Burning Futures: On Ecologies of Existence

Burning Futures: On Ecologies of Existence

#2 Fossil Economies, Degrowth Ecologies

#2 Fossil Economies, Degrowth Ecologies

#2 Fossil Economies, Degrowth Ecologies with Andreas Malm, Andrea Vetter and Tadzio Müller, A Podcast by HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin)
The second edition of the podcast series documents a live discussion at the HAU theatre, which focusses around the questions: Why are we so dependent on fossil fuels? What role do they play in our growth-centred economies? Can there be green, environmentally sustainable growth? And finally: Is it too late to initiate a transformation to prevent a climate catastrophe? Andreas Malm (“Fossil Capital”, “The Progress of This Storm. Nature and Society in a Warming World”), Andrea Vetter (“Degrowth/Postwachstum. An Introduction”) and Tadzio Müller (political scientist, climate justice activist) discuss the relation between fossil capital, economical growth and degrowth ecologies.

#1 Facing Extinction

#1 Facing Extinction with Franco Berardi Bifo, Marcela Vecchione, and Antonia Majaca, A Podcast by HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin)

The environmental disasters that we are currently facing have already had fatal consequences for many individuals, groups and species. And they deepen the inequalities along race, class and gender lines. The least responsible suffer the most. How do we deal with the fact that we are too late to reverse them? What would it mean to think from the end and deal responsibly with the coming disasters? And what exactly is ending: the world, humanity, biodiversity or faith in the Western way of life? Theorist Franco Berardi Marcela Vecchione, professor at the Institute for Advanced Amazonian Studies, and feminist theorist Antonia Majaca discuss these ecopolitical questions with respect to anitcapitalist, decolonial and feminist struggles.