Just Sustainability, Episode 21B: Climate Justice for the Dead and Dying, wellness, and spirit

Julia Gibson often describes themselves as a farmer-philosopher. Her scholarship often weaves together themes such as palliative care ethics and remembrance, the impact and role of narratives and stories, resisting colonialism, and the rights and representation of non-human species in political discourse about environment and sustainability. Julia is core faculty in the Environmental Studies program at Antioch University New England and works the land on their family’s farm in eastern New York.

In the second part of our conversation, Julia tells me more about her article, “Climate Justice for the Dead and Dying.” We discuss the role of remembrance, palliation, and the tension between concerns about prematurely giving-up and the requirement to think about the how to respond to unavoidable harms. Additionally, Julia and I talk about rising trends in sustainability work that we find exciting. More specifically, we talk about environmental psychology and the increasing prominence of comprehensive conversations about wellness that include spiritual wellness.

Links: https://www.antioch.edu/faculty/julia-d-gibson/

https://blog.apaonline.org/2020/11/27/philosophy-as-a-way-of-life-julia-gibson/

https://thoughtaboutfood.podbean.com/e/julia-gibson-on-philosophy-and-farms/

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