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"Caring, Knowing, Becoming: The conditions of possibility for Left/Green politics."
Posted March 15th, 2010
Michael M'Gonigle
March 16th 12:30pm
Social Sciences and Math Room B255
Located in square B3 of campus map:
<http://www.uvic.ca/maps/2dmap.html%3ehttp:/www.uvic.ca/maps/2dmap.html
The talk will explore the disjuncture between planetary realities and political possibilities in the wake of Copenhagen, and consider the sources of this disjuncture as a prelude to a discussion of the implications of this situation for a politics of radical re-imagination.
Michael M'Gonigle holds the Eco-Research Chair in Environmental Law and Policy. A political economist and environmental lawyer, Dr. M'Gonigle has an extensive background in environmental activism, including as a co-founder of Greenpeace International, SmartGrowth BC, Forest Futures (Dogwood Initiative) and as a founding co-director of the Sierra Legal Defense Fund.
As Chair of the Board of Greenpeace Canada, he initiated the Greenpeace forest campaign in 1990. Most recently he was a member of the Legal Mechanisms Experts Team devising innovative legal mechanisms for aboriginal and community-based management of British Columbia's Central and North Coasts.
Other M'Gonigle bios:
<http://www.law.uvic.ca/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/mgonigle.php%3ehttp:/www.law.uvic.ca/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/mgonigle.php
http://www.polisproject.org/node/34
Recent articles:
<http://thetyee.ca/Bios/Michael_M_Gonigle/%3ehttp:/thetyee.ca/Bios/Michael_M_Gonigle/
University of Victoria
Social Sciences and Math Room B255
Located in square B3 of campus map:
<http://www.uvic.ca/maps/2dmap.html>http://www.uvic.ca/maps/2dmap.html
Mar 16 2010 - 12:30pm
Mar 18 2010 - 2:30pm
Speaker(s):
Michael M’Gonigle
Michael M'Gonigle
March 16th 12:30pm
Social Sciences and Math Room B255
Located in square B3 of campus map:
<http://www.uvic.ca/maps/2dmap.html%3ehttp:/www.uvic.ca/maps/2dmap.html
The talk will explore the disjuncture between planetary realities and political possibilities in the wake of Copenhagen, and consider the sources of this disjuncture as a prelude to a discussion of the implications of this situation for a politics of radical re-imagination.
Michael M'Gonigle holds the Eco-Research Chair in Environmental Law and Policy. A political economist and environmental lawyer, Dr. M'Gonigle has an extensive background in environmental activism, including as a co-founder of Greenpeace International, SmartGrowth BC, Forest Futures (Dogwood Initiative) and as a founding co-director of the Sierra Legal Defense Fund.
As Chair of the Board of Greenpeace Canada, he initiated the Greenpeace forest campaign in 1990. Most recently he was a member of the Legal Mechanisms Experts Team devising innovative legal mechanisms for aboriginal and community-based management of British Columbia's Central and North Coasts.
Other M'Gonigle bios:
<http://www.law.uvic.ca/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/mgonigle.php%3ehttp:/www.law.uvic.ca/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/mgonigle.php
http://www.polisproject.org/node/34
Recent articles:
<http://thetyee.ca/Bios/Michael_M_Gonigle/%3ehttp:/thetyee.ca/Bios/Michael_M_Gonigle/
Location:
University of Victoria
Social Sciences and Math Room B255
Located in square B3 of campus map:
<http://www.uvic.ca/maps/2dmap.html>http://www.uvic.ca/maps/2dmap.html
Presenting Organization(s)/Group(s):
University of Victoria, School of Environmental Studies
Sponsoring Organization(s)/Group(s):
University of Victoria, School of Environmental Studies