
Decolonizing Environmentalism
Alternative Visions and Practices of Environmental Action
- 216 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Decolonizing Environmentalism
Alternative Visions and Practices of Environmental Action
About this book
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering technologies, and hopefulness of youth climate activism. Decolonizing Environmentalism helps us navigate these emotions and reimagine our approach to environmental stewardship. The authors cast a critical eye on wealthy and influential environmental groups that committed to anti-racist strategies in the wake of the racial awakening of 2020. Yet, they continue to embrace false solutions like carbon markets and biodiversity offsets, which carry deeply racialized consequences. By tracing the roots of these misplaced priorities to detrimental modernity steeped in colonialism and capitalism, the authors call for transformational changes in human-nature relationships. They distil lessons from the divestment movement, which has questioned the fossil fuel industry's moral standing, and food sovereignty activists, who have mobilized global civil society to hold agribusiness corporations accountable. Amidst calls for "apocalyptic optimism, " Kashwan and Hasnain offer a radical vision grounded in intersectional ecofeminism, Indigenous sovereignty, and strategies honed in the trenches of transnational environmentalism. In these extraordinary times, Decolonizing Environmentalism invites readers to embark on a transformative journey to embrace anti-racist, emancipatory, and regenerative approaches to environmentalism.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Halftitle Page
- Dedication Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- 1 Unpacking Mainstream Environmentalism: Heroic and Mundane
- 2 Decolonizing Environmentalism: What Do We Mean? Why Now?
- 3 Planet-Hacking Environmentalism in the Anthropocene
- 4 Seductions of Sustainability in Contemporary Environmentalism
- 5 How Not to Decolonize: Instrumentalizing Indigenous Rights and Wisdom
- 6 Youth Climate Movements: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Transformations
- 7 Forging Solidarities for Emancipatory and Regenerative Environmentalisms
- Notes
- Index
- Imprint