Amidst great fanfare, Stanford University created the Doerr School for Sustainability, which immediately said that it would accept funding from the fossil fuel industry. A group of students has pushed back, and built an impressive movement to dissociate from such...
Climate Crisis
Ecosocialists Win Big Climate Bill in New York: Liza Featherstone Tells Us How, and Why It’s So Important
Today we talk with Liza Featherstone about this huge victory for ecosocialists, and for everybody actually, in New York, that came with the passage of a bold piece of legislation, the Build Public Renewables Act, or BPRA. Featherstone explains the genesis of the bill,...
Re-enchanting the World with Silvia Federici: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons
Today we are speak with renown scholar, activist, and writer Silvia Federici about her powerful and inspiring collection of essays, Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons. These essays, written over the span of several decades, display her...
Jennifer Jacquet Reveals “The Playbook” for Corporate Deception
Today on Speaking Out of Place we talk with Jennifer Jacquet, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Director of XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement at NYU. She is also deputy director of NYU's Center for...
The Climate Crisis: Activism to Save the Planet. A Talk with Adam Aron
In today’s episode of “Speaking Out of Place” we talk with Professor Adam Aron, author of the book, “The Climate Crisis: Science, Impacts, Policy, Psychology, Justice, Social Movements.” As the title of the book indicates, it is a systematic and thorough discussion of...
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