Social Ecology on NPR’s All Things Considered
ISE Program Director Blair Taylor was recently featured on National Public Radio’s popular program All Things Considered to discuss ecofascism and right wing ecology.
Grace Gershuny on Cutting the Curd Podcast
ISE faculty member and organic farmer/writer/activist Grace Gershuny recently spoke to Cutting the Curd podcast about food, climate change, and social ecology.
Book Review: Ecology Contested by Peter Staudenmaier
Review of Ecology Contested: Environmentalism between Left and Right, by Peter Staudenmaier.
On the IPCC’s latest climate report: What does it tell us?
On the key findings and radical implications of last summer’s IPCC climate report.
Climate Justice and Movement Building: An Interview with Brian Tokar
A recent interview with long time ISE faculty and board member Brian Tokar, addressing the evolution of climate justice movements, the problems of markets and technology, the problematic role of the US, and social ecology’s potential contributions to the movement.
25 Years of GMOs
In the winter of 1996, Monsanto and a few other companies first began to sell genetically engineered seeds to commercial growers. A new book offers important insights on the complex dynamics of power and compliance and how they drive acceptance of GMOs in countries like Argentina.
Persian Translation of Brian Tokar’s book Toward Climate Justice/به سوی عدالت اقلیمی
Brian Tokar’s book Toward Climate Justice is now available in Persian (به سوی عدالت اقلیمی). Translated by Ali Mohebbi and published by the Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands (RIFR) in Tehran, Iran.
“Humans” are not the problem: Reflections on a “useless” documentary
While “Planet of the Humans” makes a few valid points about over-reliance on techno-fixes in general, and the fundamental flaws of biomass energy in particular, it does a serious disservice to those seeking to bring a more systemic and forward-looking approach into the climate movement.
Social Ecology Pamphlet by Emily McGuire
A lovely illustrated overview of social ecology by ISE student and designer Emily McGuire – available for download!
Grace Gershuny on the evolution of the organic food movement
Learning from History, Going on From Here (originally published on Grace’s blog, Organic Revolutionary) The world has changed considerably in the forty years since I attended my first NOFA (Northeast …