Visioning Climate Futures

In the second session of the “Visioning” module, Faculty Sponsor Dr. Janette Bulkan delivered a lecture on “Race and climate discourses from the 18th century to today,” based on Tropical Freedom: Climate, Settler-Colonialism, and Black Exclusion in the Age of Emancipation by Ikuko Asaka. Participants then came together to draft a vision statement for a livable climate, starting with the statement: “The year is 2100…”


 

 
 

Key themes in visioning climate futures


 


Historical climate discourses and present-day implications

Creating a collective vision statement for the year 2100

Discussing the tension between realism and livable aspirations


 
 

 
 

Slides from “Visioning Climate Futures”


Faculty Sponsor Dr. Janette Bulkan delivered a lecture on climate discourses based on Tropical Freedom: Climate, Settler-Colonialism, and Black Exclusion in the Age of Emancipation by Ikuko Asaka. Tracing the historical origins of concepts such as climate determinism and climate essentialism, Dr. Bulkan examined the ways in which Canada in particular has engaged with racist climate discourse before identifying emerging global trends of climate discourses in ecofascism and white supremacist violence.



 
 

 
 

To see the full collective vision statement, please email Student Coordinator HyunGu Kang.