Mobilizing for a Just Transition - Global Conf. on Sustainability in Higher Ed: Keynote by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Middlebury is a Host Institution for the virtual three-day conference offered by AASHE (Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Ed), October 20-22.

Indigenous Perspective on a Just Transition

In this keynote address, Robin Wall Kimmerer will offer reflections and an indigenous perspective on the meanings of a just transition.

Robin Wall Kimmerer is a mother, scientist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. She is the author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teaching of Plants. Her first book, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses, was awarded the John Burroughs Medal for outstanding nature writing, and her other work has appeared in Orion, Whole Terrain, and numerous scientific journals.

Dr. Kimmerer has served as faculty at the Middlebury Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference and has presented at the ES Colloquium Series.

Kimmerer tours widely and has been featured on NPR’s On Being with Krista Tippett and in 2015 addressed the general assembly of the United Nations on the topic of “Healing Our Relationship with Nature.” Kimmerer lives in Syracuse, New York, where she is a SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology, and the founder and director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment. 

FREE REGISTRATION is available for Midd students/faculty/staff and includes access to all sessions and events during and for 30 days after the conference. REGISTER NOW at go/AASHE2020 

Humanity faces a series of intensifying and interrelated social and ecological crises. Solving these crises requires a holistic transformation: a shift from an extractive economy to a regenerative economy. With the theme of “Mobilizing for a Just Transition,” this AASHE conference will focus on centering justice within this transformation and ensuring that it leaves no one behind. We seek to encourage higher education leaders to reflect and act on the Just Transition Principles articulated by the Climate Justice Alliance and to spotlight inspirational examples of institutions championing this work. 

Many sessions and keynotes will be offered, both live and on demand. Check out the schedules:
Live Schedule, https://www.aashe.org/conference/program/live-schedule/
On-demand Schedule, https://www.aashe.org/conference/program/on-demand-schedule/

Some Keynote Events (full listing at https://www.aashe.org/conference/):