Into the Science

10/02/18 • 31 min

Dig deeper into the science of the Anthropocene. No PhD required, we promise.

What are the top ten things you need to know now about the science of our changing planet? We talk to Jan Zalasiewicz and Colin Waters, geologists from the Anthropocene Working Group, and Gaia Vince, author of the award-winning book Adventures in the Anthropocene. Warning: You may never look at your pen the same way again.

For more information:

Anthropocene Working Group: quaternary.stratigraphy.org/working-groups/anthropocene/

Gaia Vince’s book, Adventures in the Anthropocene and her other projects: wanderinggaia.com/

This episode was produced by Nadia Abraham, Shiralee Hudson Hill and Matthew Scott at the Art Gallery of Ontario. For more information on the podcast and the Anthropocene exhibition, visit our website: www.ago.ca.

Dig deeper into the science of the Anthropocene. No PhD required, we promise.

For more information:

Anthropocene Working Group: quaternary.stratigraphy.org/working-groups/anthropocene/

Gaia Vince’s book, Adventures in the Anthropocene and her other projects: wanderinggaia.com/

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Meet our host, Sarain Fox

Introducing Sarain Fox: Anishinaabe dancer, activist, storyteller. In this conversation with producer Shiralee Hudson Hill, Sarain talks about growing up in Barrie, Ontario, taking PM Justin Trudeau on a tour through Shoal Lake 40, drawing inspiration from the events at Oka, and leaving New York City to join Idle No More protests. (Psst...she also hosts a fantastic documentary series—but you’ll have to tune in to hear more.)

For more information:

Twitter & Instagram: @sarainfox

sarainfox.com/

https://www.viceland.com/en_us/host/sarain-carson-fox

Don’t miss Sarain’s new series Future History on APTN: https://futurehistorytv.ca/

Next Episode

Whose earth is it anyway?

Humans now change the Earth’s systems more than all other natural forces combined...but are we all equally responsible?

In this episode, Sarain talks to scholars Zoe Todd and Heather Davis about decolonizing the Anthropocene. Then we break down the term “environmental racism” with Dr. Ingrid Waldron, sociologist and author of There’s Something in the Water, and discuss the effects of climate change in the Arctic with Sheila Watt-Cloutier, an Inuit rights advocate and the author of The Right to be Cold.

For more information:

Heather Davis and Zoe Todd, On the Importance of a Date, or, Decolonizing the Anthropocene: www.acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/1539

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, The Right to Be Cold-One Woman’s Story of Protecting her Culture, the Arctic, and the Whole Planet: www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/417373/the-right-to-be-cold-by-sheila-watt-cloutier/9780143187646

Ingrid R.G. Waldron, There’s Something in the Water-Environmental Racism in Indigenous and Black Communities: fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/there8217s-something-in-the-water

The ENRICH Project: www.enrichproject.org/