Confronting Climate Crisis
This course seeks to fight against the apathy, nihilism, and fear that pervade discussions of the climate crisis by empowering students with conceptual tools that will help in confronting the root causes of this crisis! We will investigate some of the main axes of debate among political/activist organizations around the world seeking to produce a more just life and planet for humans and nonhumans alike. Although we will discuss the basic scientific parameters of climate change and its connections to food, water, energy, ecology, and urbanism, our primary focus will be to understand strategies for transforming these systems. We pay particular attention to how Black, migrant, Indigenous peoples, and folks in the Global South are leading the world in developing innovative and socially-just solutions to climate change
Billion Worlds Lab 