Environmental Sociology

Confronting Climate Change

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Wednesday May 18 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This session presents a wide ranging discussion of how human communities are confronting climate change in the 21st century. It addresses how rural and urban communities and governing bodies are ... more

Ecofeminist Activism: Challenging the Climate Crisis and Envisioning Alternative Futures

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Friday May 20 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This session considers how ecofeminist ethics, feminist film and video, and social movements are reconfiguring our imaginaries and repositioning the power of feminist, ecological and Indigenous knowledges to confront the ... more

Emotion in Learning: Managing Negative Emotions and Creating Positive Spaces when Teaching Environmental Crises

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Thursday May 19 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Teaching the sociology of the sixth mass extinction, the climate crisis, and other forms of dramatic and wide-reaching environmental problems can present students with a problem: difficult emotions of grief, ... more

Environmental Sociology

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Thursday May 19 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This session features presentations applying sociological perspectives to the study of environmental issues. In the midst of a global social movement cohering around the climate crisis, political debates over extractive ... more

Environmental Sociology Research Cluster Meeting

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Wednesday May 18 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

The CSA Environmental Sociology Research Cluster brings together a diverse network of sociologists whose research helps us better understand the social causes and consequences of environmental issues, and provides insight ... more