ISSRNC) Please join us online for a Counterpoint Conversation and panel discussion Read more…
The Impossibility of Consent and Other Problems on Mauna Kea By Greg Johnson This post pertains to the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Mauna Kea (Hawai`i), which the author has written about on this forum Read more…
On Environmental Grief By Kocku von Stuckrad Last week, yet another devastating report about the ecological state of the planet was published: WWF and Zoological Society of London’s biennial Living Planet Report. It confirms (again) Read more…
Telescopes, Blind Spots, and Future Horizons on Mauna Kea By Greg Johnson This post pertains to the TMT project on Mauna Kea (Hawai`i), which the author has written about on this forum previously. For important Read more…
Extinction Rebellion and the Ritualization of Climate Grief: Performing Species Loss and Putting Climate Justice on the Agenda By Marion Grau Leading up to the Norwegian general election on 13 September 2021, Extinction Rebellion Norway Read more…
Courting Climate Justice in Norway: Reflections on the People vs. Arctic Oil Lawsuit By Marion Grau If you want to see climate policy schizophrenia in action, Norway presents an illuminating case. On the one hand, Read more…
Mauna Kea Matters: An Experiment in Public Engagement By Greg Johnson Mauna Kea matters. Of this much, I’m very sure. But just how it matters, and to whom, is for me an open question and Read more…
