TEACH-IN: TECHNO-UTOPIANISM & THE FATE OF THE EARTH
October 25-26, Great Hall of the Cooper Union 7 E. 7th St. at Third Avenue, NYC
45 LEADING SCHOLARS, AUTHORS AND ACTIVISTS will convene at The Great Hall of Cooper Union, New York City, for a public “TEACH-IN†on the profound impacts—environmental, economic and social—of runaway technological expansionism and cyber immersion; the tendency to see technology as the savior for all problems. A change of direction is required, returning the fate of nature to the center of economic and social decision making. Advance Tickets On Sale Now
SPEAKERS
In addition to those above, speakers include: Jeannette Armstrong, Debbie Barker, Chet Bowers, Tom Butler, Eileen Crist, Marcy Darnovsky, David Ehrenfeld, Aiden Enns, Dave Foreman, Bruce Gagnon, John M. Greer, Clive Hamilton, Randy Hayes, Richard Heinberg, Michael Huesemann, Andrew Kimbrell, Dave King, Lisi Krall, Winona La Duke, Neisen Laukon, Jerry Mander, Stephanie Mills, Pat Mooney, Helena Norberg-Hodge, Koohan Paik, Mary Reynolds Thompson, Douglas Rushkoff, Linda Sheehan, Katie Singer, Gar Smith, Atossa Soltani, Charlene Spretnak, Jim Thomas, Doug Tompkins, Severine von Tscharner-Fleming, Ralph White, Langdon Winner et. al. For brief bios of speakers, click here. Full Bios/Program/Speaker schedule TBA soon. Plus films, workshops and bookstore.
This event comes at a crucial historical moment. Ecological systems are near collapse—global climate, soils and fertility; fresh water supply; deep ocean life, forests, biodiversity; diminishing global food production; and unprecedented rates of species extinctions. Human life is also threatened by these, as well as by shocking rates of economic inequality, and the expanding threat of wars to control lands and scarce resources. But proposed solutions rarely stray off the corporate message: “Technology will solve our problems. Leave it to technology.†We do not share this optimism.