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Main page - [Recent updates] Climate change Fiction and its Potential for Transformation

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 22:31
Global of Weavers [Weavers] GTA is a “network of networks”. Each of those networks acts in different parts of the planet by identifying and connecting Alternatives. They are the Weavers. [Endorsements] Many progressive, post-developent and anticapitalist organizations around the world endorse this initiative. Also many academics, activists and referents do so.GTAGTAGTAGTAalternatives

Climate Change Fiction: The South Asia Experience (episode 1) - created

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 22:25
Climate Change Fiction: The South Asia Experience (episode 1) Date and Time Date: 17 January 2024 Time: 1 pm GMT/UTC; 6.30 pm IST Link to join: About the episode In this interaction between authors, scholars and activists, we hope to critically explore the reasons for South Asia being foregrounded as a zone for climate catastrophe in recent Western cli-fi (Kim Stanley Robinson, Ministry of the Future, Stephen Mar…

Climate change Fiction and its Potential for Transformation - episode 1

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 22:18
Climate change Fiction and its Potential for Transformation Climate change fiction has come to the fore in recent times as an offshoot of science/speculative fiction, as a way of coming to terms with the reality of global warming and climate change and the likely repercussions for vulnerable species and communities most likely to be affected in the near future. As extrapolations from current trends, such imaginative responses have offered a significant critique of techno-science and the dominan…

Events - [Upcoming] Climate Change Fiction Webinars

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 22:13
Events Upcoming events Climate change Fiction and its Potential for Transformation: Episode 1| 17/01/2024 The climate crisis is the greatest existential threat humanity faces today. The need for a radical societal transformation in the interests of social justice and ecological sustainability has never been greater. But where can we turn to find systemic alternativesalternativesGTAGTAGTAalternativesTapestryAlternativesTapestryAlternativesGTATapestryAlternativesGTATapestryAlternativesAlternati…

GTA Assembly

Wed, 01/10/2024 - 20:46
GTA Assembly Next assembly: 24/01/2024 About the GTA Assembly The GTA Assembly is the space for dialogue, exchange and debate where the actions, strategies and public position of the Global are shared and discussed. It's also a space of connection for new collaborations emerge among the different organizations taking part in the threads of the tapestry

Equipo de Facilitadores - [Equipo de Facilitadores]

Tue, 01/09/2024 - 17:10
Equipo de Facilitadores Este es un equipo interino, formado por 20 personas, que actualmente está llevando a cabo el proceso de para permitir el tejido de alternativas. El equipo como colectivo o como individuos no posee ningún poder centralizado.

Facilitation Team - [Facilitation Team]

Tue, 01/09/2024 - 17:09
Facilitation Team This is an interim team, formed by 20 persons currently, that is currently holding the GTA process to enable the weaving of alternatives. The team as a collective or as individuals doesn't hold any centralised power. ---------- Alex Jensen: He has worked in the US and India, where he coordinates Local Futures’ Ladakh Project. He has worked with cultural affirmation and hhe active in environmental health/anti-waste and degrowth movements.alternativesalternativesalternativesa…

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