As COP26 draws to a close, so does the #ClimateJusticeTakeover of the ISJ blog. Chair of the YSJU student Environmental Society Joel Flowers rounds things off by inviting fellow students… Read More »
Category Archives: Ecological Justice
Enough is Enough: a carnival on climate change
Day 10 of COP26. Today and tomorrow we hear from students who are taking action on climate. Henry Dawson, 3rd year Drama and Theatre student, uses his skills as a facilitator… Read More »
From anxiety to activism: Eco-anxiety as a call for climate action
COP26 Day 9. Time is running short for agreement to be reached. A vital dimension of climate justice is generational justice. Psychology lecturer Maria Fernandes Jesus urges policymakers to move beyond… Read More »
Climate Justice – an (un)Reachable Peak?
As the eighth day dawns of COP26 the negotiations will be reaching their crisis point. These reflections from university Chaplain Jane Speck and Chaplaincy PA Sarah Mills address how to… Read More »
York St John University Carbon Reduction Plans
On the seventh day of COP26, Sarah Williams, the university’s Energy and Environmental Projects Officer, provides an update on how the university is working towards minimising its own carbon emissions. … Read More »
The YSJ Curriculum in Response to the Climate Emergency
COP26, Day 6. YSJU Human Geography student Sophie Blackburn shares her findings from her work as a Student as Researcher on the ‘YSJU Students and Ecological Justice’ project (2019-21). Through… Read More »
Climate Justice – The Blockbuster
As the fifth day of COP26 dawns, PGR in Theatre Natalie Quatermass reflects on the gap between the conference and what communities are doing at grassroots level. When it… Read More »
Justice in Science?
On Day 3 of COP26, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Olalekan Adekola, asks why we aren’t getting to hear the essential and expert contributions of scientists from the Global South on climate… Read More »
Airpocalypse
On the second day of COP26, Clare Nattress, Lecturer in Graphic Design, explains her innovative performance research into air quality and its impacts on human health. My ongoing practice-based research… Read More »
#ClimateJusticeTakeover of the ISJ blog
Today is the first day of COP26 in Glasgow – the ten-day conference which may well be the world’s last realistic chance to avoid climate breakdown. As policymakers gather from… Read More »