I’m a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Agroecology and Agro-food systems and collaborator of the Chair UNESCO of Women for the University of Vic- Central University of Catalunya. Bachelor in Classical Literature, I moved then to Environmental Sciences linking social and ecological dimensions for investigating global change and I obtained my Degree from the…
Category: Lectures
Irene Iniesta Arandia, – Colectivo FRACTAL, Biodiversia S Coop
My research and action interests are focused on the interaction between people and the environment. My work is inherently an inter and transdisciplinary and I’m interested in three main areas: (1) socioecological systems (collective action, ecosystem services and resilience), (2) environmental feminisms (feminist political ecology, ecofeminisms and gender and environment) and (3) political ecology (peasant…
protection of collserola (2)
Protection of Collserola – Claudio Cattaneo (R&D) Friday 10th July, Can Masdéu (Barcelona) Collserola is a mountain range in the middle of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area that has been greatly urbanized and, a fraction of it is, since a few years only, protected as a natural park. The fight for its declaration as such…
Degrowth politics and environmental justice from the new left
Degrowth politics and environmental justice from the new left – Federico Demaria (ICTA-UAB) Wednesday 13th July, 10.00-11.30 – Cerbère A new Left, new in terms of ideas, but also in terms of the young age of its members, is rising in Europe, from Spain and Catalonia, to Greece, Slovenia or Croatia. Will that Left be…
Open-localism
Open-Localism – François Schneider (R&D) Tuesday 12th July, 10.00-11.30, Cerbère Our societies are facing two important dangers: on one hand a cultural homogenisation of society – through globalisation – the market economy and the virtualisation of exchanges (without direct contact) are able to expand to the entire world and to all corners of society…
Biophysical limits to growth
Biophysical limits to growth – Clive Spash (WU Vienna University) Wednesday 6th July, 10.00-11.30, UAB Campus The phrase “limits to growth” (LTG) was popularised by the publication of a small book by Meadows et al. (1972) that created some public debate and aggressive responses from economists. This work highlighted the conflict between expecting human…
Environmental justice, ecologism of the poor and degrowth (2016)
Environmental justice, ecologism of the poor and degrowth – Joan Martinez-Alier (ICTA-UAB) Monday 4th July, 10.00 – 11.30, UAB Campus The words ‘‘environmental justice’’ were initially used in the United States in the early 1980s for local complaints against ‘‘environmental racism,’’ i.e., the disproportionate pollution burdens in areas primarily inhabited by disadvantaged ethnic groups….
Buen vivir, justice and degrowth
Buen vivir, justice and degrowth – Barbara Muraca (Oregon State University) Tuesday 14th July, 10.00-11.30, Cerbère (France) Degrowth-activists claim that the crisis bears the chance for designing a new societal model that is independent from growth for its stabilization, pacification, and legitimation and in which new models and a new basis for a good life can…
Degrowth and Open-Localisation
Degrowth and Open-Localisation – François Schneider (R&D) Sunday 12th July, 10.00-13.30, Cerbère Our societies are facing two important dangers: on one hand a cultural homogenisation of society – through globalisation – the market economy and the virtualisation of exchanges (without direct contact) are able to expand to the entire world and to all corners…
limits to growth
Limits to growth – Clive Spash (WU Vienna University) Friday 10th July, 12.30-14.00, Can Masdéu The phrase “limits to growth” (LTG) was popularised by the publication of a small book by Meadows et al. (1972) that created some public debate and aggressive responses from economists. This work highlighted the conflict between expecting human systems…