In this instalment of Grounded Conversations, political theorist Alyssa Battistoni joins Sydney Environment Institute researcher Anna Sturman to discuss the practical transformation of unjust systems in relation to climate change and critical scholarship. They will reflect on the role of care and multispecies justice in climate movements, and the different social and political contexts the USA and Australia present for organising towards more just futures.

Timestamps:
07:40 The politics of nature: how capitalism values nature
20:35 Australia vs. US climate movements & Green New Deals
32:15 How are people building power and addressing socio-ecological issues
42:45 The role of academia in informing and being informed by movements

Speakers:
Dr. Alyssa Battistoni, Barnard College
Dr. Anna Sturman, Sydney Environment Institute

Building power within and beyond the university

Rising temperatures and heatwaves; drought and interruptions to food supply; rising infectious diseases; air pollution; and extreme weather events all have a very real impact on one’s physical and mental health.

With these extreme events occurring more frequently, what effect will they have on our population?

THE SPEAKERS
- Professor Joel Negin, Head of School, Sydney School of Public Health
- Associate Professor Geoffrey Morgan, School of Public Health
- Jo Longman, Research Fellow, University Centre for Rural Health
- Dr Veronica Matthews, University Centre for Rural Health

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Why climate change and unsustainable development are health hazards

The Sydney Environment Institute, based at the University of Sydney, brings together leading thinkers from across disciplines to address key environmental issues.

Building power within and beyond the university

Sydney Environment Institute

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