Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series: Dan Suarez, Environmental Studies

Radical Implications: Politicization, Pedagogy, and Planetary Ecological Crisis

This lecture will explore questions of politicization and planetary environmental crisis by looking at how these dynamics are playing out in three contexts: (1) among global change scientists, (2) among climate activists trying to formulate movement strategies, and (3) among environmental educators and their students. Although often marked by feelings of disorientation, anxiety, and disillusionment, I found each of these contexts also functioning as key spaces of politicization with important openings for transformative learning.