Which Way (if Any) Toward Sustainability?

Interviewee(s), Speaker(s), and/or Film Creator(s)

John Meyer

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Date

2-28-2024

Program or Program Series

Scholar of the Year

Description

Our climate crisis often feels very new, but is in some ways, as Kyle Powys Whyte has argued, “unprecedentedly old.” It has prompted many calls for a more sustainable society. But what could that mean and how might it be pursued? Does it require more deference to experts? Or more power to “the people?” In this talk, I argue that questions like these are inescapably political and that answers reflect differences in underlying values and visions of a good life.

Keywords

Climate Change, Sustainability, Politics