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<pre>Hi all,
Looking forward to reading with you all again soon.
Just sharing two recent short pieces related to the "After geoengineering" book, in case they are of interest.
Buck, <a href="https://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-carbon-capture-distraction/">The Carbon Capture Distraction</a>, Dissent Magazine<br />Huber, <a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/08/carbon-removal-public-good-biden-capitalism-environment-climate-crisis">Carbon Removal Should Be A Public Good</a>, Jacobin<br /><br />Hope everyone is doing well!
Janna
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On 11/08/2023 04:09 AM, Fieke wrote:
> Hi all
>
> For those in the Northern hemisphere, I hope everyone is having a good
> summer break without heatwaves, fires, flooding or other freak weather
> conditions. For those in the Southern hemisphere, hope you are having
> a good winter.
>
> Just a short reminder, we will restart the environment reading group
> with the book 'After Geoengineering: climate tragedy, repair, and
> restoration introduction [2]' by Holly Jean Buck on September 5th. In
> the book the author writes about climate engineering, to some a
> seductive idea to ensure that human species do not hurtle towards its
> own extinction. The book will engage with questions as 'can these
> technologies and practices be used to bring carbon levels back down to
> pre-industrial levels? Are there possibilities for massive intentional
> intervention in the climate that are democratic, decentralised, or
> participatory?
>
> Important details
>
> * Next session is on Tuesday September 12th 16:00 – 17:00 CET
> * Zoom link [3]
> * Find the schedule and more information here [4]
>
> Scheduling: I would like to propose a change the our 'after the summer
> break' reading groups dates. The issue is that some of us are also in
> the infrastructure reading group and before our break we had the
> environmental reading group one week and the infrastructure reading
> group the other week. Now they are scheduled to happen in the same
> week. Which is a bit intense. The after geoengineering is not a
> difficult book to read, so I propose that after our first call we
> stick to our original schedule which would be:
>
> * Sept 5th after geoengineering: climate tragedy, repair, and
> restoration introduction
>
> * Sept 12th after geoengineering: climate tragedy, repair, and
> restoration part i. cultivation (chapter 1 – 3)
>
> * Sept 26th after geoengineering: climate tragedy, repair, and
> restoration part ii. burial (chapter 4 – 5)
>
> * and so on
>
> That means there we only have one week between the first two reading
> group sessions. Are people ok with this? If yes, I'll change
> accordingly
>
> Happy reading
>
> Fieke
>
> --
> Fieke Jansen, PhD
> Postdoctoral Researcher - Media Studies Department - University of
> Amsterdam
> co-pi critical infrastructure lab
> Member Green Screen Climate Justice and Digital Rights coalition
>
> W: https://www.criticalinfralab.net/ [1]
> E: fieke@criticalinfralab.net
>
>
> Links:
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> [1] https://www.criticalinfralab.net/
> [2] https://www.versobooks.com/books/3091-after-geoengineering
> [3] https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/5689070082
> [4] https://www.criticalinfralab.net/2023/06/05/environment-reading-group/</pre>
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