CSS Lecture Series "After Sustainability" - Video SeriesRecording of lecture by Prof. Nigel Clark onlineEarthly Multitudes and the Challenge of a Self-Differentiating Planet

12 July 2021, by CSS

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We are very pleased to announce that the video of the kick-off lecture on "Earthly Multitudes and the Challenge of a Self-Differentiating Planet" for the CSS Lecture Series "After Sustainability" by Prof. Nigel Clark (Lancaster University / Lancaster Environment Centre) is now online!

You can watch the lecture here or directly below.

Abstract: We might view sustainability as an especially cramped and fearful response to the challenges of a dynamic, self-differentiating Earth. In this talk, using the concept of ‘earthly multitudes’ (Clark and Szerszynski2021) Prof. Clark will be looking at some of the many ways that humans respond to both the threats and the opportunities that arise out of our planet’s capacity to transform itself.After focusing on the excessive, unpredictable aspects of tapping into planetary forces, the talk will circle back on the issue of how strategies of growth and accumulation –including sustainability –avoid facing up to the excess inherent in the Earth itself.

You can find the abstract and flyer for the talk here [pdf].

You can find more up to date information on the lecture series here.