A body of work is emerging wherein simple mathematical models of ecological dynamics are coupled to simple mathematical models of human behavior to examine long-term sustainability of these systems. Madhur […]
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There is greater recognition among IPCC and other scientific networks of the complex role land systems play in adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. Encouraging key shifts in land […]
What can be learned from the study of religion about motivating climate action? Are religious people less likely to accept human responsibility for climate change? Erin Prophet will examine contemporary […]
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*This event has been cancelled.* This community panel features local experts who address climate change through science education, environmental justice, and local political efforts. After hearing from each speaker, participants […]
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At this 2020 History of Capitalism Roundtable, the panel of experts will review historical predictions about the end of fossil fuel use from the nineteenth century to the present. Featuring […]
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“While it is clearly time to dismantle Anthropocene logic, there is no need to wait until the end of this world to begin to conjure livable ones. There are as […]
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Join local authors Amanda Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith for the presentation of their new volume Disasters in Paradise: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions (Lexington Books, 2019). Long considered […]
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A roundtable discussion with Susanne Götze and UF Faculty Discussants: Marcel Lewandowsky (Center for European Studies), Jasmine McNealy (Journalism), Ken Sassaman (Anthropology), and Robert T. Walker (Geography); moderated by Terry […]
Living in the shadow of the Wall as a child and coming to age in a united Berlin, Dr. Götze’s career as an environmental journalist seems to have brought her […]
The Swan Book, a 2013 novel by Indigenous Australian author and land rights activist Alexis Wright, has been called “the first great novel of climate change… and perhaps the first truly […]