Liberating Sustainability

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Liberating Sustainability is an intersectional take on the climate emergency. In each episode, field-leaders from student liberation movements and academia deconstruct the exclusivity of sustainability activism and education. Producer, Editor, Presenter: Jelena Sofronijevic (@jelsofron) Producer, Presenter: Hatty Ruddick (@hattyeru) Graphics: Hannah Robinson Music: Organisms // Chad Crouch Commissioned by Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) and the National Union of Students (NUS). FULL TRANSCRIPTS: drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lQEgzwshy2S_H74eWleZVR75vpRBAfqT?usp=sharing

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Liberating Sustainability - Sexuality

Liberating Sustainability is an intersectional take on the climate emergency. In each episode, field-leaders from student liberation movements and academia deconstruct the exclusivity of sustainability activism and education. Do stereotypes of queer consumerism impact participation in sustainability movements? How does colonialism inform the lives of queer people and the environment? And what might ‘gay penguins’ reveal about the diversity of human experience? Exploring these questions are Dr. J...

Dec 01, 2020•26 min•Ep. 5

Liberating Sustainability - Disability

Liberating Sustainability is an intersectional take on the climate emergency. In each episode, field-leaders from student liberation movements and academia deconstruct the exclusivity of sustainability activism and education. From plastic straws to packaged foods, where are disabled people excluded from sustainability? Are they stereotyped as unproductive or social burdens? And is it fair that non-disabled people define what is acceptable sustainable behaviour? Unpacking these questions are Dr. ...

Nov 24, 2020•27 min•Ep. 4

Liberating Sustainability - Gender

Liberating Sustainability is an intersectional take on the climate emergency. In each episode, field-leaders from student liberation movements and academia deconstruct the exclusivity of sustainability activism and education. Are young women sustainability activists subjugated in the mainstream media? Has privatising neoliberal socioeconomic and gender structures limited collective action? And what is the relationship between climate disaster and domestic food insecurity? Tackling these topics a...

Nov 17, 2020•29 min•Ep. 3

Liberating Sustainability - Class

Liberating Sustainability is an intersectional take on the climate emergency. In each episode, field-leaders from student liberation movements and academia deconstruct the exclusivity of sustainability activism and education. Can we frame environmental crises in terms of class interests? How have corporate and political elites restricted sustainability activism? And can collective action – and solidarity through difference - challenge the individualisation of the sustainability movement? Unpacki...

Nov 10, 2020•30 min•Ep. 2

Liberating Sustainability - Race

Liberating Sustainability is an intersectional take on the climate emergency. In each episode, field-leaders from student liberation movements and academia deconstruct the exclusivity of sustainability activism and education. What is a climate refugee? How do colonial legacies limit multicultural participation in sustainability movements? And how can interpersonal relations make sustainability activism more inclusive? Exploring these topics are Judy Ling Wong CBE , Honorary President of the Blac...

Oct 31, 2020•25 min•Ep. 1

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