[Environment-readinggroup] Environment-readinggroup Digest, Vol 7, Issue 1

[Katie Hoeberling]

Sounds good to me! Thank you for the reminder.

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 3:00 AM <
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>    1. Small reminder: environmental reading group starts again on
>       Sept 5th (Fieke)
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> Subject: [Environment-readinggroup] Small reminder: environmental
>         reading group starts again on Sept 5th
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> Hi all
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> 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
> <https://www.versobooks.com/books/3091-after-geoengineering>' 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 <https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/5689070082>
>   * Find the schedule and more information here
>     <
> https://www.criticalinfralab.net/2023/06/05/environment-reading-group/>
>
> 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
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> W:https://www.criticalinfralab.net/
> E:fieke at criticalinfralab.net
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