POSTPONED TO FALL 2020 Green New Deal: Economic Growth vs. Biodiversity?

POSTPONED TO FALL 2020

Does a Green New Deal replace “grow or die” with a different logic that nurtures people and the rest of the natural world? How do 8 billion people flourish while also preserving, protecting, and restoring biodiversity all over the planet? Climate change activists are weaving a holistic and inclusive narrative about ecology, justice, and economic equality with roots in 19th century workers’ movements and recent environmental justice campaigns. Can a Green New Deal really bring radical social-ecological transformation or should we expect an elaborate green-washing of capitalism’s imperatives? With Scott Edmondson, Ildiko Polony, Letitia Grenier