“Wildfire: Two Roads Diverging in a Woods on
Fire: The spread of climate chaos and trends in global response today”
Daniel Garrett
Senior Associate
The Asia Institute
Response by
Emanuel Pastreich
President
The Asia Institute
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Moderated by
Rachel Stine
Researcher
The Asia Institute
7-8 PM
Monday, February 18, 2019
The Earth System is transitioning to a new phrase – that of Hothouse earth. We see climate refugees everywhere at the same time that right-wing governments that derive their power from racism, nativism, and other forms of the “fear of the other” purposely ignore the threat. The wildfire of climate chaos already been lit and will burn even brighter. In this seminar, former State Department official Daniel Garrett and refugees’ rights advocate Rachel Stine will explore the following topics: 1.) How can we preserve a livable environment? 2.) What new forms of governance – and approaches to living will be demanded in such difficult times? What can we do now and during the climate chaos to improve the chances that eco-civilizational and climate justice models emerge victorious rather than the “vultures” of disaster capitalism? Join The Asia Institute for this exciting first event of 2019.
@ Commons Foundation
Daniel Garrett is a retired U.S. Department of
State diplomat. His areas of expertise include human rights, trafficking
in persons, Himalayan regional issues, climate change and international
trans-boundary water issues. He is currently working to facilitate the
accelerated emergence of innovative ideas and technologies that make it
possible for human civilizations and their infrastructures to be seamlessly
interwoven in a productive manner into the earth systems which sustain and
support them.
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