Hope in the Anthropocene is a collaboration between Green College and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia (IRES).  

We are hosting a half-day capstone workshop, led by graduate-student rapporteurs, to bring together UBC and other local sustainability experts to assimilate, critique, synthesize and supplement the findings and insights of the lecture and discussion series. The workshop, which is free and open to the public (with pre-registration required) will open with an exploration of the meaning of “hope in the Anthropocene,” including consideration of what such hope might entail in practical terms; of its potential and limitations; and of whose hope is included or foregrounded in various conceptualizations. The remainder of the workshop will focus on specific sources of hope in the Anthropocene and on strategies for fostering and actioning hope, with discussion of the conditions under which hope is useful for engendering change.  

These discussions are designed to contribute to the development of an “agenda for hope” for the wider environment and sustainability community, to be produced as an outcome of the workshop. We hope you can join us! 

We thought the workshop might be of interest to your graduate students.  

The Series poster is attached for your easy reference, and additional information is on our website here: https://www.greencollege.ubc.ca/hope-anthropocene-workshop.  

If you have any questions about the workshop, do not hesitate to contact me directly.  

Kindest regards, 

Tania Astorino BA, JD

Academic Program Manager | Green College

The University of British Columbia

6201 Cecil Green Park Road | Vancouver, BC | V6T 1Z1 Canada

Phone 604 822 0676 | Fax 604 822 8742

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