Home EventsDecolonising sustainability: When engineering meets indigenous philosophies and resistance
Decolonising sustainability: When engineering meets indigenous philosophies and resistance
CAROLINA SÁNCHEZ-DE JAEGHER
Is sustainability the solution to fighting climate change? More and more, sustainability and the transition to clean renewable energy sources are touted as the only way that humanity will reverse climate change disaster and survive. But sustainability as an economic practice has its critics too. Indigenous protectors and decolonial researchers for example present important arguments on the shortcomings of sustainability as it is practiced today. From the often–overlooked ethics of the global environmental crisis, to the seriousness of the ecological crisis right here in the Netherlands, ecofeminist scholar Carolina Sánchez will introduce examples and challenges to the green narrative that are guaranteed to make you stop and think.
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