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Prefiguring Buen Sobrevivir: Post-extractivist, Communitarian Feminist Practices for Good Survival

South American scholars and activists have proposed buen vivir and post-extractivism as utopian paradigms of alternative nature/society relationships rooted in indigenous knowledges. This talk reassesses and modifies these abstract concepts, proposing the idea of Buen sobrevivir, or “good survival”, as a radical, prefigurative politics grown out of communitarian feminist, post-extractivist praxis by Lenca women and their […]

Blackstone Commons Expedition Kickoff

The Blackstone Commons Expedition — a 60-mile, four-day paddle along the Blackstone River, from Worcester to Providence, organized by the Blackstone Watershed Collaborative at Clark University — will kick off with a press event at the Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor Center.

Blackstone Commons Expedition Celebration

The Blackstone Commons Expedition will conclude with a final celebration at Narragansett Brewing in Providence, including a screening of the short film “Kittacuck Speaks” and a program of speakers.

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Screening and discussion: ‘Beneath the Polar Sun’

In this documentary, a research team travels to the “Last Ice Area” to measure the world’s largest and oldest sea ice floes. They know the data, the models, and the science, but none of that has prepared them for the truth on the ground. A discussion with the filmmakers will follow.

Extractives@Clark Brown Bag Lunch: The Chilean Referendum

Professor Paul Posner will moderate a Q&A session with Beatriz Bustos Gallardo, professor at the Universidad de Chile, about the 2019 social revolt in Chile that led to the writing and referendum of a new constitution. The constitutional assembly included leaders from ecological movements, and an ecological lens was central to the whole document.

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Listening in Nature Week

A new Earth conversation presents a week of opportunities to engage with the natural world on campus and beyond.

Listening in Nature Week: Community Campfire

Set aside some time to slow down and celebrate the arrival of fall. Enjoy cider, cider donuts, and stargazing (weather permitting).

Listening in Nature Week: Sunset Hike at Donker Farm

Enjoy a hike at Donker Farm, part of the Greater Worcester Land Trust. Led by the Worcester Intercollegiate Outdoor Initiative, we will take a short hike and then help put the animals to bed. 

Listening in Nature Week: Soundscape Tour

Join Professor Matt Malsky for a curated 20-minute walking tour with focused listening, a way of encouraging us to better understand our sonic world.