Climate Change is Real by Barry Stephenson Any adequate response to climate change must necessarily be rooted in the knowledge that climate change is real. There is much obfuscation and denial in the media, as well our economic and political institutions. These are some basic truths that we need to […]
The Religious Dimension of Climate Crisis Barry Stephenson Being able to see a situation, as is it, the work of reason, is very hard work. The use of reason is hampered by all sorts of obstacles – personal, social, economic, so on. Some measure of objective realism (seeing the world […]
FANE held its inaugural Annual General Meeting, at the Cochrane Centre, on February 8. FANE PRESS RELEASE Local NPO For A New Earth Holds General Meeting with Politicians, Academics and the Public; Establishes Action Plan Kyla Bruff St. John’s Local, newly established NPO For A New Earth (FANE) held its […]
APTN Coverage of the Symposium, with Justin Brake http://aptnnews.ca/2018/02/23/labrador-symposium-reveals-deep-diverse-opposition-muskrat-falls/ Podcasts of Talks, Wednesday, February 21 David Vardy, Public Policy Consultant Kelly Vodden, Memorial University Grenfell Stephen Crocker, Memorial University Marina Biasutti-Brown, Independent Expert, Advisory Committee Jerry Bannister, Dalhousie University MF Symposium Agenda, web On the […]
Sean McGrath and Kyla Bruff, in conversation with Jonathan Richler, on VOCM radio’s Nightline.
Read Dr. Barry Stephenson’s recent op-ed for Memorial University’s Gazette:
“The crux of the matter is that climate change demands radical transformation on a collective scale at a moment in social-cultural history characterized by hyper-individualism, cynicism about social institutions and politics, and, outside of sporting events, the absence of occasions to experience broad-based group identity and solidarity.”
Memorial University of Newfoundland, with the support of St. Bonaventure’s College, and facilitated by the SSHRC-funded research group, For A New Earth, will host a town hall meeting on the theme “What is a Green Economy?” on Tues., November 29 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The two-hour event will feature presentations by experts in ecology, economics, and rural development, as well as an open forum for members of the general public to speak to the challenges facing the province as it transitions from fossil fuels to green, renewable energy in an era of global climate change.
Read Sean McGrath’s recent letter to The Telegram:
“A Harvard study has reminded us that while hydroelectric plants do not emit significant greenhouse gasses, the construction of the dam on the Lower Churchill could poison and destroy Innu and Inuit hunting and fishing grounds. The protests this week in Labrador and St. John’s demonstrate that not everyone sees this as a reasonable price to pay for renewable energy.”
Read Sean McGrath’s recent op-ed in Celtic Life International:
“We need philosophers talking to scientists, sociologists taking to thelogians and artists. For too long, scientists have had to carry the ball on ecology but when we all come together in a trans-disciplinary gathering, we talk as humans, bringing whatever strengths and resources we have.”
Dr. Barry Stephenson, Department of Religious Studies, Memorial University.
We’ve forgotten that we are bodies, and this forgetfulness is a significant part of what ails us.
Last summer I heard rumors of a new group –‘For a New Earth,’ — and their plans for a rather quixotic event on Newfoundland’s West Coast. It was immediately clear that something more than a standard academic conference was in the works…
