dialogues
Collectively, we need to disrupt climate destabilization. Yet, we have been trained to take part in environmental harm. Join us if you want to take part in a community discussion about climate destabilization, climate justice, climate change, etc. All of us are welcome to attend these dialogue sessions. Please see reading, media and film resources listed below.
an environmental justice framework
- The status quo is not sustainable and institutionalizes or makes normal environmental destruction; Society guarantees we cause environmental harm, whether we acknowledge it or not.
- Our quest for excellence and our habits of consumerism result in commodity chains that link us all together with the burdens of environmental assault falling most stressfully and disproportionately on class underresourced, BIPOC people, women and children, LGBTQ+ and the nature that we depend on for survival.
- Anthropocentrism lives within us, both consciously and unconsciously.
- The output bias in our system of production allows the people causing the most harm (for example wealthy countries and their inhabitants) to not see/be distanced and/or protected from the harm they cause.
- Our silence = complacency with a status quo that survives off the harm, destruction and death of our environment, its vulnerable constituents and our future.
- The questions are not who or what is environmentally harmful, but how? What constitutes our personal commodity chains? And, how are we showing up to move in sustainable ways?
facilitator
resources
Calculate your environmental footprint
Calculate your carbon footprint
Environmental Education Resources https://www.neefusa.org/education/resources
Human Rights Watch: The Environment
readings
Excerpts from "Being the Change" by Sara K. Ahmed Available at: https://www.readpbn.com/pdf/Being-the-Change-Lessons-and-Strategies-to-Teach-Social-Comprehension-Sample-Pages.pdf
Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey
The Shock Doctrine Naomi Klein
Overstory Richard Powers
Of Water and the Spirit Malidoma Patrice Some
Salvage Bones Jesmyn Ward
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
Eco-warriors by Rik Scarce
Green Illusions by Ozzie Zehner
Read what you can. We encourage you to take notes on your thoughts and questions before, during and after the readings; come prepared to discuss. We are happy to provide additional resources and do what we can to answer your questions, but we need you to be willing to ask these questions.
film
If A Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Don't Look Up
An Inconvenient Truth
11th Hour
media
Why Every Environmentalist Should be Antiracist Leah Thomas
Environment responsible for girls death/Environmental racism
what can climate justice activists do?
Love ourselves. Love the earth. Love all earth beings.
Get in touch with our inner compass and develop a trust of our instincts
Take care of self and community
research
Sessions are not recorded. By participating in this dialogue session, if applicable, you are consenting to be part of completely voluntary research. Please understand that dialogue sessions could be part of a research study entitled "Dialogue Sessions: Coping with Climate Disaster."
This information provided is a written explanation of what could happen after the dialogue session. We do not foresee any potential risks for participating in this session nor study. Participants may receive benefits from participating in these dialogue sessions. Themes of these ongoing sessions may be analyzed by facilitators post-session. Demographic information, such as racial/ethnic status and gender may be noted post-session in a de-identified, no names manner. If you fill out a post-participation survey, your responses will be confidential and anonymous. We cannot guarantee that your co-participants will maintain confidentiality. You can refuse to participate at any time without any negative effects. For further information, please contact Megan Thiele @ megan.thiele@sjsu.edu.
consultations
Group and personal consultations and/or dialogue sessions are available. Please send inquiries to: thieleme@gmail.com.
Donations accepted @ Venmo: @Megan-Thiele-2.